Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.
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Scorses-a-thon 1 AM After nine years around the world and throughout time, Marty’s finally back home. And we see his city through the eyes of an EMT on the night shift. It’s funny how every movie I see about New York is about how much it sucks. I think this and Alice Doesn’t Live Here are probably Scorsese’s most underrated films at least from what I’ve seen so far. And I think this movie is a perfect example of how Scorsese is able to stay so relevant and so successful. Because this movie is thoroughly contemporary, thoroughly Y2K, and thoroughly Scorsese. He doesn’t sacrifice quality for the sake of modernity. It also shows how goated Thelma Schoonmaker is and how well she can adapt. Her work is always incredibly snappy, but here it’s frantic and frenetic while always deliberate. Just an incredible vision perfectly executed.