With every passing year, it becomes more and more likely that Martin Scorsese will join that select group of elite directors never recognized officially by Oscar. Hey, the Academy didn't deign to recognize Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick, why should they honor Scorsese?
2002 put Scorsese in the bridesmaid position once more, though at least this time he didn't lose to an actor with visions of grandeur. Scorsese's first Best Director nomination came for 1980's Raging Bull. Although the film and Scorsese earned nearly unanimous plaudits and earned 24th place on the American Film Institute's Top 100, the highest ranking of Scorsese's three entries he lost the Oscar to Robert Redford and his directorial debut, Ordinary People.
Scorsese lost again for 1988's The Last Temptation of Christ, but I suppose that one stung a little less. For one, Scorsese lost to Barry Levinson and Rain Man, so at least an established director slapped him this time. In addition, Christ......
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