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The 1964 movie scene Martin Scorsese tries to rip off in “practically every picture”
Martin Scorsese has said he has tried to recreate a particular shot from Alfred Hitchcock’s 1964 film *Marnie* in practically every picture he has made. He admires the shot’s sense of inevitability, but says his attempts have never matched Hitchcock’s original.
The moment shows Tippi Hedren’s character running with a gun after her injured horse, with the camera moving alongside her and the ground passing beneath. Scorsese described his recreations as looking as though the actor had been placed on a dolly, and told Quentin Tarantino that trying to capture the shot remains enjoyable even though he believes he will never get it right.
In short
- Scorsese has repeatedly tried to recreate a shot from *Marnie*.
- Hitchcock’s moving camera shot follows Tippi Hedren running with a gun.
- Scorsese says his versions have never matched the original.
Explained simply
Martin Scorsese is an American film director known for films including Taxi Driver and Goodfellas. Alfred Hitchcock was a British director whose films often used camera movement and suspense to shape how a scene feels.
Marnie, released in 1964, stars Tippi Hedren as a woman with a troubled past. In the scene Scorsese admires, her character runs after her injured horse while the camera travels alongside her, showing the ground moving beneath them.
Scorsese has said he has tried to recreate that camera shot in many of his films. His comments point to how directors study and borrow techniques from earlier films, while adapting them to their own scenes.
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