Martin Scorsese's films are full of the similarities and codes that would make him an Auteur. Specifically the narrative many of his films follow, Many of his movies including Goodfellas and Casino follow the story of a white male in poverty who uses criminal methods to rise to the top of a syndicate or amass a large amount of wealth. Other films that follow this narrative include Wolf of Wall Street and Gangs of New York.
Scorsese is known for using a narrative voiceover from the protagonist in most of his films, this is present in all of the films previously mentioned. Casino is the only film that uses a duel character voiceover from both De Niro and Pesci's characters, this is to show the audience that both characters are equally important to the story. Many of Scorsese's films include a specific type of character development, many of his protagonists become more unhinged and on edge as the storyline progresses. All of his films include a white female love interest, they tend to have an unconventional or dysfunctional relationship. For example in Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort cheats on then divorces the two love interests throughout the film. In Goodfellas Henry Hill is a chauvinist who sleeps around and cheats on his wife. In Casino Sam Rothstein is unrequitedly in love with his wife Ginger Mckenna. In Taxi Driver Travis Bickle is seen as a stalker who pressures Betsy to date him.
Scorsese tends to repeatedly use similar actors in his films, three stand outs are, Leonardo Di Caprio, Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci.
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