Originally Posted by Scorsese

"I don't know what to say about the violence in my own movies. I can't defend it," he says.

Scorsese says he was "very affected" by the emotional and physical violence around his as a kid. "Some people block it from their minds, but for me, it's part of who and what I am. And it channels itself into my films. But I see the violence almost as absurd, and when I say that, it's the absurdity of just being alive.

"I think if you're going to experience violence, you better experience violence powerfully, and (realistically).

"It should upset you."