In Mean Streets, Martin Scorsese featured 2 scenes in which his characters are going to the movies. The first one that they watch, is John Ford’s glorious western, The Searchers (1956).
Right before the scene from The Searchers, there is a street shot of various New York theatre marquees. Some of the films that can be seen are: George C. Scott’s Rage (1972), Hy Averback’s Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? (1970), Jacques Deray’s Borsalino (1970), René Clément’s And Hope to Die (1972) and Rider on the Rain (1970).
The second film (watched by De Niro and Keitel) is Roger Corman’s The Tomb of Ligeia (1964).
After the screening, Harvey Keitel is talking on the phone and 2 coming-soon posters are shown next to him. John Boorman’s Point Blank (1967) and John Cassavetes’ Husbands (1970).
Scenes from Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets (1973).
