Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese on Their Films, Friendship and Creative Process
TIME
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For Academy Award winners and long-time collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese, a dissection of their creative processes over dinner is no strange occasion. Beyond being filmmaking partners, the two are also friends, with DiCaprio telling TIME in an interview that Scorsese’s Wolf of Wall Street was one of the “most free and exciting and spontaneous and hilarious film productions I’ve ever been a part of. I’ve never seen Martin Scorsese that happy on a set in my life.” So it was only natural for Scorsese to join Dicaprio, TIME’s 2025 “Entertainer of the Year,” in conversation onstage at the “A Year in TIME” event in New York City on Dec. 10.
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0:00 Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese on Their Creative Process
0:45 DiCaprio Reflects on Working With Scorsese Across Seven Films
1:24 How Gangs of New York Started Their Collaboration
2:25 DiCaprio and Scorsese Break Down The Aviator
3:01 Scorsese Says The Aviator Renewed His Love of Filmmaking
4:17 How The Departed, Shutter Island and Wolf of Wall Street Changed Their Partnership
5:06 DiCaprio on the Freedom of Making The Wolf of Wall Street
6:04 Scorsese Explains the Morality and Money in Wolf of Wall Street
7:28 How Scorsese Uses Classic Movies to Shape Performances
8:22 DiCaprio Teases His Next Film With Scorsese
9:02 The Classic Films That Inspired The Departed
10:03 DiCaprio on Scorsese’s Obsessive Filmmaking Process
10:24 How DiCaprio and Scorsese Debate Characters Before Filming
11:12 Why DiCaprio Says He Would Never Direct Like Scorsese
11:37 Scorsese on Trust, Collaboration and Working With DiCaprio
12:41 DiCaprio Says Scorsese Follows the Soul of a Character
13:52 Scorsese Explains Why Plot Is Less Important Than Cinema
14:43 DiCaprio and Scorsese Discuss Their Seventh Film Together
15:07 DiCaprio on Paul Thomas Anderson and One Battle After Another
15:35 DiCaprio Reveals Why He Almost Did Boogie Nights
16:19 DiCaprio on Benicio Del Toro’s Role in One Battle After Another
17:35 DiCaprio Describes Paul Thomas Anderson’s Controlled Chaos on Set
18:46 DiCaprio Explains the VistaVision Look of One Battle After Another
19:28 How Jonny Greenwood’s Score Shaped One Battle After Another
20:07 DiCaprio on Improvisation and Trusting Actors
21:29 DiCaprio on Watching Taxi Driver for the First Time
22:11 DiCaprio Breaks Down Travis Bickle’s Loneliness in Taxi Driver
22:40 Scorsese Explains the Famous Taxi Driver Phone Call Shot
23:06 DiCaprio on Learning When Scorsese Can and Can’t Improvise
23:23 Scorsese Breaks Down The Aviator Flight Sequence
24:49 Scorsese Reveals the Tiny Aviator Detail He Couldn’t Let Go
25:31 How DiCaprio’s Howard Hughes Research Changed The Aviator
26:16 The Tiny Aviator Detail Scorsese Couldn’t Let Go
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese on Their Films, Friendship and Creative Process
TIME
270,109 views
For Academy Award winners and long-time collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese, a dissection of their creative processes over dinner is no strange occasion. Beyond being filmmaking partners, the two are also friends, with DiCaprio telling TIME in an interview that Scorsese’s Wolf of Wall Street was one of the “most free and exciting and spontaneous and hilarious film productions I’ve ever been a part of. I’ve never seen Martin Scorsese that happy on a set in my life.” So it was only natural for Scorsese to join Dicaprio, TIME’s 2025 “Entertainer of the Year,” in conversation onstage at the “A Year in TIME” event in New York City on Dec. 10.
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0:00 Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese on Their Creative Process
0:45 DiCaprio Reflects on Working With Scorsese Across Seven Films
1:24 How Gangs of New York Started Their Collaboration
2:25 DiCaprio and Scorsese Break Down The Aviator
3:01 Scorsese Says The Aviator Renewed His Love of Filmmaking
4:17 How The Departed, Shutter Island and Wolf of Wall Street Changed Their Partnership
5:06 DiCaprio on the Freedom of Making The Wolf of Wall Street
6:04 Scorsese Explains the Morality and Money in Wolf of Wall Street
7:28 How Scorsese Uses Classic Movies to Shape Performances
8:22 DiCaprio Teases His Next Film With Scorsese
9:02 The Classic Films That Inspired The Departed
10:03 DiCaprio on Scorsese’s Obsessive Filmmaking Process
10:24 How DiCaprio and Scorsese Debate Characters Before Filming
11:12 Why DiCaprio Says He Would Never Direct Like Scorsese
11:37 Scorsese on Trust, Collaboration and Working With DiCaprio
12:41 DiCaprio Says Scorsese Follows the Soul of a Character
13:52 Scorsese Explains Why Plot Is Less Important Than Cinema
14:43 DiCaprio and Scorsese Discuss Their Seventh Film Together
15:07 DiCaprio on Paul Thomas Anderson and One Battle After Another
15:35 DiCaprio Reveals Why He Almost Did Boogie Nights
16:19 DiCaprio on Benicio Del Toro’s Role in One Battle After Another
17:35 DiCaprio Describes Paul Thomas Anderson’s Controlled Chaos on Set
18:46 DiCaprio Explains the VistaVision Look of One Battle After Another
19:28 How Jonny Greenwood’s Score Shaped One Battle After Another
20:07 DiCaprio on Improvisation and Trusting Actors
21:29 DiCaprio on Watching Taxi Driver for the First Time
22:11 DiCaprio Breaks Down Travis Bickle’s Loneliness in Taxi Driver
22:40 Scorsese Explains the Famous Taxi Driver Phone Call Shot
23:06 DiCaprio on Learning When Scorsese Can and Can’t Improvise
23:23 Scorsese Breaks Down The Aviator Flight Sequence
24:49 Scorsese Reveals the Tiny Aviator Detail He Couldn’t Let Go
25:31 How DiCaprio’s Howard Hughes Research Changed The Aviator
26:16 The Tiny Aviator Detail Scorsese Couldn’t Let Go