Join author Mark Nicholls as he traces Martin Scorsese's central theme of melancholia, nostalgia and loss through five films from the legendary director." "The readings of these influential moments in film history provide reflection upon Scorsese's heroes and the tribal groups they are associated with - 19th century New York Society, the Italian American Mob, the Yuppified New South - and how when ultimately validated by conforming to the will of the mob this melancholic man, for all his perversions, becomes a universally adored and culturally empowered Superman of loss.