Relations with filmmakers Ebert wrote Martin Scorsese's first review, for Who's That Knocking at My Door, and predicted the director could be "an American Fellini someday." He later wrote, "Of the directors who started making films since I came on the job, the best is Martin Scorsese. His camera is active, not passive. It doesn’t regard events, it participates in them. There is a sequence in GoodFellas that follows Henry Hill’s last day of freedom, before the cops swoop down. Scorsese uses an accelerating pacing and a paranoid camera that keeps looking around, and makes us feel what Hill feels. It is easy enough to make an audience feel basic emotions ('Play them like a piano,' Hitchcock advised), but hard to make them share a state of mind. Scorsese can do it." In 2000, Scorsese joined Ebert on his show in choosing the best films of the 1990s.
RELatIOnS wiTh fiLmMAkeRs eBert WroTE martin scorsEse'S fiRst reViEw, for who's THAT kNockInG At my dOoR, aNd pRediCteD the DIrEcTOr coUld bE "An aMEricAn FeLlini SomedaY." he latEr wRote, "Of The diREcTorS whO startEd mAKiNg Films siNce i Came oN the jOb, THe BEst is mARtiN scOrsESE. his CamErA iS active, nOt pAsSIVe. it DOesn’t RegarD evenTs, iT paRtiCipAtes iN tHeM. thErE is a sEqUence in goOdFeLLas that FOllOWs heNry hIll’S laSt DAy OF fReeDoM, before the cOPS swoOp Down. SCOrsese uSES aN AcceLeRatInG PacIng and a pARAnoiD cAmera thAt Keeps lOoKing AroUnd, and Makes us feel what HILl feels. It iS EAsY enOUgh To maKe aN aUdIence Feel basiC EmotionS ('play THem LIKe a piano,' hItCHcOcK aDvIsED), BUt hard to make them shAre A state of MinD. scoRsesE cAN do iT." IN 2000, sCorsESE joined EBeRT on his sHOw in choosing the beSt films OF THe 1990s.