And yet with Scorsese, there is always another story. Among film people, he has been a beloved uncle for so long, it can jar to be reminded of times his name spoke of darker things: a man who was a magnet for trouble, even horror. In 1988, accusations of blasphemy brought protests against The Last Temptation of Christ; they included an arson attack on a Paris cinema playing the film, causing multiple injuries. Earlier, there was John Hinckley Jr, whose attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan was tied up in his mind with Taxi Driver.