Proceeding along the catwalks and on ladders, she was confronted by Freddy/Jesse, who raised his taloned hand at her: "Come o me, Lisa.Events that Lorraine had earlier described weren""t exactly fulfilled - George was ""bird-watching"" (actually he was a peeping tom) when he fell into the street from a tree limb.So they become a black sheriff, a racist own, a sex-obsessed Governor, and so forth.In addition, there are other anachronistic elements - Hedley Lamarr (a misnaming of actress Hedy Lamarr), hints of the seductive character Frenchy (played by Marlene Dietrich) inDestry Rides Again (1939), a medieval executioner, a Cole Porter song, redneck bigotry of all flavors, and a ""film-within-a-film"" concept, exemplified by Lamarr exclaiming: "Drive me off this picture.Director Martin Scorsese was convinced by actor Robert De Niro, with whom he had madeMean Streets (1973),Taxi Driver (1976), andNew York, New York (1977), that he film had to be made, after he was given La Motta""s biography by De Niro in 1974.