" Shortly later, the Joker cleverly infiltrated through Gambol""s gang into a pool hall where he threateningly old the boss about the origin of his facial scars (and his perpetual smile), and then killed Gambol - and took over his operation." It was only Fosse""s second film, but won numerous accolades (and was a financial and artistic hit), and has been viewed in retrospect as the only truly great musical of the 1970s.The film""s lasting influence has been seen in the imitative graphic violence of the films of Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, John Woo, and others.BackgroundDirector D.W.Griffith""s expensive, most ambitious silent film masterpieceIntolerance(1916) is one of the milestones and landmarks in cinematic history.