He’s famous for hyperviolent and hypervulgar films: Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Goodfellas, Casino, Cape Fear, Gangs of New York, the Departed, Shutter Island...
I never saw any of those films. They didn’t appeal to me. Something in the ads turned me off. But, I was blindsided by “Wolf”. Thinking back, it is probably because the trailer that I saw was attached to “Saving Mr. Banks”. It was abbreviated and rather mild. (You know that disclaimer that they always show: “This preview has been approved for audiences...”) I must have seen the PG 13 trailer!
BTW, Saving Mr. Banks was very good, although it dealt with a very serious and very deep problem. I don’t think that I’d recommend it for kids who are dealing with alcoholic, or abusive, parents — or, maybe it would be good therapy, although painful.