A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
by Martin Scorsese
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Actor: Brian De Palma, Francis Ford Coppola, John Cassavetes, Kathryn Bigelow, Philippe CollinDirector: Martin Scorsese
Primary Contributor: Martin Scorsese
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: Pan & Scan, 1.33:1
Running Time: 225 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-09-12
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Miramax
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Summary: 5 Stars
A great intro to American films by the scholar/practitioner Martin Scorsese. I wish he had even more time to show even more.
Summary of A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies
Martin Scorsese narrates an overview of American film history, beginning with D.W. Griffith and ending in 1969."I can only talk about what has moved me or intrigued me," says filmmaker Martin Scorsese (Raging Bull) at the beginning of this four-hour documentary about his passion for U.S. cinema. "I can't really be objective here." Hallelujah! A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies is the perfect antidote to the forced and artificial doctrine of the American Film Institute's so-called 100 best films. The AFI's English cousin, the British Film Institute, did a brilliant thing in enlisting Scorsese--probably the most famous student of cinema in the U.S.--to open up and speak at length for this project about the history of artistic survival among Hollywood directors. Working with cowriter and codirector Michael Henry Wilson, Scorsese takes a highly intuitive and heartfelt approach in describing how a number of filmmakers--some famous and some forgotten--carefully layered their visions into their work, often against the great resistance or eccentric whims of powerful producers. Film clips are plentiful, but they are also more than window dressing for nostalgia buffs. For instance, it's not unusual for Scorsese to return repeatedly to the same film (such as Vincente Minnelli's The Bad and the Beautiful) in order to make a series of connecting, deepening points. In the end, this work is truly one of Scorsese's most direct bridges to his imagination and personality, and it has the sort of restorative properties that can make a cinephile wearied by today's junk culture fall in love with movies again. A companion book is also available. --Tom Keogh
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