Screenplay:
Martin ScorseseCinematography:
Jean-Yves EscoffierComposer:
Elmer BernsteinCast:
Martin Scorsese, Billy Wilder, Arthur Penn, Gregory Peck, George Lucas, Clint Eastwood, Brian De Palma, Francis Ford Coppola, Samuel Fuller, Kathryn Bigelow (more)Plots(1)
Despite its nearly four-hour running time, this is a uniquely personal look at movies from one of the late 20th century's great directors and film historians. The film consists of head & shoulder shots of Scorsese speaking into the camera for a minute or two, followed by 10-15 minutes of film clips with Scorsese voice-over. Scorsese approaches the films in terms of how they affected him as a director foremost and as a storyteller/film fan second. Segments include "The Director as Smuggler," "The Director as Iconoclast", and so on. The Journey begins with silent masters like D.W. Griffith and ends in 1969 - when Scorsese began to make films. (official distributor synopsis)
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Even if you've long loved cinema and it's something important to you, with Martin Scorsese, you can truly realize this love to the fullest. He delves into cinema from its beginnings up until the 60s, and he does so with a genuine love that he transfers onto you. Movies deserve such attention because they're something that influences us, something that accompanies us, and something that explains us. Martin Scorsese delivers it breathtakingly.
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