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A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

Martin Scorsese & Michael Henry Wilson - A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)
DVDrip | English | Subtitles: FR (optional) | 3:40:56 | 640x496 | 25fps | FMP4 | Audio: MP3 - 128kbps | 2.08 GB

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; as he says in closing, "I wouldn't feel right commenting on myself or my contemporaries."
Fred Goodridg

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

"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. Tom Keogh

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

"A personal journey with Martin Scorsese through American movies" (1995) is the kind of documentary I love, one that entertains but also manages to teach me something new at the same time. Scorsese, a great director, shows that he is also a good teacher, telling the spectator about American movies that made an impression on him when he was growing up. Martin Scorsese talks about classic American movies, but also about the directors that made them. He doesn't pretend to be objective, pointing out that "I can only talk about what has moved me or intrigued me". That is probably the reason why Scorsese talks not only about classics like "Stagecoach", but also about little known movies like "Cat people", highlighting the reason why each one is special. I can sincerely say that the only fault that I can find with this dvd is the fact that it doesn't include movies made after 1969, as I would love to know what Scorsese thinks about many of them. Highly recommended… Amazon review

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

I don't know if Marty Scorsese teaches at New York University's Film School anymore. If he doesn't, it is a huge loss to the school. Here is a man, who if he weren't one of the world's top film directors, could have had an equally eminent career as one of the great film teachers of all time. Scorsese tells us that this is his highly personal collection of American film which had a profound influence upon him as a filmmaker. With this one qualifying statement, he then shows us film clip after film clip with his accompanying commentary about exactly what was so important to filmmakers about each film and how it influenced him. His delivery is casual, unpretentious, friendly and approachable. Hubby and I have watched this series several times and learned a great deal from it even though we thought we already knew a great deal. Since these are Scorsese's personal choices, naturally some films that we would have liked to have seen discussed aren't here. He's made it clear from the start though that you are sharing his journey; he is not sharing yours. Hard to see how you can go wrong with this series even if you disagree with every one of his choices since there is so much for the inquiring mind to discover from him. Amazon review

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

How close is this to the syllabus of Prof. Scorsese's course at NYU? It really doesn't really make a difference to me whether these are his "personal" opinions or not–it's an incredibly valuable survey of cinematic technique. Particularly striking is the section entitled "The Director as Smuggler," highlighting how once-controversial themes were cloaked in the familiar fabric of genre pictures. Today when everything has to be so in-your-face obvious, there's a lot to be learned from these subtle visual and narrative tricks. Amazon review

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

Scorsese's documentary on the films that inspired him is one of the best I've seen. If Scorsese's films influence you, then you should watch this documentary. Luckily, there wasn't any censoring of the film clips, which allows the viewer to see, in all their glory, the scenes that a cinematic genius like Martin Scorsese admires. Though the documentary is a bit long, it is split up into appropriate genres like the film director as illusionist or iconoclast. If you admire the films of Martin Scorsese, then viewing this is a must. IMDB review

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

I've watched this whole multi-segment documentary at least four or five times–including a marathon session of the entire 3 hours and 45-some minute at the Portland (Oregon) Art Museum! It has never become stale. The only hazard from watching it is the increasing temptation to envy of Mr. Scorsese's opportunity to have seen the multitude of films that he discusses and analyzes. Amazon review

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

Bottom line: this is an excellent journey through Amerian cinema, through the eyes of one our most gifted artists. Scorsese, I hope, will be remembered for giving us a gift, his gift. He has done more to preserve film history – films, directors, and these directors' personal visions of our world, all of which would otherwise be forgotten – Scorsese's done more to preserve all of this than any other single human being. It is a selfless journey. Amazon review

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese through American Movies (1995)







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