Scorsese on Scorsese (TV) [2004]

Scorsese on Scorsese (2004) (TV)



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0440780/




Turner Classic Movies presents an in-depth documentary by acclaimed author, critic and documentarian Richard Schickel on director and producer Martin Scorsese, entitled Scorsese on Scorsese (2004).



Based on an in-depth, five-hour interview conducted by Schickel, the documentary stresses Scorsese's memories of childhood in Little Italy, N.Y., and the warmth and fractiousness of his Italian-American heritage, using family photos and home movies. It also addresses the way his early movie going influenced his own work and, most importantly, the lasting power and influence of his own films. In particular, Scorsese discusses such seminal films as TAXI DRIVER (1976), nominated for four Academy Awards® including Best Picture; RAGING BULL (1980), which earned Robert DeNiro a Best Actor Oscar®, won for Best Editing and earned six additional Academy Award® nominations; MEAN STREETS (1973), one of his early efforts which was set in Scorsese's old Little Italy stomping grounds; and THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (1993), which earned the Best Costume Oscar® and was nominated in four additional categories.



Schickel, one of the nation's most influential film critics, has been reviewing movies for Time magazine since 1972. He has also made a name for himself as a producer, writer and director, and in addition to Scorsese on Scorsese (working title), he has made more than 20 documentaries, including the influential series, "The Men Who Made the Movies," as well as four "star portraits" for Turner Network Television (Gary Cooper, Myrna Loy, Barbara Stanwyck and Clint Eastwood), Emmy-nominated biographies of directors Vincente Minelli and Elia Kazan and a study of legendary special-effects artist Ray Harryhausen. Another of his recent projects Woody Allen: A Life in Film, premiered on TCM in 2002. He is the author of more than 25 books, among them The Disney Version, D.W. Griffith: An American Life, Intimate Strangers: The Culture of Celebrity and Matinee Idylls, which was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.



BW&C-86m. Letterboxed. Closed Captioning.