Martin Scorsese

by Kelly, Mary Pat

• ISBN13: 9781560254706
• ISBN10: 156025470X
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-23
• Publisher: Da Capo Pr

Summary

Scorsese's life and work are presented through interviews with the director as well as more than twenty major celebrity figures, providing a rare look at the process and inspiration behind the films of America's premier director. Martin Scorsese: A Journey features exclusive movie stills and on-location photographs and interviews with more than twenty major film stars, including forewords by Steven Spielberg and Michael Powell. The author provides the reader with insights into Scorsese's imagination and influences, and his relationships with his family and colleagues. This updated edition also explores such directorial works as Kundun, Bringing Out the Dead, and the much-talked-about Gangs of New York. An updated chronology, filmography, and index are included.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Foreword
Martin Scorsese in the nineties
Elizabeth Street	p. 15
Italianamerican (1974)
The sixties	p. 36
What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this? (1963)
It's not just you, Murray! (1964)
Who's that knocking at my door? (1964-69)
Woodstock (1969)
The big shave (1967)
Street scenes (1970)
Burning bright	p. 64
Boxcar Bertha (1972)
Mean streets (1973)
Alice doesn't live here anymore (1974)
Vagabond shoes	p. 87
Taxi driver (1976)
New York, New York (1977)
The last waltz (1978)
Blood on the ropes	p. 119
Raging bull (1980)
The king of comedy (1983)
Almost the last temptation	p. 161
The last temptation of Christ (1983; cancelled)
Survival	p. 181
After hours (1985)
The color of money (1987)
Passion	p. 201
The last temptation of Christ (1988)
Gangster/priest	p. 245
New York stories : life lessons (1989)
GoodFellas (1990)
Previews	p. 277
Cape fear (1991)
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