Movies Are My Life (1988)
Overview
The very first full-length documentary on Scorsese offers an invaluable look at how he was perceived by his colleagues, and himself, in 1977. Catching Scorsese while he was in post-production on New York, New York and editing The Last Waltz, British filmmaker Peter Hayden gets the manically hyper Scorsese to comment on his youth, his relation to his lead characters, and most importantly, his approach to direction. The doc doesn’t quite move at the pace of Scorsese’s revved-up speed-talking, but it does offer some real insight into his productivity in the 1970s, thanks to an impressive array of talking heads. Included are Scorsese’s collaborators Jay Cocks, Mardik Martin, Brian De Palma, Steven Prince (who co-produced this doc), and his mentor John Cassavetes. Also the performers, who discuss his working methods in detail — Jodie Foster, Liza Minnelli, and, of course, Robert De Niro.
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Additional Info
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| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.859 |
Directed By
Peter Hayden
Crew
Steven Prince
David Brittain
Chris Ranger
Peter Hayden
Carl Thomson
Michael Evje
Peter Hayden
Joe R. Marquette Jr.
Chris Ranger
Peter Hayden
TOP CAST
Martin Scorsese
Self
Robert De Niro
Self
Liza Minnelli
Self
John Cassavetes
Self
Jodie Foster
Self
Steven Prince
Self
Brian De Palma
Self
Jay Cocks
Self
Mardik Martin
Self
Robbie Robertson
Self
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