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Download # Scorsese on Scorsese: Revised Edition PDF by ^ David Thompson eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. Scorsese on Scorsese: Revised Edition Martin Scorsese's challenging and often controversial films are a record of the most personal achievement in modern American cinema. Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Gooodfellas--these titles conjure up a world and a style of filmmaking that he has made his own, one of a savage beauty of great intensity and truth.The interviews which make up this book chart the journey that Scorsese has taken across the years in search of new subjects to engage and absorb him,
| Title | : | Scorsese on Scorsese: Revised Edition |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.26 (952 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0571220029 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-30 |
| Language | : | English |
He is currently Professor of Film and Media History at Birkbeck College, University of London, and a regular broadcaster.David Thompson, a film scholar, has edited or co-edited several titles in the Directors on Directors series, including Scorsese on Scorsese and Levinson on Levinson.. Ian Christie is the author of Arrows of Desire: the Films of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
. In what is essentially a long and fascinating interview, David Thompson and Ian Christie encourage Scorsese to recall the whole of his life, from his childhood in Little Italy to the creation of his most recent films. True to its title, this book lets Martin Scorsese speak for himself. More than any major director working in America today, Scorsese proves himself to be terrifically articulate and wonderfully open when speaking about his life and work. Scorsese on Scorsese also contains a biography, a filmography a
Martin Scorsese's challenging and often controversial films are a record of the most personal achievement in modern American cinema. Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Gooodfellas--these titles conjure up a world and a style of filmmaking that he has made his own, one of a savage beauty of great intensity and truth.The interviews which make up this book chart the journey that Scorsese has taken across the years in search of new subjects to engage and absorb him, and in the process reveal a man who, like Michael Powell and Francios Truffaut, has an
A Master of His Craft, in His Own Voice Now that Hollywood has finally given Scorsese his due with what amounted to a career-Oscar, the time is ripe to read the revised edition of this superb book. The questions asked of the director are intelligent, not fawning, and his answer's are lengthy and fascinating. The generous space devoted to his childhood and early years help one better understand why . Muzzlehatch said insightful comments on the great and not-so great films of this master, by himself. Like the couple of other books in this series that I've read, this is done mostly in conversational style, clips from interviews originally, in most cases, with the questions edited down so that most of the space is devoted to the director's answers. Ordered chronologically by film, with a final brief chapter on "Goodfellas" (my copy is the 1990 edition) bare. "Answers Scorsese Fans' FAQS" according to Renee Thorpe. This reader felt almost privileged to read these interviews, lectures, and conversations with Martin Scorsese. He simply shares everything, and indeed he is, if nothing else, a true fan of movies!The insightful words of Scorsese, arranged to parallel his filmography up through New York Stories, are annotated by the redoubtable editors Thompson and Christie. S
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