A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (TV 1995)

Cast

Credited cast:
	Martin Scorsese	...	Himself (Narrator / Host)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Kathryn Bigelow	...	Herself
	Frank Capra	...	Himself (archive footage)
	John Cassavetes	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Philippe Collin	...	Récitant / Narrator (French version) (voice)
	Francis Ford Coppola	...	Himself
	Brian De Palma	...	Himself
	André De Toth	...	Himself
	Clint Eastwood	...	Himself
	John Ford	...	Himself (segment "Directed by John Ford") (archive footage)
	Samuel Fuller	...	Himself
	Howard Hawks	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Elia Kazan	...	Himself (archive footage)
	Fritz Lang	...	Himself (archive footage)
	George Lucas	...	Himself

Storyline

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." Written by Fred Goodridge  

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