Italianamerican

Name: Italianamerican
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1980-04-16
Duration: 49 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Martin Scorsese

19741974
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49m

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7.6/10

2.9K

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Documentary

Martin Scorsese interviews his mother and father about their life in New York City and the family history back in Sicily. These are two people who have lived together for a long time and kno... Read allMartin Scorsese interviews his mother and father about their life in New York City and the family history back in Sicily. These are two people who have lived together for a long time and know each other very well.Martin Scorsese interviews his mother and father about their life in New York City and the family history back in Sicily. These are two people who have lived together for a long time and know each other very well.

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7.6/10

2.9K

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Director
- Martin Scorsese
Writers
- Lawrence D. Cohen
- Mardik Martin
Stars
- Catherine Scorsese
- Charles Scorsese
- Martin Scorsese(uncredited)

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Awards
- 4 wins

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Martin Scorsese, Catherine Scorsese, and Charles Scorsese in Italianamerican (1974)

Catherine Scorsese and Charles Scorsese in Italianamerican (1974)

Catherine Scorsese in Italianamerican (1974)

Martin Scorsese in Italianamerican (1974)

Martin Scorsese and Charles Scorsese in Italianamerican (1974)

Martin Scorsese in What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963)

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Catherine Scorsese

Self

Charles Scorsese

Self

Martin Scorsese

Self
(uncredited)

Director
- Martin Scorsese
Writers
- Lawrence D. Cohen
- Mardik Martin
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Trivia
This film is included in the "Martin Scorsese Shorts" set, released by the Criterion Collection, spine #1,030.

Quotes
[last lines]
Catherine Scorsese: That's a shame to make me say things like that. Is he still taping this?
[jokingly]
Catherine Scorsese: I'll murder you. You won't get out of this house alive!

Crazy credits
The Sauce: Singe an onion & a pinch of garlic in oil. Throw in a piece of veal, a piece of beef, some pork sausage & a lamb neck bone. Add a basil leaf. When the meat is brown, take it out, & put it on a plate. Put in a can of tomato paste & some water. Pass a can of packed whole tomatoes through a blender & pour it in. Let it boil. Add salt, pepper, & a pinch of sugar. Let it cook for awhile. Throw the meat back in. Cook for 1 hour. Now make the meatballs. Put a slice of bread without crust, 2 eggs, & a drop of milk, into a bowl of ground veal & beef. Add salt, pepper, some cheese & a few spoons of sauce. Mix it with your hands. Roll them up, throw them in. Let it cook for another hour.

Connections
Featured in Scene by Scene: Martin Scorsese (1998)

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Memories!

Martin Scorsese's "Italianamerican" is a documentary, really a home movie in which the legendary director sits down with his parents and listens to them reminisce about their experiences of growing up and coming to America.

This is a beautiful, effortless film by the greatest director of all-time. It's charming, and light-hearted, and so familiar you will be able to relate to his parents whatever your ethnic background.

As an Italian-American myself I have to admit it was like watching one of my own home movies. My grandparents were just like Charles & Catherine Scorsese... my grandmother taught me how to make sauce just like Marty's mother does in the movie. Everything about them- the look of their apartment, the way they speak and argue- made me nostalgic for my childhood days.

At one point Catherine is in the middle of relating one of her stories and you can spot Marty in the foreground picking at the leftovers in the salad bowl... film can be this low-key, this unassuming, and be just as moving as scripted studio fare.

Oh, for days gone by...

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