Bibliograph

A personal journey with Martin Scorsese through American movies, a BFI TV production for Channel 4 in association with Miramax Films ; produced by Florence Dauman ; written and directed by Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson

Type

Label

A personal journey with Martin Scorsese through American movies, a BFI TV production for Channel 4 in association with Miramax Films ; produced by Florence Dauman ; written and directed by Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Not rated

Main title

A personal journey with Martin Scorsese through American movies

Oclc number

45214798

Responsibility statement

a BFI TV production for Channel 4 in association with Miramax Films ; produced by Florence Dauman ; written and directed by Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson

Runtime

226

Series statement

Century of cinema

Summary

Featuring a wealth of extracts from famous and infamous American movies, Scorsese offers a provocative multifaceted portrait of Hollywood film directors as he charts a comprehensive course through the rich history of the American cinema

Table Of Contents

Director's dilemma: mastering the creative process -- Director as storyteller: the Western, the Gangster film, the musical -- Director as illusionist: controlling and mastering the technical process -- Director as smuggler: the metaphor behind the vision -- Director as iconoclast: asserting personal expression

Technique

live action

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