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, the making of Mean Streets 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.
Chris Ranger
Writer
Peter Hayden
Writer, Director
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
Seduced and Abandoned62%
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead74%
Public Speaking70%
Hitchcock/Truffaut72%
The Irishman: In Conversation74%
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince67%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
Directed by John Ford70%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
42 Up75%
Extremis69%
Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red68%
Heart of a Dog65%
I Want to Return Return Return67%
A Decade Under the Influence79%
Being James Bond77%
Avatar Spirits81%
Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars63%
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster69%
Champs63%
