Adam Skoda
Professor Kim Neuendorf
COM 320 ? History of Film
10 October 2015
Martin Scorsese ? An Italian Odyssey Throughout Martin Scorsese?s teen years, he has watched movies with his father to bond with him because they both shared together their love for cinema. They watched Italian films in particular because they loved the emotions captured in each and every film. Marty loved going to the theater and before he paid attention to the names of directors, he would draw out storyboards of his own ideas and concluded it with, ?directed and produced by Martin Scorsese? as a teen. Growing up, he saw himself as a filmmaker following in the path of his favorite Italian directors such as Vittorio De Sica, Roberto Rossellini, Federico Fellini, Giovanni
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He became fascinated with his Sicilian heritage and found out that they moved to America because of the ongoing atrocities of war in Sicily. These atrocities were also captured by the pure raw emotion in the films he saw such as Roberto Rossellini?s Paisan (1946) and Rome, Open City (1945). In the documentary My Voyage To Italy, Scorsese openly states that some of the most powerful images that were captured in Paisan had affected his grandparents to the point of crying. Scorsese has always followed the formula of realistic narrative. That is why he always encourages improvisation on some of his greatest films such as The Wolf of Wall Street, Goodfellas, and Casino. He feels that capturing the raw emotion from his characters is more effective than having them read word for word from the script; the raw emotions and improvising lines from his own script have made his films more believable due to how dedicated the actors get into their …show more content…
La Strada is one of Fellini?s great films that he directed. Scorsese states this film as one of his most intense films. It is about a carefree girl that is sold by her mother to an entertainer that puts her through a lot of pain. This film is a great movie due to many reasons: Scorsese explains that Fellini accomplishes what most filmmakers do not, and that?s making a film with sensitive subject matter and making it a job well done. Many more films are explained and new trends of Italian films are discussed as well.
Reference:
Armani, Giorgio [Producer]. Scorsese, Martin [Director]. 2001 My voyage to Italy (Motion Picture) United States. Miramax
Waldo, Jennifer [Producer]. Apple, Wendy [Director]. 2004 The cutting edge: the magic of movie editing (Motion Picture) United States, Warner Home