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My Voyage to Italy Directed by Martin Scorsese Written by Kent Jones
Raffaele Donato
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Martin ScorseseStarring Martin Scorsese (host) Release date(s) September 11, 1999 Running time 246 minutes Country United States
ItalyLanguage English/Italian/French/German My Voyage to Italy (Italian: Il mio viaggio in Italia) is a personal documentary by acclaimed Italian-American director Martin Scorsese. The film is a voyage through Italian cinema history, marking influential films for Scorsese and particularly covering the Italian neorealism period.
The films of Roberto Rossellini make up for half the films discussed in the entire documentary, dealing with his seminal influence on Italian cinema and cinema history. Other directors mentioned include Vittorio de Sica, Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni.
It was released in 1999 at a length of four hours. Two years later, it was screened out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
Films discussed
- Paisà (1946)
- Fabiola (1947)
- The Iron Crown (1941)
- Cabiria (1914)
- Rome, Open City (1945)
- Germany Year Zero (1947)
- L'Amore — "The Miracle" ("Il Miracolo") segment by Rossellini (1948)
- Stromboli (1950)
- The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)
- Europa '51 (1952)
- Shoeshine (1946)
- Bicycle Thieves (1948)
- Umberto D (1952)
- The Gold of Naples (1954)
- Ossessione (1943)
- Giorni di Gloria (1945)
- La Terra trema (1950)
- Senso (1954)
- I vitelloni (1953)
- La dolce vita (1960)
- Journey to Italy (1954)
- L'avventura (1960)
- L'eclisse (1962)
- 8½ (1963)
References
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: My Voyage to Italy". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2001151/year/2001.html. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
External links
Martin Scorsese filmography 1960s 1970s Boxcar Bertha (1972) • Mean Streets (1973) • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) • Taxi Driver (1976) • New York, New York (1977)1980s Raging Bull (1980) • The King of Comedy (1983) • After Hours (1985) • The Color of Money (1986) • The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)1990s Goodfellas (1990) • Cape Fear (1991) • The Age of Innocence (1993) • Casino (1995) • Kundun (1997) • Bringing Out the Dead (1999)2000s Gangs of New York (2002) • The Aviator (2004) • The Departed (2006)2010s Shutter Island (2010) • Hugo (2011)Short films What's a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963) • It's Not Just You, Murray! (1964) • The Big Shave (1967) • Bad (1987) • Life Lessons (1989) • Made in Milan (1990) • The Key to Reserva (2007)Documentaries Street Scenes (1970) • Italianamerican (1974) • American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince (1978) • The Last Waltz (1978) • A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) • My Voyage to Italy (1999) • The Blues: Feel Like Going Home (2003) • No Direction Home (2005) • Shine a Light (2008) • A Letter to Elia (2010) • Public Speaking (2010) • George Harrison: Living in the Material World (2011)Produced The Grifters (1990) • Mad Dog and Glory (1993) • Clockers (1995) • The Hi-Lo Country (1998) • You Can Count on Me (2000) • Nyfes (2004) • The Young Victoria (2009) • Boardwalk Empire (2010–present)Categories:- American films
- Italian films
- 1999 films
- Documentary films about the film industry
- Documentary films about film directors and producers
- Films directed by Martin Scorsese
- Miramax Films films
- Documentary films about Italy
- Cinema of Italy
- Arts documentary film stubs
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