Movies Are My Life

Movies Are My Life

1988
1h 0m
6.0

6.0/10

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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Countries
United Kingdom United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

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Quick Facts

Release Date April 17, 1988
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0166277

Cast

Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese

Self

Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro

Self

Liza Minnelli
Liza Minnelli

Self

John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes

Self

Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster

Self

Steven Prince
Steven Prince

Self

Brian De Palma
Brian De Palma

Self

Jay Cocks
Jay Cocks

Self

Mardik Martin
Mardik Martin

Self

Robbie Robertson
Robbie Robertson

Self

Thelma Schoonmaker
Thelma Schoonmaker

Self

Key Crew

Peter Hayden
Producer
Chris Ranger
Writer
Peter Hayden
Writer
Peter Hayden
Director