A PERSONAL JOURNEY WITH MARTIN SCORSESE THROUGH AMERICAN MOVIES

The United States contribution to the British Film Institute’s centenary of film series. A documentary in three parts (and on three tapes.)

“There’s a co-writing credit for one Michael Henry Wilson, but A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies is exactly what it says it is... It’s also a coherent, structured attempt to put a huge subject into a manageable framework, copiously illustrated with an astonishing array of clips and helpful comments from Marty’s pals Gregory Peck, Billy Wilder and Clint Eastwood (whose Unforgiven is the only movie from the last ten years to merit inclusion)... The second part focuses first on film technique, from the innovations of Griffith to the digital effects of Kubrick and Coppola, and then, more passionately on the subversions to be found in film noir and the work of Jacques Tourner, Sam Fuller and others. Informed and insightful as Scorsese’s comments are, his greatest virtue is his confidence that the pictures tell the story.”
- Tom Charity, Time Out, 25/5/95