
Martin Scorsese interviews his mother and father about their life in New York City and the family history back in Sicily. These are two people who have lived together for a long time and know each other very well. They have retained individual identities and differing opinions, yet have found a way to live with each other, and both are fascinating story-tellers.... (Full plot summary below)
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Martin Scorsese interviews his mother and father about their life in New York City and the family history back in Sicily. These are two people who have lived together for a long time and know each other very well. They have retained individual identities and differing opinions, yet have found a way to live with each other, and both are fascinating story-tellers.
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| Reel Film ReviewsDavid Nusair...a short yet somewhat interminable 49 minutes... |
| User ReviewAdam WScorsese's parents, talking over each other, kidding each other, for about an hour, while Catherine Scorsese makes meatball sauce (recipe in the end credits). It's fairly wonderful; Scorsese just lets them talk, and we sense gradually that the real subject of the movie is New York, its ethnic make-up, and its influence on Scorsese. But at its heart is the relationship between Scorsese's parents. 'I am not putting on airs!' shouts Catherine to Charles. 'You want a fight or something?' Later: 'my father's name was Martin, but a lot of people called him Phillip. Don't ask me why.' Marty is onscreen, and we sense his concentration on the film; he isn't just chatting with his parents, although he's doing that too. There are also moments of silence, and introspection. This is on Youtube; seek it out. |
| User ReviewDawid J"...and the trees never bloomed any more" plus the sauce recipe. |
| User ReviewRicardo OItalianamerican is a documentary made by Martin Scorsese where he interviews his parents, Catherine Scorsese and Charles Scorsese. Catherine prepares some tomato sauce and meatballs while she explains how she learned to cook from her mother as well as her mother-in-law. Marty gently guides his parents in revealing stories of their past as they look at some vacation photos they took while on their belated honeymoon. They tell stories of how their parents came to the country, about how the neighborhood of Little Italy was like when they were younger, and eventually have dinner. The stories they share are very personal and often humorous, especially the stories that Catherine tells. It's a film that really sheds some light on the environment and the early inspirations of a young Martin Scorsese and the things that may have eventually shaped his creativity. The film even ends its credits with Catherine's recipe for her sauce and for her meatballs, which I thought was a bit funny and very fitting with the overall tone of the film. I really recommend watching this movie just to get a look at the two people that probably influenced the filmmaker the most, his parents. It's a really interesting and sometimes funny movie. It's a real treat to listen to these two talk about their past. 8/10 |
| User ReviewMatt MPersonal, funny and charming. The thing that stands out the most is that filmmakers sometimes have subjects for their next picture at home and don't even know it. |
| User ReviewAldo PMartin Scorsese usando a sus padres como "historiadores" nos cuenta como fuer para los italo-americanos la vida cuando recien llegaron de la madre patria (Italia) y como sus costumbres no se pierden pese a estar a kilometros de casa. Un bello homenaje a sus raices el que hace Scorsese y que nos hara conocerlo mas como persona y nos dara una vision mas amplia sobre su filmografia y su estilo. |
| User ReviewGeorge BA short, personal documentary that proves very interesting and educating. Amazing that Martin Scorsese would go from making such a casual, light-hearted film; to 'Taxi Driver.' |
| User ReviewRoy PVery good, extremely rare Scorsese film. 8.5/10. |
| User ReviewFlorian LMartin Scorsese filmant ses parents, immigres siciliens de la premiere generation arrive a New York dans les annees 20-30. Le moment de la recette de cuisine de la Mama Scorsese est genial !!! Et est complet dans le generique de fin. On peut faire une analyse sociologique de ce film. Mais je ne pense pas que Martin ait eu cette intention la de bout en bout. Hommage a ses parents, decedes aujourd'hui. Pour info, la mere de Scorsese a joue dans la moitie des films de son fils. |
| User ReviewMark Ka "documentary" about his parents being italianamerican - very interesting |