
"I saw these movies. They had a powerful effect on me. You should see them." That's Martin Scorsese's message for this documentary. We meet his family on Elizabeth Street in New York; he's a third generation Italian with Sicilian roots. Starting in 1949, they watched movies on TV as well as in theaters, lots of Italian imports. Scorsese, with his narration giving a personal as well as a public context, shows extended clips of these movies. Films of Rossellini and De Sica fill... (Full plot summary below)
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"I saw these movies. They had a powerful effect on me. You should see them." That's Martin Scorsese's message for this documentary. We meet his family on Elizabeth Street in New York; he's a third generation Italian with Sicilian roots. Starting in 1949, they watched movies on TV as well as in theaters, lots of Italian imports. Scorsese, with his narration giving a personal as well as a public context, shows extended clips of these movies. Films of Rossellini and De Sica fill part one; those of Visconti, Fellini, and Antonioni comprise part two. Scorsese takes time with emotion, style, staging, technique, political context, and cinematic influence. It's his movie family.
Leave your thoughts about My Voyage to Italy.
| Reno Gazette-JournalMark RobisonIf you have any interest in classic Italian films, you'll be in heaven. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonScorsese's documentary becomes less a clip show and more a private diary about exploring his Italian heritage and widening our horizons through world film. |
| TheMovieReport.comMichael DequinaLeave it to Martin Scorsese to make a four-hour documentary on Italian cinema that doesn't feel like a glorified on-screen film studies course. |
| IFilmDave WhiteI hope that every movie addict out there drags one unsuspecting friend to this documentary on Italian cinema, lovingly narrated by Martin Scorsese. |
| Boxoffice MagazineEd ScheidAlong with providing perceptive insights, Scorsese speaks about the personal influences Italian films have had on him throughout his life, making this Voyage particularly fascinating. |
| MovieMartyr.comJeremy HeilmanIts passion is contagious enough to allow you to ignore the film's omissions. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasAll film epochs in other cultures should be so lucky to receive such a celebration. |
| Creative LoafingMatt BrunsonScorsese's exuberance as a die-hard movie buff is, as always, positively infectious. |
| Film Journal InternationalDoris ToumarkineA thrilling trip through six decades of seminal, great and near-great Italian films so dear to the celebrated Sicilian-American filmmaker. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA don't miss one for so-called film buffs. |