Martin Scorsese: A Journey

by Pat Kelly and Mary Pat Kelly

Book Overview

Controversy & acclaim mark Martin Scorsese's career from his earlier iconoclastic New York films like Mean Streets & Raging Bull to the more recent The Last Temptation of Christ, GoodFellas, & Cape Fear. In Martin Scorsese: A Journey, Mary Pat Kelley, writer & prize-winning filmmaker, traces Scorsese's life & work though interviews with Scorsese as well as more than twenty major motion picture figures, providing a rare look at the process & inspiration...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560250445
• ISBN13: 9781560250449
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Great Book for Scorsese Fans & Students

Examines Director Martin Scorsese's career from the beginning to Cape Fear (although it seems that the book had to go to press before Cape Fear was actually released, as there's a discernable lack of substance in that chapter).To gather wonderful tales of how Scorsese works, Kelly interviews the director's friends, family members, casts, and crews. Oh, and the Secretary to the President of Cyprus!! (See details about The Last Temptation of Christ). Quoted stories, observations, and comments all contribute to a fine portrait of one of our greatest active cinema artists. (And, to the delight of film buffs everywhere, text shows that Scorsese is first and foremost an unabashed movie fan)! Kelly's system provides the reader to form own opinions about Scorsese, rather than making a lot of critical conclusions.In pursuit of my undergrad degree, I used this book quite a bit for research toward essays I wrote about Scorsese's films. Not at all a chore to read, it was a very enjoyable book, great for the fan as well as the film scholar. Good index, good filmography. Brief forewards by Michael Powell and Steven Spielberg hint at more than a bit of pure jealousy!

fantastic bio!

this is one of the best, in-depth bio's that I have read. And what a subject! Martin Scorsese is a god-like director that has made such films as Good Fellas Casino and Taxi Driver. The book is filled with interveiws from fellow directors and drew/cast etc. Great format! It's like reading a behind the scene's documentry.BUy it!