Movies Are My Life (1978)

Movies Are My Life

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, 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.

Movies Are My Life

Casting arrow_drop_down

Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
as Self
Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
as Self
Liza Minnelli
Liza Minnelli
as Self
John Cassavetes
John Cassavetes
as Self
Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster
as Self
Steven Prince
Steven Prince
as Self
Brian De Palma
Brian De Palma
as Self
Jay Cocks
Jay Cocks
as Self
Mardik Martin
Mardik Martin
as Self
Robbie Robertson
Robbie Robertson
as Self

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Joe R. Marquette Jr.
Joe R. Marquette Jr.
Director of Photography
Michael Evje
Michael Evje
Sound
Carl Thomson
Carl Thomson
Editor
David Brittain
David Brittain
Researcher
Chris Ranger
Chris Ranger
Researcher
Peter Hayden
Peter Hayden
Writer
Chris Ranger
Chris Ranger
Writer
Steven Prince
Steven Prince
Associate Producer
Peter Hayden
Peter Hayden
Producer
Peter Hayden
Peter Hayden
Director

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