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A personal journey with Martin Scorsese through American movies
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A personal journey with Martin Scorsese through American movies

Author: Florence DaumanMartin ScorseseMichael Henry WilsonElmer BernsteinBritish Film Institute.All authors
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : Voyager Co. : Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2000?]
Series: Century of cinema.
Edition/Format:   DVD video : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
Featuring a wealth of extracts from famous and infamous American movies, Scorsese offers a provocative multifaceted portrait of Hollywood film directors as he charts a comprehensive course through the rich history of the American cinema.
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Genre/Form: Documentary videos
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Interviews
Named Person: Martin Scorsese
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Florence Dauman; Martin Scorsese; Michael Henry Wilson; Elmer Bernstein; British Film Institute.; Channel Four (Great Britain); Miramax Films.; Voyager Company.; Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
ISBN: 0788823477 9780788823473
OCLC Number: 45214798
Language Note: Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Notes: Originally broadcast on Channel Four Television in 1995.
Credits: Editors, David Lindblom, Kenneth I. Levis ; music, Elmer Bernstein.
Performer(s): Narrated by Martin Scorsese.
Target Audience: Not rated.
Description: 2 videodiscs (226 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital; stereo.
Contents: Director's dilemma: mastering the creative process --
Director as storyteller: the Western, the Gangster film, the musical --
Director as illusionist: controlling and mastering the technical process --
Director as smuggler: the metaphor behind the vision --
Director as iconoclast: asserting personal expression.
Series Title: Century of cinema.
Other Titles: A personal journey with Martin Scorsese through American movies
Responsibility: a BFI TV production for Channel 4 in association with Miramax Films ; produced by Florence Dauman ; written and directed by Martin Scorsese, Michael Henry Wilson.
Local System Bib Number:
193309

Abstract:

Featuring a wealth of extracts from famous and infamous American movies, Scorsese offers a provocative multifaceted portrait of Hollywood film directors as he charts a comprehensive course through the rich history of the American cinema.
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