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My Voyage to Italy

Famous film director Martin Scorsese annotates clips from his favorite Italian films and discusses their influence on him and his art. You get a 3-hour crash course in Italian films, and an appreciation of older films in general. The professor in this case is brilliant. Every great artist should do this: outline and celebrate their influences. Two things this obviously well-made documentary did for me. Made me realize how important Italian filmmaking is, and made me want to see the many legendary ones I have not yet seen. But even if all you see are the excerpts and commentary by professor Scorsese in this film, you'll have a new level of film understanding.

-- KK

My Voyage to Italy
By Martin Scorsese
1999, 123 min.
$18, DVD

Rent from Netflix

Available from Amazon

Posted on January 3, 2007 at 5:00 AM | Comments (0)



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