My Voyage to Italy

The son of Italian-American parents who had a strong pride in their national heritage, filmmaker Martin Scorsese grew up watching Italian films with his family, and while he contends that the American cinema was always the most important to him, he also has many powerful memories of the classic ...more

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese continues his highly personal survey of film history for a new generation with Il Mio Viaggio In Italia, a four-hour documentary that never fails to engross. Less an encyclopedic chronicle than a selective tour of Scorsese's favorite Italian movies and directors, the documentary offers novices an indispensable primer on a national cinema that has profoundly impacted the art. The personal nature of the project becomes clear early on in Scorsese's earnest affirmation of ...more