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Reviews. 82% Audience Score 250+ Ratings. Filmmaker Martin Scorsese interviews his mother, Catherine, and father, Charles, in this short documentary filmed in the couple's Little Italy apartment.
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Apr 16, 1980 · With Catherine Scorsese, Charles Scorsese, Martin Scorsese. Martin Scorsese interviews his mother and father about their life in New York City and the family history back in Sicily. These are two people who have lived together for a long time and know each other very well.
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- Documentary
- Martin Scorsese
- 1980-04-16
Any vagueness in imagining the look and feel of the Italian-American middle-class Roman Catholic existence will be enriched by this 50-minute homemade doc. The Scorseses talk about their experiences as Italian immigrants in New York among other things, while having dinner at their flat on Elizabeth Street.
Review by Evan T ★★★★ 2 Potentially the greatest insight into Scorsese committed to film, the origin of his Little Italy focus on full display through this lovingly assembled conversational study of his parents.
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- National Communications Foundation
- Martin Scorsese
Oct 15, 2023 · An early documentary of Scorsese's, Italianamerican, a 49-minute cinematic memoir of his family heritage and Italian origins, featuring a subplot about making homemade meatballs, stands out as...
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Italianamerican is a 1974 American documentary film directed by Martin Scorsese and featuring his parents Catherine and Charles, who reflect on their experiences as the children of Italian immigrants to New York City.
May 3, 2011 · Time Out says. Scorsese used to wrap up each feature by hustling through a fast documentary on its tail, a practice that unfortunately he seems to have discontinued. Made just after Mean Streets,...
