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post #1 of 8
11/11/02 at 10:17pm
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I am currently viewing Part 2 of 3 of A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies.

It was a TV special that is now available on DVD and that I rented from Netflix.

In it, Scorsese narrates over clips from many films from different genres to explain their progression as a subject and it is also interspersed with small interviews with classic directors like King Vidor, John Ford and many contemporary directors from the past 30 years like Coppola, Eastwood and De Palma.

Very interesting stuff and I now have a huge list of classic films to see.

Some of the films profiled are films that influenced Scorsese's work and others are just good pieces of art for him to expound his vast film knowledge on.

Recommended viewing for all filmmakers.

Here's the listing for this piece at the IMDb with all the details:

<a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0112120" target="_blank">http://us.imdb.com/Title?0112120</a>

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post #2 of 8
11/11/02 at 11:20pm
Personal Journey was great and the resulting list of films to view was enough to give me a headache. I love the time Scorsese spend on Jacques Tourneur's career and what films of his you should watch.

Psst!
Anyone else out there who likes this set should check out Il Mio Viaggio in Italia (1999) which also rocks the house. It's not out on DVD yet, but those of you fortunate enough to see it on TV or at a film festival consider yourself enriched even more.

Check it out here: <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0173772" target="_blank">http://us.imdb.com/Title?0173772</a>
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post #3 of 8
11/12/02 at 5:50pm
Actually recommended viewing is an interesting thing to talk about. For some you view everything. For others they view a certain genre and that is it. Same can be said for style of film (indie, experimental, etc.) So there is a big question of what you wish o be influenced by. As a person who is very inspired by Kurosawa I have been caught up in much of what Asian cinema puts out and the methodology they use in their films.

But good filmmaking is good filmmaking and it is wise to learn from many different sources.
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post #4 of 8
11/13/02 at 12:39am
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But good filmmaking is good filmmaking and it is wise to learn from many different sources.
The force is strong in this one Master
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post #5 of 8
12/9/02 at 8:32pm
I was debating whether or not ot start a new thread but I'll try here & see what kind of response I get first!

Just wanted to know if there are DVD commentaries you would deem useful to a budding filmmaker?
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post #6 of 8
12/9/02 at 11:38pm
Well there is Robert Rodriquez on his El Mariachi and Desperado commentaries.
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post #7 of 8
12/10/02 at 1:43am
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CTDeLude:
Well there is Robert Rodriquez on his El Mariachi and Desperado commentaries.
Cool thanks!
I've got the book "Rebel Without a Crew" but haven't got around to it yet.
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post #8 of 8
12/19/02 at 3:10am
Rebel without a crew is great -- reads really quick, too.

Favorite commentaries that give lots of tips on technique:

John Frankenheimer on Ronin
Francis Ford Coppola on The Conversation
Bruce Campbell on The Evil Dead (lots of low budget info, and better than the Raimi/Tapert commentary)

I tried watching some of that Scorcese series, but it was a little too dry and scholarly for my tastes. I prefer the <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0108695" target="_blank">American Cinema</a> series that originally aired on PBS in the early 90s. I also love the documentary <a href="http://us.imdb.com/Title?0105764" target="_blank">Visions of Light</a> , about cinematography.
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