Photo: Martin Scorsese's Il Mio Viaggio in Italia
Raised on the neo-realist films that played on his family's RCA Victor television during the late 1940s and early '50s, Martin Scorsese celebrates his passion for early Italian cinema with Il Mio Viaggio in Italia (My Voyage to Italy). These were amongst Scorsese's earliest memories, ones that would influence his work as a director. Standing on the roof of his childhood home in Corona, Queens, Scorsese readily admits that his vision is a unique blend of American and Italian influences. While Scorsese's voyage through Italy's cinematic origins does not make any direct reference to the director's own films, the documentary is an essential companion piece to A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies. Most importantly, though, My Voyage to Italy is Scorsese's defense of neo-realism as a philosophical art movement that sorted through the damage WWII did to Italy.
Raised on the neo-realist films that played on his family's RCA Victor television during the late 1940s and early '50s, Martin Scorsese celebrates his passion for early Italian cinema with Il Mio Viaggio in Italia (My Voyage to Italy). These were amongst Scorsese's earliest memories, ones that would influence his work as a director. Standing on the roof of his childhood home in Corona, Queens, Scorsese readily admits that his vision is a unique blend of American and Italian influences. While Scorsese's voyage through Italy's cinematic origins does not make any direct reference to the director's own films, the documentary is an essential companion piece to A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies. Most importantly, though, My Voyage to Italy is Scorsese's defense of neo-realism as a philosophical art movement that sorted through the damage WWII did to Italy.
