Martin Scorsese: A Retrospective

A long time ago, when I got the book, I planned to watch some of Marty's movies that I hadn't seen before and revisit some of them. I'm glad I didn't. It made me enjoy the book more and shortened the list of movies I wanted to see.

The book is very good and it brought some of the experience I had watching the movies. It informs us how each movie was received by the public and the critics, and how Marty felt at the time.

I was wondering if Tom Shone would mention 1MDB-1Malaysia Development Berhad- in the section of The Wolf of Wall Street, he didn't even allude to it, and I understand the reason. It would've added to the reading experience, but it might mean that Marty or other filmmakers stopped collaborating with Shone.

If there is one film one must see from Scorsese it would certainly be his small documentary Italianamerican 1974. It's a less than one hour movie about his parents and it's available on YouTube.

From the wedding scene in Godfellas, a tracking shot shows the guests. In few seconds Tommy's Mother (Catherine Scorsese) tells her son Tommy DeVito(Joe Pesci) while pointing at Henry Hill(Ray Liotta)...

Why don't you be like your friend Henry?He's got a nice girl.He's settling down now. He's married.Pretty soon he'll have a nice family.And you're still bouncing aroundfrom girl to girl.