Top League: the unknown face of Martin Scorsese cinema vol. 3

dokumentART 2013: 22.10.2013, Tuesday, 18:00
Multikino Galaxy, (where is that?)
Blok tematyczny: Top League

Each year, the Top League section presents the work of one prominent director. This year we will show selected works by the acclaimed and unique Martin Scorsese, who won an Oscar for directing “The Departed” in 2006 and a Palme d'Or for “Taxi Driver” (with the excellent Robert De Niro as the lead) and “After Hours,” has been laureate of the BAFTA award twice, as well as winner of multiple Golden Globes.
 
Born in 1942 in New York and raised in the Little Italy district, Scorsese already showed interest in cinema as a child. He has often talked about his little rituals – going to the movies with father. As he claims himself, that was the only thread of communication between them and one of the few topics for conversation. We can observe their relationship in one of this year's Top League films: “Italianamerican” from 1974. It is a very interesting and intimate story told from the perspective of the great director's parents. Apart from popular feature films, such as “Goodfellas,” “Shutter Island,” and the previously mentioned “Taxi Driver,” Scorsese shot a number of less known documentary films. We have decided to present them to you; “My voyage to Italy” and “Lady by the Sea: The Statue Of Liberty” are only two of them. To cut it short: this is a program for those who want to get to know Martin Scorsese and his work from a different angle. It is well worth it.
 
The event will be held at MULTIKINO GALAXY.
 
Filmography:
 
Mean Streets (1973)
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)
Taxi Driver (1976)
New York, New York (1977)
Raging Bull (1980)
The King of Comedy (1983)
After Hours (1985)
The Color of Money (1986)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Goodfellas (1990)
Cape Fear (1991)
The Age of Innocence (1993)
Casino (1995)
Kundun (1997)
Bringing Out The Dead (1999)
Gangs of New York (2002)
The Aviator (2004)
The Departed (2006)
Shutter Island (2010)
Hugo (2011)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Films

  • My Voyage To Italy246'

    A subjective review of works of Italian cinematography which influenced Martin Scorsese most. The director pays homage to his great compatriots: Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini, Visconti, and Antonioni (whose retrospective was presented at last year's Top League). “Roma, città aperta” (“Rome, Open City”), “Germania anno zero” (“Germany Year Zero”), “L'Eclisse” (“The Eclipse”), “8 ½,” and "L'Oro di Napoli” (“The Gold of Naples”) are just some of the pictures in question. Shot in traditional 35-mm format, the film is a collage of different genres: old newsreels, “home” videos, and, last but not least, the masterpieces of Italian cinema. This long film, over four hours in running time, is watched with excitement throughout, and that is thanks to the interesting, personal, and amusing commentary by Scorsese.

     

     

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  • Lady By The Sea: The Statue of Liberty55'

    A documentary film produced for the History Channel. The director goes back in time and analyses the influence that the Statue of Liberty has had on New Yorkers. He inspects what role it played in their lives after the tragedy of 9/11. Everything here seems to revolve around “Her” – the mysterious and majestic figure. With the passing of minutes, however, we realise that “She” and part of the history investigated by Martin Scorsese have a lot more to reveal.

     

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Associated artists

  • Małgorzata Frymus

    She is from Szczecin. Graduated from the Catholic University of Lublin and the PWSFTViT Film school in Łódź. Lecturer at the University of Szczecin. Journalist and reporter for Polish Radio Szczecin, deals mostly with culture topics. She worked with TVP Polish National Television (Szczecin branch). She made several TV programs and reportages. For years she has been working with the OFFicyna Association, the Zachęta Sztuki Współczesnej, and the Stowarzyszenie Ińskie Lato Filmowe. Celluloid Tales is her first documentary film.

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