Scorsese's short documentary from the 1970s, Italianamerican, will make you want to cook up an Italian feast.
The Big Picture One of the finest filmmakers in the history of cinema, Martin Scorsese's work in the documentary field is often unheralded among mainstream audiences. While most of his nonfiction films are in the realm of music, such as the concert documentary of The Band's swan song performance in The Last Waltz or an exploration of an inflection point in the life and career of Bob Dylan in No Direction Home, these films are as vital and personal to Scorsese as his narrative pictures.
Up until they died in 1993 and 1997, respectively, Charles and Catherine frequently appeared as cameos in their son's films. Mr. Scorsese can be seen stirring the tomato sauce in the luxury prison suite in Goodfellas and sitting at a table at the Copacabana in Raging Bull. Mrs.
Like the best Martin Scorsese films, Italianamerican operates on a lively pace of spontaneity. The director's mother begins speaking before the film technically starts, as Scorsese's crew is still configuring the sound system and lighting. The abrupt title card once Catherine begins to prepare the tomato sauce is reminiscent of the sudden drop of The Departed's title card three decades later.
Because the film is disinterested in a grand thesis on the state of being an Italian-American, Scorsese is free to explore the personality of his parents. Upon hearing story after story of the struggles of blue-collar life and the towering influence of Catholicism and family values, Catherine and Charles reveal themselves as the two sides of Scorsese as a filmmaker.
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