Scorsese by Ebert

by Roger Ebert, Martin Scorsese (Foreword by)

Overview

Roger Ebert wrote the first film review that director Martin Scorsese ever received—for 1967’s I Call First, later renamed Who’s That Knocking at My Door—creating a lasting bond that made him one of Scorsese’s most appreciative and perceptive commentators. Scorsese by Ebert offers the first record of America’s most respected film critic’s engagement with the works of America’s greatest living director, chronicling every single feature film in Scorsese’s considerable oeuvre, from his aforementioned debut to his 2008 release, the Rolling Stones documentary Shine a Light.

In the course of eleven interviews done over almost forty years, the book also includes Scorsese’s own insights on both his accomplishments and disappointments. Ebert has also written and included six new reconsiderations of the director’s less commented upon films, as well as a substantial introduction that provides a framework for understanding both Scorsese and his profound impact on American cinema.

"Given their career-long back-and-forth, this collection makes perfect sense. . . . In these reconsiderations, Ebert invites us into his thought processes, letting us see not just what he thinks, but how he forms his opinions. Ebert’s insights into Scorsese are terrific, but this book offers the bonus of further insights into Ebert himself."—Time Out Chicago

"Ebert, film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, is an unabashed fan of Scorsese, whom he considers ‘the most gifted director of his generation.’ . . . Of special note are interviews with Scorsese over a 25-year period, in which the director candidly discusses his body of work."—Publishers Weekly

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226182032
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	09/15/2009
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Roger Ebert is the Pulitzer Prize–winning film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times. Starting in 1975, he cohosted a long-running weekly movie review program on television, first with Gene Siskel and then with Richard Roeper. He is the author of numerous books on film, including The Great Movies, The Great Movies II, and Awake in the Dark: The Best of Roger Ebert, the last published by the University of Chicago Press.

 

Table of Contents

Foreword, by Martin Scorsese
Introduction

Part 1: Beginning
            Introduction
 
            I Call First

            Who’s That Knocking at My Door
            Reconsideration

            Woodstock: An Interview with Martin Scorsese & Company
 
            Boxcar Bertha
 
            Mean Streets
 
            Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
 
            Taxi Driver
            An Interview with Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader
 
            New York, New York
            Reconsideration
 
            The Last Waltz
 
Part 2: Achieving
            Introduction
 
            Raging Bull
 
            The King of Comedy
            Scorsese: King of Romantic Pain
            Reconsideration
 
            After Hours
            Reconsideration
 
            The Color of Money

            The Last Temptation of Christ
            Scorsese’s Last Temptation
            Reconsideration
 
            New York Stories: “Life Lessons”
            Martin Scorsese and His “New York” Story

Part 3: Establishing
            Introduction
 
            GoodFellas
            Why GoodFellas was the Best Film of 1990
 
            Cape Fear
 
            The Age of Innocence
            The Innocence of Martin Scorsese
 
            Casino
            De Niro, Pesci, Scorsese Tell a Shocking Mob Story in Casino
 
Part 4: Reflecting
            Introduction
 
            Wexner Center for the Arts Interview

Part 5: Venturing
            Introduction
 
            Kundun
            Scorsese Learns from Those Who Went before Him
            Reconsideration
 
            Bringing Out the Dead
            Bringing Out Scorsese
 
            Gangs of New York
            Gangs All Here for Scorsese

            The Aviator
            Howard's End: Scorsese and the Aviator

            No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

            The Departed

            Shine a Light

Part 6: Masterpieces
            Introduction

            Mean Streets

            Taxi Driver

            Raging Bull

            GoodFellas

            The Age of Innocence

Index