Scorsese by Ebert

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

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Scorsese by Ebert

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

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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: 9780226182049
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 05/15/2009
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 314
File size: 419 KB

About the Author

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
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