Conversations with Scorsese

by Richard Schickel

“Feel Like Going Home”

  DIRECTED BY

  Martin Scorsese

  WRITTEN BY

  Peter Guralnick

  EPISODE CAST

  Corey Harris … Himself

  John Lee Hooker … Himself (archive footage)

  Salif Keita … Himself

  Willie King … Himself

  Taj Mahal … Himself

  Ali Farka Touré … Himself

  Otha Turner … Himself

  EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

  Jody Allen

  Paul G. Allen

  PRODUCER

  Samuel D. Pollard

  CO-PRODUCER

  Richard Hutton

  LINE PRODUCER

  Daphne McWilliams

  FILM EDITOR

  David Tedeschi

  LADY BY THE SEA: THE STATUE OF LIBERTY (2004)

  (Television Documentary)

  DIRECTED BY

  Kent Jones

  Martin Scorsese

  WRITTEN BY

  Kent Jones

  Martin Scorsese

  CAST

  Philip Lopate … Himself

  James Sanders … Himself

  Martin Scorsese … Host/Narrator

  CO-PRODUCER

  Rachel Reichman

  ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

  Edwin Schlossberg

  “BOARDWALK EMPIRE” (2010)

  (HBO Televison Series)

  SERIES EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS

  Stephen Levinson

  Martin Scorsese

  Timothy Van Patten

  Mark Wahlberg

  Terence Winter

  SUPERVISING PRODUCERS

  Margaret Nagle

  “BOARDWALK EMPIRE” (series pilot)

  DIRECTED BY

  Martin Scorsese

  WRITTEN BY

  Terence Winter

  (Based on the novel by Nelson Johnson)

  CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

  Lawrence Konner

  SUPERVISING PRODUCER

  Howard Korder

  LINE PRODUCER

  Dana J. Kuznetzkoff

  PRINCIPAL EPISODE CAST

  Greg Antonacci … Johnny Torrio

  Pearce Bunting … Bill McCoy

  Danny Burstein … Lolly Steinman

  Steve Buscemi … Nucky Thompson

  DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

  Stuart Dryburgh

  CASTING BY

  Ellen Lewis

  PRODUCTION DESIGN BY

  Bob Shaw

  COSTUME DESIGN BY

  John A. Dunn

  Other Producer or Executive Producer Credits

  Medicine Ball Caravan (1971) (associate producer)

  The Grifters (1990) (producer)

  Mad Dog and Glory (1993) (producer)

  Naked in York (1993) (executive producer)

  Clockers (1995) (producer)

  Eric Clapton: Nothing But the Blues—an

  “In the Spotlight” Special (1995) (executive producer)

  Search and Destroy (1995) (executive producer)

  Grace of My Heart (1996) (executive producer)

  Kicked in the Head (1997) (executive producer)

  The Hi-Lo Country (1998) (producer)

  You Can Count on Me (2000) (executive producer)

  Rain (2001/IV) (executive producer)

  The Blues (2003) TV series (executive producer)

  The Soul of a Man (2003) (executive producer)

  Frankenstein (2004) (TV) (executive producer)

  Lightning in a Bottle (2004) (executive producer)

  Nyfes (2004) (executive producer) aka Brides (English title)

  Something to Believe In (2004) (executive producer)

  Val Lewton: The Man in the Shadows (2007) (producer)

  Lymelife (2008) (executive producer)

  Picasso and Braque Go to the Movies (2008) (producer)

  The Young Victoria (2009) (producer)

  Untitled George Harrison documentary (2010) (producer)

  Actor

  Who’s That Knocking at My Door (1967) Gangster

  Boxcar Bertha (1972) Brothel Client

  Mean Streets (1973) Jimmy Shorts

  Cannonball! (1976) Mafioso

  Taxi Driver (1976) Taxi Passenger

  Il pap’occhio (1980) TV Director

  Raging Bull (1980) Barbizon Stagehand

  The King of Comedy (1982) TV Director

  Anna Pavlova (1983) Gatti-Cassaza

  After Hours (1985) Club Berlin Searchlight Operator

  The Color of Money (1986) (voice) Opening Voiceover

  ’Round Midnight (1986) Goodley

  New York Stories (1989) Man Having Picture Taken with Lionel Dobie

  Dreams (1990) Vincent van Gogh

  The Grifters (1990) (voice)

  Guilty by Suspicion (1991) Joe Lesser

  The Age of Innocence (1993) Photographer

  Quiz Show (1994) Martin Rittenhome

  Search and Destroy (1995) The Accountant

  Bringing Out the Dead (1999) (voice) Dispatcher

  “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (2002) As Himself (2 episodes)

  Gangs of New York (2002) (uncredited) Wealthy Homeowner

  The Aviator (2004) Hell’s Angels Projectionist/Man on Red Carpet

  Shark Tale (2004) (voice) Sykes

  NOTE: Martin Scorsese received screen credits as an assistant director and film editor on Woodstock (1970), but was fired from the production before it was finished—an experience that to this day visibly upsets him. Subsequently, he was credited as an “associate producer” on another music documentary, Medicine Ball Caravan (1971), though most of his duties were as an editor. In 1972 he was credited as “montage supervisor” on Elvis on Tour. In this period he was the uncredited editor on several of his own films, including Boxcar Bertha and Mean Streets—because he was not a member of the editors’ union—and he also worked anonymously as an editor on several Roger Corman films. In 2001 he directed “The Neighborhood,” a segment of the television program A Concert for New York. His appearances as an interviewee on documentaries about movie history are too numerous to mention, and he also frequently appears as a presenter of DVD releases, as well on awards programs, on which he is often enough the honoree.

  INDEX

  Location numbers in italics refer to illustrations.

  A

  Abyss, The (Yourcenar)

  Academy Awards, 17.1, 17.2

  MS’s winning of, itr.1, 29.1, 29.2

  Academy of Music

  Accattone

  Across the Universe

  Adler, Renata

  After Hours, itr.1, itr.2, 7.1, 16.1, 16.2, 18.1, 18.2, 33.1, 34.1

  black comedy in, 16.1, 16.2, 25.1

  After the Fall (Miller)

  Age of Innocence, The, itr.1, itr.2, 4.1, 12.1, 22.1, 24.1, 24.2, 33.1, 34.1, 36.1, 38.1

  cast of, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3, 26.1, 34.1

  depiction of upper classes in, itr.1, 22.1, 22.2, 22.3

  as Visconti homage, 22.1, 22.2

  Age of Innocence, The (Wharton), 22.1, 22.2

  “Ain’t Gonna Work on Maggie’s Farm”

  Albeck, Andy

  Alexander Nevsky, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2

  Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, itr.1, 4.1, 4.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 15.1, 33.1, 33.2, 34.1, 37.1

  cast of, 10.1, 10.2, 35.1

  Allen, Lewis

  Allen, Steve

  Allen, Woody, 19.1, 25.1

  All My Babies

  All the Rights Moves

  Altamont concert

  Amarcord

  America, America, 5.1, 32.1

  American Cinema (Sarris)

  American dream

  American Film Institute (AFI)

  American Gigolo

  American Madness

  American Notes (Dickens)

  American Revolution

  Amsterdam

  Anatomy of a Murder, 29.1, 38.1

  Anderson, Lindsay

  Anderson, Paul Thomas

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  Andrews, Dana

  Anger, Kenneth

  Anna

  Antonioni, Michelangelo

  Apocalypse Now

  Appointment in Samarra (O’Hara)

  Arden, Eve

  Armendáriz, Pedro

  Armstrong, Louis

  Arness, James

  Arquette, Rosanna, 19.1, 19.2, 19.3

  Arrangement, The

  Arsenal

  Art Theater

  Asbury, Herbert

  Asperger’s syndrome

  Asphalt Jungle, The

  Astor, Mary

  Astor Place riot

  auteur theory, 2.1, epl.1

  Autumn Leaves

  Aviator, The, 2.1, 4.1, 16.1, 27.1, 28.1, 32.1, 32.2, 32.3, 35.1, 39.1, 41.1

  cast of, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 27.4, 27.5, 29.1, 29.2, 32.1, 32.2, 34.1, 35.1

  script of, 27.1, 27.2, 27.3, 27.4, 35.1

  use of color in

  Avventura, L’

  B

  Baby Doll, 1.1, 5.1

  Bacall, Lauren

  Bach, Steven, 14.1, 14.2

  Bad and the Beautiful, The

  Baez, Joan

  Baker, Chet

  Baldwin, Alec

  Baldwin, James

  Ballhaus, Michael, 18.1, 18.2, 22.1, 32.1, 34.1, 38.1

  Balsam, Martin

  Band, The, 10.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 28.1, 38.1, 38.2

  Band of Outsiders

  Band Wagon, The, 12.1, 27.1

  Bang the Drum Slowly, 9.1, 9.2

  Barnum’s Circus

  Barron, Arthur

  Barry Lyndon, 17.1, 22.1

  Bartók, Béla

  BBC

  Beach Boys

  Beatty, Warren

  Beauty and the Beast, 1.1, 5.1

  Becky Sharp

  Before the Revolution

  Bel Geddes, Barbara

  Bellocchio, Marco

  Bells of St. Mary’s, The, 1.1, 1.2

  “Be My Baby,” 38.1, 38.2

  Ben-Ami, Jacob

  Benjamin, Walter, 38.1, 41.1

  Bergen, Polly

  Bergman, Ingmar, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 11.1, 41.1

  Bergman, Ingrid, 1.1, 5.1

  Bernstein, Elmer, 38.1, 38.2, 38.3, 38.4

  Berry, Chuck, 7.1, 38.1

  Bertolucci, Bernardo, 2.1, 7.1

  Bethune, Zina, 6.1, 6.2

  Bible, 1.1, 14.1, 18.1, 18.2, 24.1, 26.1

  Bicycle Thief, The

  Big Knife, The

  Biograph Theater

  Birds, The

  Birth of a Nation

  Biskind, Peter, 7.1, 14.1

  Bitter Rice

  Blackboard Jungle

  blacklisting

  Blanchett, Cate, 27.1, 29.1, 29.2

  Blood on the Moon, 1.1, 32.1

  Bloody Mama

  Blow-Up

  Blue Collar

  Blue Grass of Kentucky

  blues, 38.1, 38.2

  Blues in the Night

  Boardwalk Empire

  Body and Soul

  Bogdanovich, Peter

  Bond, Ward, 3.1, 6.1

  Bonnie and Clyde, 2.1, 7.1, 8.1

  Bono, Joseph

  Boomerang

  Born on the Fourth of July

  Born to Kill

  Born Yesterday

  Boston, Mass., 1.1, 26.1, 29.1, 31.1, 31.2, 33.1, 36.1, 41.1, 41.2

  Bowery, The, 26.1, 26.2

  Bowman, Lee

  Boxcar Bertha, 7.1, 8.1, 18.1, 18.2, 32.1

  cast of, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

  script of, 8.1, 8.2

  Boyle, Peter

  Bragg, Melvyn

  Brakhage, Stan

  Brando, Marlon, 1.1, 2.1, 11.1, 14.1, 14.2, 17.1, 20.1, 29.1, 34.1, 38.1

  Breaking Point, The

  Breaking the Sound Barrier

  Breen Office

  Bremer, Arthur

  Brenner, Joseph

  Bridge of San Luis Rey, The, 41.1, epl.1

  Bridge of San Luis Rey, The (Wilder)

  Bridgewater State Hospital

  Brief Encounter

  Bright Leaf

  Bringing Out the Dead, itr.1, 18.1, 25.1, 28.1, 41.1, 41.2

  cast of, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3

  humor in

  script of, 25.1, 25.2

  Bringing Out the Dead (Connelly)

  Broadway Open House

  Brodie, Steve

  Brooks, Mel

  Brooks, Richard

  Brown, James

  Brown, Jim

  Brubeck, Dave

  Buñuel, Luis

  Burr, Raymond

  Burstyn, Ellen, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 29.1, 35.1

  C

  Caesar, Julius

  Caesar, Sid

  Cage, Nicholas, 25.1, 25.2, 25.3

  Cagney, James, 20.1, 20.2

  California, 7.1, 14.1, 27.1, 27.2, 35.1, 38.1

  earthquakes in, 7.1, 27.1

  MS in, 1.1, 7.1, 9.1, 15.1, 25.1

  Calley, John, 7.1, 7.2, 10.1

  Calloway, Cab, 28.1, 38.1

  cameras

  Eclair, 2.1, 6.1

  Eyemo

  Filmo

  handheld

  8 millimeter

  16 millimeter, itr.1, 2.1, 5.1, 6.1, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 20.1, 27.1

  18 millimeter

  35 millimeter, 2.1, 13.1

  70 millimeter

  Cameron-Scorsese, Domenica (daughter)

  Canby, Vincent, 14.1, 28.1

  Cannes Film Festival, 14.1, 14.2

  Canyon Passage

  Capa, Martino (grandfather), 1.1, 2.1

  Cape Fear (1962), 21.1, 21.2, 21.3

  Cape Fear (1991), itr.1, 18.1, 21.1, 21.2, 23.1, 32.1

  Capitol Theater

  Capra, Frank, 7.1, 15.1, 34.1, 41.1

  Capriccio Italien (Tchaikovsky)

  Cardinal Hayes High School, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 4.1

  Carmichael, Hoagy

  Carnal Knowledge

  Carradine, David, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3

  Carson, Jack

  Caruso, Enrico

  Casey, Bernie

  Casino, itr.1, 1.1, 5.1, 14.1, 23.1, 38.1

  brutality in, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 26.1

  cast of, 23.1, 23.2, 23.3, 26.1, 29.1

  Cassavetes, John, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 12.1, 29.1

  Catholic Legion of Decency

  CBS News

  Céline, Louis-Ferdinand

  Central Airport

  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

  Chabrol, Claude, 5.1, 39.1

  Chandler, Raymond

  Chaney, Lon

  Chapin, Harry

  Chaplin, Charlie

  Chapman, Michael, 11.1, 14.1, 14.2, 16.1, 17.1, 34.1, 34.2, 34.3, 34.4, 38.1

  Charles, Ray

  Charlie Wilson’s War

  Chartoff, Bob

  Chekhov, Anton

  Chen Kaige

  Chicago, Ill., 6.1, 17.1, 20.1, 35.1

  Chicago Film Festival, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1

  Children of Paradise, 5.1, 41.1

  China, 18.1, 24.1, 26.1

  Cultural Revolution in

  Chinatown

  Christianity, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2, 41.1, 41.2, 41.3

  Cicero

  Cinecolor, 1.1, 27.1, 33.1

  Cinema 16

  cinema verité, 13.1, 18.1

  Cineplex Odeon Theaters

  Citizen Kane, 2.1, 39.1, 39.2, 39.3

  City Lights

  Civil War, U.S., 26.1, 26.2, 26.3