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Scorsese's four-hour-plus survey should come with a college credit for film history. He examines the major films but also spends time on films that may be hard to find on home video (at least at this time): Rossellini's six-part Paisan, a heart-breaking look at the last days of the war; De Sica's episodic The Gold of Naples; Fellini's atypical I Vitelloni, which was a major influence on Scorsese's own Mean Streets; Antonioni's Eclipse with its radical ending; and Rossellini's Voyage to Italy, an examination of a marriage that failed worldwide as a film but was a touchstone for the French New Wave movement. The final results are not as accessible as Personal Journey but, at worst, a viewer will have working knowledge of more than 20 Italian films (and be able to cheat their way through a discussion). At best, these are four hours that will end too soon and leave you hungry to view these films that have fueled Scorsese's cinematic vision. --Doug Thomas
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Martin Scorsese |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 1999 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Buena Vista Home Vid |
| MPAA RATING: | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, Color |
| TYPE: | Documentary |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 2 |
| UPC: | 786936185454 |
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Customer Reviews of My Voyage to Italy
Film School on Discs This is a kind of film school lecture series on Italian neorealist films. Great for people who can't afford film school (like me) or are simply interested in these films, and functions as a commentary track by Scorsese over his favorite scenes in the dozen or so films. However, at more than four hours, it's a little tedious to sit through. And worst of all he showed the ending to some of these films, thus destroying his aim to introduce them to people. How can people watch them now knowing the ending? Unless they are a student or a scholar. In that way the DVDs work best if you have already seen the films, so his discussion can give you a deeper understanding. Otherwise it's just a crash course on Italian neorealism, not that it's a bad thing.
Important Film History Lesson from Important Director
I've always been curious about European film since so much has been written of it--and so little of it played here in the States!
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>Martin Scorsese has made an excellent DVD that touches on his earliest influences and provides a tour of the Italian cinema from its beginning to its critical zenith in the 1950's and 1960's.
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>I would recommend this DVD for anyone with any interest in foreign films. With Scorsese as a guide, you'll not only see the highlights and subtleties of each film, but you'll get historical details and a better understanding of the context from the narration.
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>I'll definitely be checking out Scorsese's previous "personal journey" after watching MY VOYAGE TO ITALY.
If you care about film, art, and humanity, SEE THIS!!!!!!
If this DVD were required viewing (and I hope it is) in film schools, drama schools, in fact, any school with a "major" in art, it could perhaps revolutionize our cultural values. Am I being hyperbolic? I think not. By following the trajectory of Italian neo-realism to its later forms and permutations through the eyes of Scorsese, you learn a couple of things. One, you learn what how an artist forms his vision, interests, calling; in short, you will discover WHY an artist is compelled to follow his/her artistic inclination. You will also see why at least some art matters profoundly. You will see what a pale shadow modern moviemaking is compared to these older masters. You will see art within its spiritual, cultural, social, ideological context and how it mirrors, echoes, and fulfills the deepest aspects of the human condition like dignity, heroism, suffering, etc. You will also hear authentic, heartfelt commentary both regarding the significance that films can portray and an analysis of the modest methods filmmakers could use to create a vision and a reflection of society that rings so true, it will echo in your ears and mind's eye indefinitely. As our films and culture become more "WOW" oriented; when eight average Americans can hold the world's attention on TV via "Survival" simply by eating live octupus; and when the idea of a "good" film is "The English Patient" or "Sixth Sense," this DVD set perhaps can begin as an antidote to mediocrity. You can be "wowed" by "The Matrix" or discuss for hours on end the structure of "Momento" or "Sixth Sense," --when you are on your deathbed, are you going to say, "I am SO glad I got to see "Sixth Sense" one last time?