"What slips through the cracks has always fascinated me
... [40's
B-Movie directors] had less money, more freedom ... they could introduce unusual touches, weave unexpected motifs and even transform routine material into a much more personal expression, so in a sense they became smugglers. They cheated and somehow got away with it."
Martin Scorsese
Chapter 9
Director as
Smuggler Part 1 from
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through
American Movies (
1995). Martin Scorsese is a master craftsman in the art of cinema with an encyclopaedic knowledge of Movies. It is a pleasure to hear his views on early
American cinema where his love of the silverscreen was awakened and "coloured his dreams".
Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7K7UEvDonQ0Y_f0jnBNZMo43KYjXz5lP
1
Introduction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0yuKp55cuw
2
The Director's
Dilemma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee9D1Zz5XAA
3 The Director as
Storyteller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJdQMjc5XT8
4
The Western https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUcgI9jwhlA
5
The Gangster Film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KvhEQmGmxQ
6
The Musical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N028ZvX8bdM
7 Director as
Illusionist P1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A1Fcg6N26w
8 Director as Illusionist P2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NnLOhyxFGY
9 Director as Smuggler P1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnzB_vx9PgU
10 Director as Smuggler P2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOmzvu4fgNM
11 Director as
Iconoclast P1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrasFZE8wFs
12 Director as Iconoclast P2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REGvKgXjZpE
13 Director as Iconoclast P3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j-Yo44Zuqo
14
Conclusion &
Credits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE5Pgh9-HVU
Movie clips included in this video are as follows:
(
Note some of the full movies can be found in the following Playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7K7UEvDonQ0-coey9ORvWEut-PfEJp5P)
Cat People (
1942) -
Jacques Tourneur
I Walked with a Zombie (1943) - Jacques Tourneur
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) -
Max Ophuls
Scarlet Street (
1945) -
Fritz Lang
Detour (1945) -
Edgar G. Ulmer
Double Indemnity (
1944) -
Billy Wilder
Crime Wave (
1954) -
Andre De Toth
Outrage (
1950) -
Ida Lupino
Gun Crazy (1950) -
Joseph H. Lewis
T-Men (
1947) -
Anthony Mann
Raw Deal (1948) - Anthony Mann
Kiss Me Deadly (
1955) -
Robert Aldrich
Interviews included in this video are with:
Fritz Lang (1890--1976)
Billy Wilder (1906--2002)
Andre De Toth (1912--2002)
"
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- published: 21 Nov 2012
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