Italianamerican

Italianamerican (1974)

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese interviews his mother and father about their life in New York and family history back in Sicily.

Date of release
1974-10-01
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (84)
Runtime
49m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Martin Scorsese

Casting

Interesting facts

Italianamerican is a 1974 American documentary film directed by Martin Scorsese and featuring his parents Catherine and Charles, who reflect on their experiences as the children of Italian immigrants to New York City.

Production

Martin Scorsese came up with the idea for Italianamerican after returning from his presentation of Mean Streets at the Cannes Film Festival. A script was written by Lawrence D. Cohen in order to receive funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, but it was not used for the actual film. Six hours of footage was shot, three hours on two days.

Scorsese edited Italianamerican alongside Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.

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