Why MARTIN SCORSESE loves improvising

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  • Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
  • On a Saturday afternoon in 1974, Martin Scorsese payed a visit to his parents. And he took a film crew with him. The result is the absolutely wonderful documentary Italianamerican. During his visit to shoot the film, Scorsese learned something from his parents that would change his directing forever, and would influence masterpieces like Raging Bull, Goodfellas and Taxi Driver...
    00:00 Introduction
    00:31 Scorsese's parents
    03:37 Catherine Scorsese in Goodfellas
    06:07 Improvisation in Raging Bull
    08:14 Conclusion
    SOURCES
    Italianamerican, Martin Scorsese, 1974
    Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese, Warner Bros, 1990
    Raging Bull, Martin Scorsese, United Artists, 1980
    Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese, Columbia Pictures, 1976
    Martin Scorsese, Guggenheim Symposium 2006: • Martin Scorsese: Gugge...
    Scorsese in Scene By Scene: • Martin Scorsese Scene ...
    Scorsese in Letterman: • Roy Blount Jr., Bill M...
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Комментарии • 163

  • @TheGaze
    @TheGaze  4 года назад +175

    Here’s the recipe for Catherine's tomato sauce:
    Singe an onion & a pinch of garlic in oil.
    Throw in a piece of veal, a piece of beef,
    some pork sausage & a lamb neck bone,
    Add a basil leaf.
    When the meat is brown take it out,
    & put it on a plate.
    Put in a can of tomato paste & some water.
    Pass a can of packed whole tomatoes
    through a blender & pour it in.
    Let it boil.
    Add salt, pepper & a pinch of sugar.
    Let it cook for awhile.
    Throw the meat back in.
    Cook for 1 hour
    Now make the meatballs.
    Put a slice of bread, without crust,
    2 eggs, & a drop of milk, into a bowl of
    ground veal and beef.
    Add salt, pepper, some cheese &
    a few spoons of sauce.
    Bit it with your hands,
    Roll them up, throw them in.
    Let it cook for another hour.

    • @dirtyharry1881
      @dirtyharry1881 3 года назад +5

      This is a revelation to me, that she is Scorsese's mother improvising. Cause when Joe Pesci's character got wacked in the film my thought was.... oh his poor mother!!

    • @Wubslin
      @Wubslin 3 года назад +7

      Good, you didn't put too much onions in

    • @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs
      @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs 3 года назад +4

      The same sauce from the prison scene

    • @marlontristen2095
      @marlontristen2095 2 года назад

      Instablaster.

    • @alrivera8363
      @alrivera8363 2 года назад +3

      Bada boom bada bing. You got ya f*cking sauce!!! Prego.

  • @joannietrotter2344
    @joannietrotter2344 3 года назад +176

    She was wonderful... her life’s mission is to nurture her family, she didn’t need to act that as it just comes naturally. Martin Scorsese looks 50/50 of both his mum and dad. It’s a brilliant documentary.

    • @HAL--vf6cg
      @HAL--vf6cg 2 года назад +4

      50/50 how about that? Straight down the middle... beautiful

  • @i7eight
    @i7eight 4 года назад +164

    This is phenomenal. I didn't realize that the scene in Goodfellas was improvised. Scorseses' mother is a natural!

  • @pikkon899
    @pikkon899 10 месяцев назад +24

    You can see Scorsese's face in both of his parents. I've never seen someone that resembles both of their parents equally. It's insane.

  • @janinem5196
    @janinem5196 8 месяцев назад +8

    These were an exact image of the conversations I grew up listening to - the intonation, the accent, the gesticulating - all of it. Catherine is every aunt I ever had. Makes me very nostalgic.

  • @alexscott730
    @alexscott730 3 года назад +35

    The plastic on the couches is classic!!!🤣

  • @Johncourt409
    @Johncourt409 8 месяцев назад +7

    One dog goes one way and the other dog goes the other way. I love that scene.

  • @villain5873
    @villain5873 3 года назад +93

    Martin Scorsese looks like the perfect mix of both his parents, I’m talking 50/50. GOD bless.

  • @AlexRodriguez-ti3wy
    @AlexRodriguez-ti3wy 2 года назад +8

    It’s like their eyebrows combined to make Marty’s ultra eyebrows.

  • @slowemm
    @slowemm Год назад +11

    06:16 When Scorcese's Mom says "get him outta here" I got goosebumps, sounded exactly like my Italian relatives.

  • @jeannenorris2280
    @jeannenorris2280 4 года назад +19

    I just watched Italianamerican on Criterion streaming. It wasn't long enough!

  • @gusaltobello9073
    @gusaltobello9073 4 года назад +63

    This is actually some of the best content I've seen on cinema. Keep up the amazing work!

    • @TheGaze
      @TheGaze  4 года назад +7

      Wow that's a great compliment. Thanks Gus!

  • @americanescu
    @americanescu 5 месяцев назад +5

    I miss that NYC ... simple life as it may be but it was all about the family. I had the most wonderful time living there. My family lived the same way being all immigrants. Not from Italy but we're not far off culturally lol! The wit, the humor, the food, the verbal fights and the love afterwards. I want to cry ... Nothing is like that anymore. When I travel back there, I'm overwhelmed with emotions. Well ... I'm glad I got to live through it.

  • @tmrezzek5728
    @tmrezzek5728 3 года назад +72

    CHARLES SCORSESE'S GREATEST CINEMA MOMENT: blowing Joe Pesci's brains out in Goodfellas then quipping, "And that's THAT!"

    • @-0rbital-
      @-0rbital- 3 года назад +11

      That was Scorsese’s dad in that scene?! Damn, I knew the mom was in the movie, but I never knew the father was too.
      I think maybe he knew this was going to be his greatest film, so he wanted both his parents in it.

    • @paulcolbourne9112
      @paulcolbourne9112 3 года назад +3

      His dad was in the scene but he didn't do the killing.

    • @carlgustafemilmannerheim5661
      @carlgustafemilmannerheim5661 3 года назад +11

      @@-0rbital- He played Vinnie, the guy that put to many onions in the sauce.

    • @-0rbital-
      @-0rbital- 3 года назад +5

      @@carlgustafemilmannerheim5661 Too many? He only put 2 or 3 small onions in there! 😉

  • @jeneengarcia3766
    @jeneengarcia3766 3 года назад +11

    Leggit have the same painting above their sofa...it’s above my bed lol 😂 crazy

  • @Owyourhurtingme
    @Owyourhurtingme 3 года назад +27

    Marty’s mother is so friggin cute I can’t stand it lol !!

  • @toybarons
    @toybarons 7 месяцев назад +4

    Just amazing. I felt I was back in the 1970s again as a kid. I grew up for a few years, anglophone in a most Italian neighborhood. I remember those rooms in my friends' homes where the furniture had plastic covers that were used for special occasions in the family. What really blew me away was Scorsese's mom being Joe Pesci's mom in my fav film Goodfellas. That the scene was improvised is just fantastic. Makes me love the film even more than I already do.

  • @TheWorldOfSammiches
    @TheWorldOfSammiches 4 года назад +57

    Hey, just saw this on Reddit and I love the way you built the flow of the video and how you told the story! Definitely subscribed :D

    • @TheGaze
      @TheGaze  4 года назад +1

      Thanks Timothy!

  • @OBSVFULC
    @OBSVFULC Месяц назад +1

    The first scene with his parents on the couch, the wrapped furniture! Love it!

  • @rayjay6769
    @rayjay6769 3 года назад +8

    Awesome scene! His mother was great, I grew up around the Italians, she killed it!

  • @braintyp8959
    @braintyp8959 3 года назад +14

    That is so unbelievably amazing dude! I can not believe that scene in Goodfellas was improvised. It was done so well

  • @samzz07
    @samzz07 Год назад +5

    its so cute hom him and his dad has the same dark eyebrows and gray hair

  • @erikliljenwall8185
    @erikliljenwall8185 Месяц назад +3

    "Talk the way you talk to me, when you talk to your son."
    "You lookin' for a fight or something there?"
    You couldn't write better dialogue.

  • @nickinportland
    @nickinportland 2 года назад +2

    I didn’t know that was his mom in good fellas that’s awesome. Thanks for the sauce recipe!

  • @siriusvenus8708
    @siriusvenus8708 7 месяцев назад +1

    My grandparents arguing but always like watching some tv show comedy--(outta Flatbush). They loved each other always until the end! The arguing was like a staple and a gluing process of consolidation.

  • @christineperkins4451
    @christineperkins4451 9 месяцев назад +2

    Couldn't love this more, epic and natural filmmaking ❤❤❤❤

  • @Usman.Khan1379
    @Usman.Khan1379 3 года назад +8

    Both of his parents were in Good Fellas not just his mother and both were great in the movie

  • @Arttective
    @Arttective 3 года назад +11

    I'm not joking, you are literally one of my favorite RUclipsrs of all times.

    • @tdb4763
      @tdb4763 2 года назад +1

      I feel the same way. I think I might go gay for him

  • @RichardSmith-ot3zk
    @RichardSmith-ot3zk 3 года назад +6

    My parents are getting up there in years, but even now, it always gets a laugh when someone says, one thing goes one way and the other thing goes the other way.

  • @ckbuco
    @ckbuco 3 года назад +4

    If you have the means try to visit the Francis Ford Coppola vineyard in Geyservile, Sonoma. Catherine Scorsese's lemon chicken is phenomenal.

  • @Brvnkaerv
    @Brvnkaerv Год назад +6

    He sat so far away because his breath smelled of onions.

  • @chrisw2119
    @chrisw2119 3 года назад +6

    I never knew it was Martin's mother in "Good fellas" Such a great scene too R.I.P To Martin's parents. My friend told me after the movie In his New Yawka accent he said Dats Scorcezzi's modah LOL

    • @markyncole
      @markyncole 3 года назад +1

      She's in Casino as well,she plays the woman who works in the meat store in Kansas.Her improve reaction in her scene when her son curses after she told him not to makes me laugh every time.

  • @bengordon3423
    @bengordon3423 3 года назад +4

    her laugh is infectious, just beautiful.

  • @treasurethetime2463
    @treasurethetime2463 3 года назад +3

    His mom asked David Letterman what's the matter with you. A natural.

  • @TheDamloko
    @TheDamloko 3 года назад +3

    Loved this, Thank you !

  • @justanawkwarddude9035
    @justanawkwarddude9035 3 года назад +3

    I just realized how good of actors these guys are to stay in character in an improvised scen, the way joe Pesci gives henry a cold psychotic stare when his Mather asks “Henry why are you so quiet?”, it’s as if with those eyes he’s telling Henry “you betta act normal in fron of my motha or I’ll crack ya fuckin skull”, the way robert dinero drowns his food in sauce since no Italian would do that with a home cooked meal or the fact that the guy playing Henry is so disturbed like any normal person outside the mafia. He just witnessed a made man get his shit kicked In very badly, he’s now an associate to the crime, so it’s do or die for him. He’s lost his appetite and he’s disturbed by it, god it’s fucking impressive acting.

  • @bkfabs
    @bkfabs 3 года назад +3

    Very interesting video. My nana was from Italy and exactly like his mother. No matter what you did her love was unconditional.

  • @jfkesq
    @jfkesq 3 года назад +2

    Fantastic editing on this piece. This is a great RUclips short film.

  • @Simpy1621
    @Simpy1621 Год назад +4

    What a beautiful woman

  • @pressureworks
    @pressureworks 2 года назад +6

    Plastic ? He thinks it's plastic !?!? That's vinyl. Quality clear vinyl. We ain't got no friggin plastic in dis house. Get outta here !

  • @waltermcgregoractor
    @waltermcgregoractor 4 года назад +1

    You put out great content! Thanks for the video. As an actor, this is really useful!

  • @EJD339
    @EJD339 3 года назад +1

    Great video. I got here somehow by listening to a podcast that talked about the scene she was in casino to a clip of her on Dave Letterman to this and I’m super glad I got here.

  • @atesemireltutar6661
    @atesemireltutar6661 3 года назад +2

    Oh, boy, I've just discovered your channel but I am already agonised because I know that I will consume all of it before you know.

  • @LuisEndera
    @LuisEndera 2 года назад

    Thanks for this video, its amazing.

  • @movedmindpoRUSZonyUMYS
    @movedmindpoRUSZonyUMYS 3 года назад

    Great video! Very well done!

  • @uydagcusdgfughfgsfggsifg753
    @uydagcusdgfughfgsfggsifg753 4 года назад +2

    Great vid!

  • @jogingeorge4885
    @jogingeorge4885 3 года назад +3

    This deserves more views.

  • @julienrodriguez4439
    @julienrodriguez4439 4 года назад +5

    Great video! I'd like a little more narration woven in throughout to direct the flow of the video essay, because at times it feels difficult to connect your points together. I'm excited to hear more!

    • @TheGaze
      @TheGaze  4 года назад +1

      Thanks for the feedback Julien!

  • @DinoNardelli
    @DinoNardelli 3 года назад +2

    My grandmother had that exact painting above the couch back in the 70s.

  • @Nightdog1978
    @Nightdog1978 3 года назад +38

    I loved what Marty said about emotion. Being a professional musician all my life and at 68 years old, I feel that if my music does not create some kind of emotion; sadness, memories, happiness etc...there is no point in doing it.

    • @SnapsZGaming
      @SnapsZGaming Год назад +1

      Same with architecture, if you build something purely for function then you accomplish your goal if it serves that function but making it beautiful to express someone's emotion is where they become truly unique. Such as a war memorial making the viewer feel grief or sorrow where as a triumphal arch or gothic church can make you feel national pride, awe or make you become overwhelmed with emotion. As Vitruvius described architecture as 'frozen music.'

  • @cesp4827
    @cesp4827 10 месяцев назад

    shine a light; this is brilliant!

  • @Alphahydro
    @Alphahydro 3 года назад +3

    She was a very loveable person

  • @MPresheva
    @MPresheva 3 года назад +8

    He definitely has his father's eyebrows.

  • @paulmysliborski4832
    @paulmysliborski4832 8 месяцев назад +1

    Catherine Scorsese is an absolute treasure of a woman. Through all of Martin's works, I never smile or laugh more than we she appears in a scene.

  • @tangerinesarebetterthanora7060
    @tangerinesarebetterthanora7060 Год назад +7

    Scorsese's parents are stereotypically Italian 😂

  • @patrickstewart4370
    @patrickstewart4370 2 года назад +3

    His mom sounds like Sophia from the golden girls

  • @natalieps2387
    @natalieps2387 2 года назад +3

    Martin looks more like his mom & they sound alike. She is always such a great part on his movies. Shes great in casino too.

  • @bardado7362
    @bardado7362 2 года назад +3

    Two of the best world's actors.... Joe and Robert.

  • @frankiealbert1
    @frankiealbert1 3 года назад +2

    Phenomenal you could endure the narration so long! Respect.

  • @CaseyHarrisSr
    @CaseyHarrisSr 3 года назад +10

    Only discovered you today. Thank you for the effort, and please consider continuing your terrific channel and your insights. Sooo informative and entertaining, Casey

  • @machomanforeverworldchampion
    @machomanforeverworldchampion 3 года назад +6

    What's the recipe for the shinebox?

  • @joeyxc4
    @joeyxc4 3 дня назад

    His Mother was a superstar Dads nice too lived this. One of my favorite directors

  • @detroitlionspistonstigersr6735
    @detroitlionspistonstigersr6735 3 года назад +4

    I honestly would've loved to hear about the improvisation of " mean streets" 1973 which Marty's mother was in also when the actress playing Harvey keitels girlfriend had a seizure on the top steps..the woman that helped her. Anyways I felt like alot of lines in that film were improvised but maybe not. I was hoping they'd talk about that film. Incredible film

  • @bigkillerwhale1801
    @bigkillerwhale1801 Год назад +2

    She was also in Casino! She also just played her amazing self in it!

  • @danpena10565
    @danpena10565 3 года назад +3

    ‘’Vinny, don’t put too many onions in the sauce.’’

  • @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs
    @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs 3 года назад +2

    Rest their souls Charles and Katherine Scorsese

  • @JerryC25
    @JerryC25 Год назад

    I can’t think of anything better than this

  • @HarishAgastya
    @HarishAgastya Год назад

    Thank you 🙏

  • @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs
    @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs Год назад +3

    Gotta love Italian American parents

  • @hiddentreasuresthrifter1090
    @hiddentreasuresthrifter1090 9 дней назад

    I love my Italian roots! I know exactly where I get my inspiration (attitude) from! 😂

  • @stevensteccato3530
    @stevensteccato3530 9 месяцев назад +2

    I love it, Bro each and every time and I’m Chinese!

  • @thesolarengineer
    @thesolarengineer Год назад +2

    His old man is my kind of guy. 💪👍

  • @Vejur9000
    @Vejur9000 8 месяцев назад +1

    Cutest mom and dad, ever.

  • @brandonlee9238
    @brandonlee9238 2 года назад +1

    Love it ❤️.. proud to be Italiano 🇮🇹

  • @blazingamr
    @blazingamr 3 года назад

    This video sent me to watch the film immediately ❤️

  • @ornellarose6378
    @ornellarose6378 3 года назад +1

    What a beautiful woman!!!!! Natural Actor, love her voice

  • @bubz75
    @bubz75 7 месяцев назад

    WOW improvised .🏆
    So it must’ve been one take for the scene to be very authentic and fluid.

  • @jsbmx2039
    @jsbmx2039 2 года назад +1

    I love her scene I Goodfellas it was very natural scene to be totally improvised.

  • @PapaEli-pz8ff
    @PapaEli-pz8ff 8 месяцев назад +1

    YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO DIRECT. Amen!

  • @J4sse
    @J4sse Год назад

    How sweet.

  • @alejoparedes2388
    @alejoparedes2388 4 года назад +3

    Good job, keep it up dude!

    • @TheGaze
      @TheGaze  4 года назад +1

      Thank you!

  • @pierredepre2401
    @pierredepre2401 3 года назад +3

    She was also briefly in Godfather part 3

  • @helennajar2593
    @helennajar2593 2 года назад

    Classic!

  • @kevinperch
    @kevinperch 3 года назад

    Love

  • @philparisi9175
    @philparisi9175 18 дней назад

    I remember a very familiar scene from the Sopranos when Tony and 2 friends show up at night to one of the friends home late and his mother gets up and cooks for them and eats with them. I'm thinking maybe that scene was a tribute?

  • @bertsap1987
    @bertsap1987 4 года назад +1

    Fantastisch! Is er een plek online waar jij filmklassiekers kijkt?

    • @TheGaze
      @TheGaze  4 года назад

      Goodfellas staat op Netflix! 😄 #quarantainekijktip

  • @EJD339
    @EJD339 3 года назад +4

    Are you done making videos? I tried to view more but didn’t really see anything from the last 8 months.

    • @TheGaze
      @TheGaze  3 года назад +1

      I haven't posted in a while, but I'm working on new video's. :)

  • @tridoc99
    @tridoc99 3 года назад +2

    Plastic on the furniture! That looks like my nonna’s house!

  • @dante666jt
    @dante666jt 9 дней назад

    Charlie Scorsese was also in Goodfellas. In the prison cooking scene

  • @thewkovacs316
    @thewkovacs316 Год назад +1

    fact: his mom appears in a number of his movies, not just goodfellas.....some times she is cut out, which is too bad, because she is a master of improv

  • @jars7774
    @jars7774 Год назад +2

    Ahh, the plastic covered sofa.
    Just like their “neighbors”, Marie and Frank Barone.
    LOL

  • @catman351
    @catman351 2 года назад

    "And that's that."

  • @Ayelet.M
    @Ayelet.M 16 дней назад +1

    My dad says she remind him of his Nona and his aunt 😅

  • @practicaliching2311
    @practicaliching2311 Год назад +2

    On the TV show big bang theory actors were not allowed to improvise or go off script at all. Directors were control freaks. Makes the actors stiff. Scorsese is right about letting them improvise. Much better.

  • @tonyclifton265
    @tonyclifton265 9 месяцев назад +2

    dont put too many onions in the sauce

  • @Known-unknowns
    @Known-unknowns 3 года назад +1

    Funny how they cover the couch with plastic. I worked for an Italian few years back. The front room was well furnished immaculately decorated and spotless clean. They never sat in there. They sat out the back in the kitchen which was a s**t hole. Lol 😂

  • @valentinor8428
    @valentinor8428 2 года назад +1

    Philly Italians: It's Gravy not sauce!

    • @pjmlegrande
      @pjmlegrande 8 месяцев назад +1

      Pronounced sawse, with an emphasis on the aw, with a hint of diphthong. Like with the gahlic In the sawse. Knowwhaddamean?

    • @valentinor8428
      @valentinor8428 8 месяцев назад

      @@pjmlegrande lol

  • @frediecorretor1
    @frediecorretor1 3 года назад

    Look who is here

  • @Malouco
    @Malouco 7 месяцев назад

    If ur not Tom Hanks or Artificial Intelligence then remembering 2 page lines like in Angels and Demons aint gonna work!
    I SAW TOM HANKS ALMOST PASS OUT BY THE TIME HE FINISHED HIS LINE!!😮

  • @farrewelll
    @farrewelll 3 года назад

    I love the non-camera move it's so great it's simple so effective you can just make so many edits overdub the sound overlap fantastic