My Voyage to Italy (2001)
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Reviews Counted:20
Fresh:20
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.3/10
Runtime: 4 hrs 6 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: MY VOYAGE TO ITALY is a four-hour guided tour, led by Martin Scorsese, through the history of Italian cinema. Beginning in New York's Little Italy when Scorsese was just a child, he recalls... [More]
Director: Martin Scorsese
Reviews for My Voyage to Italy
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A don't miss one for so-called film buffs. Full Review |
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Scorsese's exuberance as a die-hard movie buff is, as always, positively infectious. Full Review |
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Scorsese's documentary becomes less a clip show and more a private diary about exploring his Italian heritage and widening our horizons through world film. Full Review |
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If you have any interest in classic Italian films, you’ll be in heaven. Full Review |
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If you consider yourself a film buff, you owe it to yourself to check out this work of art. Full Review |
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Directed, co- written and narrated by Scorsese, it's a deeply personal love letter to Italian cinema -- to his family, to the power of film to illuminate and change our lives. Full Review |
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Along with providing perceptive insights, Scorsese speaks about the personal influences Italian films have had on him throughout his life, making this Voyage particularly fascinating. Full Review |
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Its passion is contagious enough to allow you to ignore the film's omissions. Full Review |
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Leave it to Martin Scorsese to make a four-hour documentary on Italian cinema that doesn't feel like a glorified on-screen film studies course. Full Review |
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A thrilling trip through six decades of seminal, great and near-great Italian films so dear to the celebrated Sicilian-American filmmaker. Full Review |
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From the neo-realism of De Sica to the circus surrealism of Fellini to the glacially paced whatever-ism of Antonioni -- it's all here. Full Review |
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All film epochs in other cultures should be so lucky to receive such a celebration. Full Review |
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I hope that every movie addict out there drags one unsuspecting friend to this documentary on Italian cinema, lovingly narrated by Martin Scorsese. Full Review |
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Well worth the time, but bringing along a thermos of espresso isn't a bad idea either.
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A love letter...to the movies...passionate, reckless and beautiful. Full Review |
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Firmly establishes the brilliant filmmaker as invaluable an educator as he is a director. Full Review |
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Will forever change and deepen the way you look at cinema. Full Review |
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