Movies Are My Life: A Profile on Martin Scorsese 45 years old

The very first full-length documentary on Scorsese offers an invaluable look at how he was perceived by his colleagues, and himself, in 1977. Catching Scorsese while he was in post-production on New York and editing The Last Waltz, British filmmaker Peter Hayden gets the manically hyper Scorsese to comment on his youth, his relation to his lead characters, and most importantly, his approach to direction. The doc doesn’t quite move at the pace of Scorsese’s revved-up speed-talking, but it does offer some real insight into his productivity in the 1970s, thanks to an impressive array of talking heads. Included are Scorsese’s collaborators Jay Cocks, Mardik Martin, Brian De Palma, Steven Prince (who co-produced this doc), and his mentor John Cassavetes. Also the performers, who discuss his working methods in detail — Jodie Foster, Liza Minnelli, and, of course, Robert De Niro.

Credits

Robert De Niro as Self

Martin Scorsese as Self

Jodie Foster as Self

Brian De Palma as Self

John Cassavetes as Self

Liza Minnelli as Self

Movies Are My Life: A Profile on Martin Scorsese Cast

Name	Character
Robert De Niro He was 35, now 80 years old	as Self
Martin Scorsese He was 35, now 81 years old	as Self
Jodie Foster She was 15, now 61 years old	as Self
Brian De Palma He was 38, now 83 years old	as Self
John Cassavetes He was 48, 59 years old when he died	as Self
Liza Minnelli She was 32, now 78 years old	as Self
Steven Prince	as Self

Movies Are My Life: A Profile on Martin Scorsese Crew

Name	Department

Movies Are My Life: A Profile on Martin Scorsese (45 years)

Release day: Friday, October 06, 1978
Runtime: 60 minutes