# A Personal Journey With Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995)

> Martin Scorsese guides viewers through American movies from the silent era to the Hollywood of the seventies.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/116175

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 3
- Episode runtime: 75 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary
- Network: Channel 4
- Cast: Martin Scorsese, Allison Anders, Kathryn Bigelow, Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma, André de Toth, Clint Eastwood, Jodie Foster
- TMDB rating: 8.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112120/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: passionate, warm, reflective, affectionate, nostalgic

## What critics say

Critics broadly acclaim the series as an authoritative, passionate and insightful survey of American cinema by one of its own masters.

## Synopsis

A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) is a British documentary miniseries created for Channel 4, a three-episode cinema on cinema essay in which filmmaker Martin Scorsese hosts his own tour of American movies. Scorsese appears as himself, joined on screen by fellow directors who appear as themselves, including Francis Ford Coppola, Brian De Palma, Clint Eastwood, George Lucas, Kathryn Bigelow and Jodie Foster. Rather than a dry lecture, the show is built from film clips and the host's personal enthusiasm, following his selection of pictures from the silent classics forward to the Hollywood of the seventies. Each feature-length episode runs about seventy-five minutes and tracks how filmmaking style, studio craft and the restless new generation of directors reshaped the American screen. The tone is passionate, warm and reflective, an affectionate love letter to the movies that rewards anyone curious about how cinema learned to tell its stories. Fans of The Story of Film: An Odyssey and Hollywood: The Pictures That Changed the World will find resonance here, and the miniseries suits viewers who enjoy hearing directors talk about the films that shaped them.

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