The Passion Of Marty
Hi. I have a couple of things. From TOTAL FILM (August 2007) "Passion Of Marty" "Scorsese just loves restoring old cinema" "Down in the South of France to launch the World Cinama Foundation, the man behind Mean Streets and Jacko`s Bad, was grilled by Buzz about his passion- restoring and preserving movies from around the world. Whether it be features, shorts or industrials; nothing escapes his beady eye. Marty loves nothing better than to trach down old prints and raise the finance needed to lick them into pristine shape. And it seems the bug is contagious. In 2006, he presented a bunch of movies to George lucas and asked him which one he`d like to restore. Lucas couldn`t choose, but simply wrote a cheque and said, "Do`em all". Impressed by the volume of Marty`s bellowinw guffaw- not to mention the amount of film titles he litters his conversation with as he talks about movies he has, or wants to, restore- Buzz asked him how he keeps his passion alight when so many directors of his generation have faded to black. "Well, that`s nice to hear!" he laughed, before talking enthousiastically about the films of Kim Ki-duk and Park Chan Wook and explaining that there are always new things to learn- new moods, new techniques. "I watched a movie made in 1903 and the camera moved; it had a tracking shot!. Film historians tell us (adopts high and mighty tone), "The first tracking shot was in 1905 and it was..." but it`s not true!. I`m learning things all the time, looking at these old pictures that need restoring". Never before has Buzz been this interested in dusty old film stock". I always admired Marty`s passion and encyclopaedic knowledge about cinema. And i`m very pleased and not surprised at all that he mentions these 2 specific Asian masters. But i`ll get back to that. -------------------------------------------------------------------- From TOTAL FILM (September 2007) "The Top 100 Grea-*test*-('") Directors Ever" Second Place (2): Martin Scorsese: The Don "Little Marty wanted to be a priest, but he could never square the seminary with his one true religion: movies. So he got busy channeling all that misplaced morality through the lens of a movie camera. Scorsese has now spent 40-odd years tapping the vein of violence pulsing beneath the skin of Italian-American dream. Yet still no living director comes close to his delirious cocktail of movie scholarship, blazing technique and the kind of actorly respect that caxes looming turns from both Oscar-winners and phoner-inners. Like any lapsed Catholic, he`s obsessed with blood and body, but the ultraviolent rep is just byproduct of his grand passion: power. "Growing up, i saw power excersised in 2 ways" says Scorsese. "The power of the church and the power of the street, which was excersised through violence". His films are most thrilling when they mesh the 2: street scenes and biblical themes (greed, punishment, redemption). The mob stories (Goodfellas, Casino) unfold in worlds where being "made" is both blessing and curse; where enemies and God-like "bosses" spare or snuff out life at will. He`s not married to the mob. There are towering tales of men at war with their own natures (Raging Bull, Taxi Driver), prescient celebrity-cult satire (King Of Comedy), smart biopics (The Aviator). The tardy Oscar nod was a career box ticket, but for Marty, it`s always been about one thing: the movies." "Picture Perfect: Goodfellas: Stand-out guys" -------------------------------------------------------------------- In the same issue of TOTAL FILM (September 2007) "Last Year`s 10 Coolest Movies" The Departed "Leo and Matt together remind me of De Niro and Keitel", enthused Martin Scorsese, exclusively revealling his first thoughts to TOTAL FILM on the star-splattered Infernal Affairs remake that finally earned him an Oscar" --------------------------------------------------------------------- And finally in the same Marty-heavy issue of TOTAL FILM (September 2007)... Comes... "The Battle Of The Beards" De Palma, Spielberg, Coppola, Welles, Lucas, Altman and Leigh, all eat Marty`s dust. Marty`s beard is... "Homicidal, Bible-black goatee. Wiry, roadside-bandito cheek-scrub. Martybeard fights dark and dirty. with a spectacular, all-smothering, curl-by-curl coup de grace. The fizzog-scrag of the man who made The Big Shave wades in for the long-haul- locking into an almighty face-fuzz wrestle where only the hardiest soup-strainer can conquer". Serious stuff. ---------------------------------------------------------------- And getting back to Marty`s mention of Park and Kim. I like Park Chan Wook`s (Aka The Master Of Vengeance) films. Operatic, ultra-violent, visually ground-breaking, hyper-stylised Greek Tragedies. But i absolutely love Kim Ki-duk`s (Aka The Master Of Silence) films. Poetic, elegeal, naturalistic, tender, melancholic, emotional, enigmatic, intense, intimate, esoteric, beautiful, dark, dramatic, fragile and hypnotic. He creates a world so gripping and captivating that`s imposible to escape. A world so tender and so emotionally intense at the same time. No, no intense. Intense isn`t the right word. Brutal. Yeah. That`s the right word. Emotionally brutal. An isolating world where emotions are spilled and drowns the desperate characters. A world where, silence creates so much tension and devastation that is almost unbearable to bare. Lost souls who are emotionally cripple to deal with their demons. They just remain silent hoping that redemption will come. Like a wave. I don`t think there was another director before, to portray unfullified love (a common theme), in such painful and heart-breaking way. (Except maybe Wong Kar-Wai on a different context and level. But that`s another story). Kim`s films can`t get closer to cinematic poetry. Watching his films becomes almost a religious experience. U almost feel that u`re touching "God". (Well, u know...) No wonder why Marty loves him so much. Get familiar...
Hi. I have a couple of things. From TOTAL FILM (August 2007) "Passion Of Marty" "Scorsese just loves restoring old cinema" "Down in the South of France to launch the World Cinama Foundation, the man behind Mean Streets and Jacko`s Bad, was grilled by Buzz about his passion- restoring and preserving movies from around the world. Whether it be features, shorts or industrials; nothing escapes his beady eye. Marty loves nothing better than to trach down old prints and raise the finance needed to lick them into pristine shape. And it seems the bug is contagious. In 2006, he presented a bunch of movies to George lucas and asked him which one he`d like to restore. Lucas couldn`t choose, but simply wrote a cheque and said, "Do`em all". Impressed by the volume of Marty`s bellowinw guffaw- not to mention the amount of film titles he litters his conversation with as he talks about movies he has, or wants to, restore- Buzz asked him how he keeps his passion alight when so many directors of his generation have faded to black. "Well, that`s nice to hear!" he laughed, before talking enthousiastically about the films of Kim Ki-duk and Park Chan Wook and explaining that there are always new things to learn- new moods, new techniques. "I watched a movie made in 1903 and the camera moved; it had a tracking shot!. Film historians tell us (adopts high and mighty tone), "The first tracking shot was in 1905 and it was..." but it`s not true!. I`m learning things all the time, looking at these old pictures that need restoring". Never before has Buzz been this interested in dusty old film stock". I always admired Marty`s passion and encyclopaedic knowledge about cinema. And i`m very pleased and not surprised at all that he mentions these 2 specific Asian masters. But i`ll get back to that. -------------------------------------------------------------------- From TOTAL FILM (September 2007) "The Top 100 Grea-*test*-('") Directors Ever" Second Place (2): Martin Scorsese: The Don "Little Marty wanted to be a priest, but he could never square the seminary with his one true religion: movies. So he got busy channeling all that misplaced morality through the lens of a movie camera. Scorsese has now spent 40-odd years tapping the vein of violence pulsing beneath the skin of Italian-American dream. Yet still no living director comes close to his delirious cocktail of movie scholarship, blazing technique and the kind of actorly respect that caxes looming turns from both Oscar-winners and phoner-inners. Like any lapsed Catholic, he`s obsessed with blood and body, but the ultraviolent rep is just byproduct of his grand passion: power. "Growing up, i saw power excersised in 2 ways" says Scorsese. "The power of the church and the power of the street, which was excersised through violence". His films are most thrilling when they mesh the 2: street scenes and biblical themes (greed, punishment, redemption). The mob stories (Goodfellas, Casino) unfold in worlds where being "made" is both blessing and curse; where enemies and God-like "bosses" spare or snuff out life at will. He`s not married to the mob. There are towering tales of men at war with their own natures (Raging Bull, Taxi Driver), prescient celebrity-cult satire (King Of Comedy), smart biopics (The Aviator). The tardy Oscar nod was a career box ticket, but for Marty, it`s always been about one thing: the movies." "Picture Perfect: Goodfellas: Stand-out guys" -------------------------------------------------------------------- In the same issue of TOTAL FILM (September 2007) "Last Year`s 10 Coolest Movies" The Departed "Leo and Matt together remind me of De Niro and Keitel", enthused Martin Scorsese, exclusively revealling his first thoughts to TOTAL FILM on the star-splattered Infernal Affairs remake that finally earned him an Oscar" --------------------------------------------------------------------- And finally in the same Marty-heavy issue of TOTAL FILM (September 2007)... Comes... "The Battle Of The Beards" De Palma, Spielberg, Coppola, Welles, Lucas, Altman and Leigh, all eat Marty`s dust. Marty`s beard is... "Homicidal, Bible-black goatee. Wiry, roadside-bandito cheek-scrub. Martybeard fights dark and dirty. with a spectacular, all-smothering, curl-by-curl coup de grace. The fizzog-scrag of the man who made The Big Shave wades in for the long-haul- locking into an almighty face-fuzz wrestle where only the hardiest soup-strainer can conquer". Serious stuff. ---------------------------------------------------------------- And getting back to Marty`s mention of Park and Kim. I like Park Chan Wook`s (Aka The Master Of Vengeance) films. Operatic, ultra-violent, visually ground-breaking, hyper-stylised Greek Tragedies. But i absolutely love Kim Ki-duk`s (Aka The Master Of Silence) films. Poetic, elegeal, naturalistic, tender, melancholic, emotional, enigmatic, intense, intimate, esoteric, beautiful, dark, dramatic, fragile and hypnotic. He creates a world so gripping and captivating that`s imposible to escape. A world so tender and so emotionally intense at the same time. No, no intense. Intense isn`t the right word. Brutal. Yeah. That`s the right word. Emotionally brutal. An isolating world where emotions are spilled and drowns the desperate characters. A world where, silence creates so much tension and devastation that is almost unbearable to bare. Lost souls who are emotionally cripple to deal with their demons. They just remain silent hoping that redemption will come. Like a wave. I don`t think there was another director before, to portray unfullified love (a common theme), in such painful and heart-breaking way. (Except maybe Wong Kar-Wai on a different context and level. But that`s another story). Kim`s films can`t get closer to cinematic poetry. Watching his films becomes almost a religious experience. U almost feel that u`re touching "God". (Well, u know...) No wonder why Marty loves him so much. Get familiar...