{"product_id":"martin-scorsese-a-retrospective-9781786750372","title":"Martin Scorsese: A Retrospective","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSince his emergence in the early seventies, Martin Scorsese has become one of the most respected names in cinema. Classics such as \u003ci\u003eTaxi Driver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRaging Bull\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGoodfellas\u003c\/i\u003e are regularly cited as being among the finest films ever made.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in New York City in 1942 to Sicilian-American parents, Scorsese spent much of his childhood absorbing the sights and sounds of Little Italy from the balcony of his family's tenement apartment - music blaring, drunks brawling and neighbourhood kids playing stickball. A lifelong asthma sufferer, he took no part in his friends' games and instead fell in love with cinema at an early age, crafting intricate storyboards for as-yet-unmade Westerns and Roman epics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis long apprenticeship paid off in 1962 when Scorsese was accepted onto a film course at New York University and immediately attracted attention with a series of quirky and technically accomplished student shorts. Having made his breakthrough with the gritty \u003ci\u003eMean Streets\u003c\/i\u003e (1973), Scorsese outgrew his early reputation as a virtuoso of violence, creating films as diverse as a nineteenth-century literary romance, \u003ci\u003eThe Age of Innocence\u003c\/i\u003e (1993), a dramatization of the early life of the Dalai Lama, \u003ci\u003eKundun\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), and a 3D children's fantasy, \u003ci\u003eHugo\u003c\/i\u003e (2011). This lavish retrospective is a fitting tribute to a remarkable director, now into his seventh decade in cinema and showing no signs of slowing up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeading film writer Tom Shone draws on his in-depth knowledge and distinctive viewpoint to present refreshing commentaries on all twenty-six main features, from the rarely shown \u003ci\u003eWho's That Knocking at My Door\u003c\/i\u003e (1967) to \u003ci\u003eThe Irishman\u003c\/i\u003e (2019), as well as covering Scorsese's notable parallel career as a documentary maker. Impeccably designed, and copiously illustrated with more than two hundred stills and behind-the-scenes images, this is the definitive celebration of one of cinema's most enduring talents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Shone\u003c\/b\u003e was the film critic of the Sunday Times from 1994 until he moved to New York in 1999. He is the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eBlockbuster: How Hollywood Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Summer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn the Rooms\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWoody Allen: A Retrospective\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTarantino: A Retrospective\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, the TLS, Intelligent Life, Areté, and Vogue. He currently teaches film history and criticism at New York University.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Palazzo Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50645188739346,"sku":"9781786750372","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ec1ebfed-4d08-490a-85fc-f590a8ce787d.jpg?v=1733142549","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/martin-scorsese-a-retrospective-9781786750372","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}