Why MARTIN SCORSESE loves improvising

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  • On a Saturday afternoon in 1974, Martin Scorsese payed a visit to his parents. And he took a film crew with him. The result is the absolutely wonderful documentary Italianamerican. During his visit to shoot the film, Scorsese learned something from his parents that would change his directing forever, and would influence masterpieces like Raging Bull, Goodfellas and Taxi Driver...
    00:00 Introduction
    00:31 Scorsese's parents
    03:37 Catherine Scorsese in Goodfellas
    06:07 Improvisation in Raging Bull
    08:14 Conclusion
    SOURCES
    Italianamerican, Martin Scorsese, 1974
    Goodfellas, Martin Scorsese, Warner Bros, 1990
    Raging Bull, Martin Scorsese, United Artists, 1980
    Taxi Driver, Martin Scorsese, Columbia Pictures, 1976
    Martin Scorsese, Guggenheim Symposium 2006: • Martin Scorsese: Gugge...
    Scorsese in Scene By Scene: • Martin Scorsese Scene ...
    Scorsese in Letterman: • Roy Blount Jr., Bill M...
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  • @TheGaze
    @TheGaze  4 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    Here’s the recipe for Catherine's tomato sauce:
    Singe an onion & a pinch of garlic in oil.
    Throw in a piece of veal, a piece of beef,
    some pork sausage & a lamb neck bone,
    Add a basil leaf.
    When the meat is brown take it out,
    & put it on a plate.
    Put in a can of tomato paste & some water.
    Pass a can of packed whole tomatoes
    through a blender & pour it in.
    Let it boil.
    Add salt, pepper & a pinch of sugar.
    Let it cook for awhile.
    Throw the meat back in.
    Cook for 1 hour
    Now make the meatballs.
    Put a slice of bread, without crust,
    2 eggs, & a drop of milk, into a bowl of
    ground veal and beef.
    Add salt, pepper, some cheese &
    a few spoons of sauce.
    Bit it with your hands,
    Roll them up, throw them in.
    Let it cook for another hour.

    • @dirtyharry1881
      @dirtyharry1881 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      This is a revelation to me, that she is Scorsese's mother improvising. Cause when Joe Pesci's character got wacked in the film my thought was.... oh his poor mother!!

    • @Wubslin
      @Wubslin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Good, you didn't put too much onions in

    • @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs
      @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The same sauce from the prison scene

    • @marlontristen2095
      @marlontristen2095 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Instablaster.

    • @alrivera8363
      @alrivera8363 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bada boom bada bing. You got ya f*cking sauce!!! Prego.

  • @joannietrotter2344
    @joannietrotter2344 3 ปีที่แล้ว +161

    She was wonderful... her life’s mission is to nurture her family, she didn’t need to act that as it just comes naturally. Martin Scorsese looks 50/50 of both his mum and dad. It’s a brilliant documentary.

    • @HAL--vf6cg
      @HAL--vf6cg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      50/50 how about that? Straight down the middle... beautiful

  • @i7eight
    @i7eight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    This is phenomenal. I didn't realize that the scene in Goodfellas was improvised. Scorseses' mother is a natural!

  • @villain5873
    @villain5873 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    Martin Scorsese looks like the perfect mix of both his parents, I’m talking 50/50. GOD bless.

  • @pikkon899
    @pikkon899 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    You can see Scorsese's face in both of his parents. I've never seen someone that resembles both of their parents equally. It's insane.

  • @alexscott730
    @alexscott730 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    The plastic on the couches is classic!!!🤣

  • @tmrezzek5728
    @tmrezzek5728 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    CHARLES SCORSESE'S GREATEST CINEMA MOMENT: blowing Joe Pesci's brains out in Goodfellas then quipping, "And that's THAT!"

    • @-0rbital-
      @-0rbital- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That was Scorsese’s dad in that scene?! Damn, I knew the mom was in the movie, but I never knew the father was too.
      I think maybe he knew this was going to be his greatest film, so he wanted both his parents in it.

    • @paulcolbourne9112
      @paulcolbourne9112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      His dad was in the scene but he didn't do the killing.

    • @carlgustafemilmannerheim5661
      @carlgustafemilmannerheim5661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@-0rbital- He played Vinnie, the guy that put to many onions in the sauce.

    • @-0rbital-
      @-0rbital- 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@carlgustafemilmannerheim5661 Too many? He only put 2 or 3 small onions in there! 😉

  • @Owyourhurtingme
    @Owyourhurtingme 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Marty’s mother is so friggin cute I can’t stand it lol !!

  • @slowemm
    @slowemm ปีที่แล้ว +9

    06:16 When Scorcese's Mom says "get him outta here" I got goosebumps, sounded exactly like my Italian relatives.

  • @gusaltobello9073
    @gusaltobello9073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    This is actually some of the best content I've seen on cinema. Keep up the amazing work!

    • @TheGaze
      @TheGaze  4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Wow that's a great compliment. Thanks Gus!

  • @jeannenorris2280
    @jeannenorris2280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I just watched Italianamerican on Criterion streaming. It wasn't long enough!

  • @Johncourt409
    @Johncourt409 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    One dog goes one way and the other dog goes the other way. I love that scene.

  • @jeneengarcia3766
    @jeneengarcia3766 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Leggit have the same painting above their sofa...it’s above my bed lol 😂 crazy

  • @TheWorldOfSammiches
    @TheWorldOfSammiches 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Hey, just saw this on Reddit and I love the way you built the flow of the video and how you told the story! Definitely subscribed :D

    • @TheGaze
      @TheGaze  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Timothy!

  • @Nightdog1978
    @Nightdog1978 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I loved what Marty said about emotion. Being a professional musician all my life and at 68 years old, I feel that if my music does not create some kind of emotion; sadness, memories, happiness etc...there is no point in doing it.

    • @SnapsZGaming
      @SnapsZGaming ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same with architecture, if you build something purely for function then you accomplish your goal if it serves that function but making it beautiful to express someone's emotion is where they become truly unique. Such as a war memorial making the viewer feel grief or sorrow where as a triumphal arch or gothic church can make you feel national pride, awe or make you become overwhelmed with emotion. As Vitruvius described architecture as 'frozen music.'

  • @janinem5196
    @janinem5196 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    These were an exact image of the conversations I grew up listening to - the intonation, the accent, the gesticulating - all of it. Catherine is every aunt I ever had. Makes me very nostalgic.

  • @braintyp8959
    @braintyp8959 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    That is so unbelievably amazing dude! I can not believe that scene in Goodfellas was improvised. It was done so well

  • @samzz07
    @samzz07 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    its so cute hom him and his dad has the same dark eyebrows and gray hair

  • @toybarons
    @toybarons 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just amazing. I felt I was back in the 1970s again as a kid. I grew up for a few years, anglophone in a most Italian neighborhood. I remember those rooms in my friends' homes where the furniture had plastic covers that were used for special occasions in the family. What really blew me away was Scorsese's mom being Joe Pesci's mom in my fav film Goodfellas. That the scene was improvised is just fantastic. Makes me love the film even more than I already do.

  • @rayjay6769
    @rayjay6769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Awesome scene! His mother was great, I grew up around the Italians, she killed it!

  • @paulmysliborski4832
    @paulmysliborski4832 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Catherine Scorsese is an absolute treasure of a woman. Through all of Martin's works, I never smile or laugh more than we she appears in a scene.

  • @americanescu
    @americanescu 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I miss that NYC ... simple life as it may be but it was all about the family. I had the most wonderful time living there. My family lived the same way being all immigrants. Not from Italy but we're not far off culturally lol! The wit, the humor, the food, the verbal fights and the love afterwards. I want to cry ... Nothing is like that anymore. When I travel back there, I'm overwhelmed with emotions. Well ... I'm glad I got to live through it.

  • @UsmanKhan-zu9lc
    @UsmanKhan-zu9lc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Both of his parents were in Good Fellas not just his mother and both were great in the movie

  • @bengordon3423
    @bengordon3423 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    her laugh is infectious, just beautiful.

  • @Arttective
    @Arttective 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I'm not joking, you are literally one of my favorite TH-camrs of all times.

    • @tdb4763
      @tdb4763 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I feel the same way. I think I might go gay for him

  • @OBSVFULC
    @OBSVFULC 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The first scene with his parents on the couch, the wrapped furniture! Love it!

  • @AlexRodriguez-ti3wy
    @AlexRodriguez-ti3wy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It’s like their eyebrows combined to make Marty’s ultra eyebrows.

  • @chrisw2119
    @chrisw2119 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I never knew it was Martin's mother in "Good fellas" Such a great scene too R.I.P To Martin's parents. My friend told me after the movie In his New Yawka accent he said Dats Scorcezzi's modah LOL

    • @markyncole
      @markyncole 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She's in Casino as well,she plays the woman who works in the meat store in Kansas.Her improve reaction in her scene when her son curses after she told him not to makes me laugh every time.

  • @TheDamloko
    @TheDamloko 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Loved this, Thank you !

  • @jfkesq
    @jfkesq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic editing on this piece. This is a great TH-cam short film.

  • @waltermcgregoractor
    @waltermcgregoractor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You put out great content! Thanks for the video. As an actor, this is really useful!

  • @RichardSmith-ot3zk
    @RichardSmith-ot3zk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My parents are getting up there in years, but even now, it always gets a laugh when someone says, one thing goes one way and the other thing goes the other way.

  • @EJD339
    @EJD339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video. I got here somehow by listening to a podcast that talked about the scene she was in casino to a clip of her on Dave Letterman to this and I’m super glad I got here.

  • @Brvnkaerv
    @Brvnkaerv ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He sat so far away because his breath smelled of onions.

  • @LuisEndera
    @LuisEndera 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for this video, its amazing.

  • @cesp4827
    @cesp4827 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    shine a light; this is brilliant!

  • @uydagcusdgfughfgsfggsifg753
    @uydagcusdgfughfgsfggsifg753 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great vid!

  • @movedmindpoRUSZonyUMYS
    @movedmindpoRUSZonyUMYS 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video! Very well done!

  • @julienrodriguez4439
    @julienrodriguez4439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great video! I'd like a little more narration woven in throughout to direct the flow of the video essay, because at times it feels difficult to connect your points together. I'm excited to hear more!

    • @TheGaze
      @TheGaze  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the feedback Julien!

  • @bkfabs
    @bkfabs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very interesting video. My nana was from Italy and exactly like his mother. No matter what you did her love was unconditional.

  • @natalieps2387
    @natalieps2387 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Martin looks more like his mom & they sound alike. She is always such a great part on his movies. Shes great in casino too.

  • @CaseyHarrisSr
    @CaseyHarrisSr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Only discovered you today. Thank you for the effort, and please consider continuing your terrific channel and your insights. Sooo informative and entertaining, Casey

  • @jogingeorge4885
    @jogingeorge4885 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This deserves more views.

  • @atesemireltutar6661
    @atesemireltutar6661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh, boy, I've just discovered your channel but I am already agonised because I know that I will consume all of it before you know.

  • @Simpy1621
    @Simpy1621 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What a beautiful woman

  • @siriusvenus8708
    @siriusvenus8708 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My grandparents arguing but always like watching some tv show comedy--(outta Flatbush). They loved each other always until the end! The arguing was like a staple and a gluing process of consolidation.

  • @christineperkins4451
    @christineperkins4451 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Couldn't love this more, epic and natural filmmaking ❤❤❤❤

  • @MPresheva
    @MPresheva 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    He definitely has his father's eyebrows.

  • @bubz75
    @bubz75 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    WOW improvised .🏆
    So it must’ve been one take for the scene to be very authentic and fluid.

  • @frankiealbert1
    @frankiealbert1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Phenomenal you could endure the narration so long! Respect.

  • @tangerinesarebetterthanora7060
    @tangerinesarebetterthanora7060 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Scorsese's parents are stereotypically Italian 😂

  • @nickinportland
    @nickinportland 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I didn’t know that was his mom in good fellas that’s awesome. Thanks for the sauce recipe!

  • @bardado7362
    @bardado7362 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Two of the best world's actors.... Joe and Robert.

  • @Alphahydro
    @Alphahydro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    She was a very loveable person

  • @HarishAgastya
    @HarishAgastya ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you 🙏

  • @ckbuco
    @ckbuco 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    If you have the means try to visit the Francis Ford Coppola vineyard in Geyservile, Sonoma. Catherine Scorsese's lemon chicken is phenomenal.

  • @detroitlionspistonstigersr6735
    @detroitlionspistonstigersr6735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I honestly would've loved to hear about the improvisation of " mean streets" 1973 which Marty's mother was in also when the actress playing Harvey keitels girlfriend had a seizure on the top steps..the woman that helped her. Anyways I felt like alot of lines in that film were improvised but maybe not. I was hoping they'd talk about that film. Incredible film

  • @justanawkwarddude9035
    @justanawkwarddude9035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just realized how good of actors these guys are to stay in character in an improvised scen, the way joe Pesci gives henry a cold psychotic stare when his Mather asks “Henry why are you so quiet?”, it’s as if with those eyes he’s telling Henry “you betta act normal in fron of my motha or I’ll crack ya fuckin skull”, the way robert dinero drowns his food in sauce since no Italian would do that with a home cooked meal or the fact that the guy playing Henry is so disturbed like any normal person outside the mafia. He just witnessed a made man get his shit kicked In very badly, he’s now an associate to the crime, so it’s do or die for him. He’s lost his appetite and he’s disturbed by it, god it’s fucking impressive acting.

  • @MikefromQueens
    @MikefromQueens ปีที่แล้ว

    I can’t think of anything better than this

  • @DinoNardelli
    @DinoNardelli 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My grandmother had that exact painting above the couch back in the 70s.

  • @PapaEli-pz8ff
    @PapaEli-pz8ff 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO DIRECT. Amen!

  • @pressureworks
    @pressureworks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Plastic ? He thinks it's plastic !?!? That's vinyl. Quality clear vinyl. We ain't got no friggin plastic in dis house. Get outta here !

  • @blazingamr
    @blazingamr 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video sent me to watch the film immediately ❤️

  • @ornellarose6378
    @ornellarose6378 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a beautiful woman!!!!! Natural Actor, love her voice

  • @alejoparedes2388
    @alejoparedes2388 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good job, keep it up dude!

    • @TheGaze
      @TheGaze  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you!

  • @brandonlee9238
    @brandonlee9238 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love it ❤️.. proud to be Italiano 🇮🇹

  • @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs
    @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Rest their souls Charles and Katherine Scorsese

  • @danpena10565
    @danpena10565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    ‘’Vinny, don’t put too many onions in the sauce.’’

  • @bigkillerwhale1801
    @bigkillerwhale1801 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She was also in Casino! She also just played her amazing self in it!

  • @J4sse
    @J4sse ปีที่แล้ว

    How sweet.

  • @farrewelll
    @farrewelll 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the non-camera move it's so great it's simple so effective you can just make so many edits overdub the sound overlap fantastic

  • @helennajar2593
    @helennajar2593 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Classic!

  • @bertsap1987
    @bertsap1987 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastisch! Is er een plek online waar jij filmklassiekers kijkt?

    • @TheGaze
      @TheGaze  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Goodfellas staat op Netflix! 😄 #quarantainekijktip

  • @stevensteccato3530
    @stevensteccato3530 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love it, Bro each and every time and I’m Chinese!

  • @machomanforeverworldchampion
    @machomanforeverworldchampion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What's the recipe for the shinebox?

  • @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs
    @WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gotta love Italian American parents

  • @pierredepre2401
    @pierredepre2401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She was also briefly in Godfather part 3

  • @thesolarengineer
    @thesolarengineer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    His old man is my kind of guy. 💪👍

  • @erikliljenwall8185
    @erikliljenwall8185 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    "Talk the way you talk to me, when you talk to your son."
    "You lookin' for a fight or something there?"
    You couldn't write better dialogue.

  • @kevinperch
    @kevinperch 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love

  • @jsbmx2039
    @jsbmx2039 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love her scene I Goodfellas it was very natural scene to be totally improvised.

  • @patrickstewart4370
    @patrickstewart4370 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    His mom sounds like Sophia from the golden girls

  • @EJD339
    @EJD339 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Are you done making videos? I tried to view more but didn’t really see anything from the last 8 months.

    • @TheGaze
      @TheGaze  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I haven't posted in a while, but I'm working on new video's. :)

  • @tridoc99
    @tridoc99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Plastic on the furniture! That looks like my nonna’s house!

  • @frediecorretor1
    @frediecorretor1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Look who is here

  • @Vejur9000
    @Vejur9000 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cutest mom and dad, ever.

  • @treasurethetime2463
    @treasurethetime2463 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    His mom asked David Letterman what's the matter with you. A natural.

  • @catman351
    @catman351 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    "And that's that."

  • @practicaliching2311
    @practicaliching2311 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    On the TV show big bang theory actors were not allowed to improvise or go off script at all. Directors were control freaks. Makes the actors stiff. Scorsese is right about letting them improvise. Much better.

  • @Malouco
    @Malouco 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If ur not Tom Hanks or Artificial Intelligence then remembering 2 page lines like in Angels and Demons aint gonna work!
    I SAW TOM HANKS ALMOST PASS OUT BY THE TIME HE FINISHED HIS LINE!!😮

  • @thewkovacs316
    @thewkovacs316 ปีที่แล้ว

    fact: his mom appears in a number of his movies, not just goodfellas.....some times she is cut out, which is too bad, because she is a master of improv

  • @usnationalist8150
    @usnationalist8150 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow I erased my original message because the narrator answered my questions while I was typing and said the things I was going to say. Was going to ask if that was Tommy’s mom in goodfellas, and was saying that I loved tommy’s moms character although it seems like she was just being herself so really not a character. She seemed like a very nice beautiful lady...RIP.
    And I just found out Samuel L. Jackson was Stacks....I seen the movie 1000 times and never knew that was him 🤦🏻‍♂️.

  • @jars7774
    @jars7774 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ahh, the plastic covered sofa.
    Just like their “neighbors”, Marie and Frank Barone.
    LOL

  • @chickendrawsdogs3343
    @chickendrawsdogs3343 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I mean, how often do you get to say "I got my Mom to star in one of the most memorable scenes in one of my greatest movies." ?

  • @Known-unknowns
    @Known-unknowns 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Funny how they cover the couch with plastic. I worked for an Italian few years back. The front room was well furnished immaculately decorated and spotless clean. They never sat in there. They sat out the back in the kitchen which was a s**t hole. Lol 😂

  • @chenzenzo
    @chenzenzo ปีที่แล้ว

    Only Charlie Knows.

  • @tonyclifton265
    @tonyclifton265 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    dont put too many onions in the sauce

  • @bustercolin7507
    @bustercolin7507 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A beautiful lady

    • @tdb4763
      @tdb4763 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A Saint, a borderline goddess. If you believe in that sort of ting.

  • @paulcolbourne9112
    @paulcolbourne9112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:55 "Just being themselves". Well, according to Charles she's not.

    • @TheGaze
      @TheGaze  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good point! :-)

  • @valentinor8428
    @valentinor8428 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Philly Italians: It's Gravy not sauce!

    • @pjmlegrande
      @pjmlegrande 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Pronounced sawse, with an emphasis on the aw, with a hint of diphthong. Like with the gahlic In the sawse. Knowwhaddamean?

    • @valentinor8428
      @valentinor8428 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@pjmlegrande lol