A01=Jim Sangster
alexei sayle
alison uttley
alison weir
amy schumer
audrey hepburn
Author_Jim Sangster
benjamin franklin
bon jovi
Category=ATFB
cinema
comedy
creativity
dog years
entertainment
eq_art-fashion-photography
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
film
frankie boyle
hollywood
how to be a man
how to own the world
how to train your dragon
i am not your negro
in to the wild
into the wild
jason manford
love story
meditations marcus aurelius
michael whitehall
movies
pablo neruda
pop culture
sci-fi
science fiction
stewart lee
the man who
world of warcraft
Product details
- ISBN 9780753512821
- Weight: 398g
- Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 22 Feb 2007
- Publisher: Ebury Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
Martin Scorsese’s obsession with sin and redemption, conflict and violence runs through much of his work. This essential guide to Scorsese explores his career from his early student works, including It’s Not Just You, Murray!: through his personal examinations of his Italian American heritage in Mean Streets, Italianamerican and Goodfellas: the extreme violence of Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and Cape Fear: and the religious themes – from a director who originally wanted to be a priest – of The Last Temptation of Christ and Kundun. Including all Scorsese’s films up to Gangs of New York, this is a comprehensive study of the work of this widely respected film maker. Also covering his influences, the controversy surrounding his films, exhaustive music lists and long-time collaborations, this is an extensive analysis of the most consistently passionate, committed and inventive film director of the last thirty years.
Jim Sangster was previously a cinema usher and is now a film reviewer. He was co-author on The Complete Hitchcock (with Paul Condon) and Friends Like These (with David Bailey), both published by Virgin
