For Martin Scorsese, growing up in the neighborhood of Little Italy, in New York, seeing "On the Waterfront" (1954) and "East of Eden" (1955) as a young man was a life-changing experience. Scorsese takes us through Elia Kazan’ life (1909-2003) and through his own as well, and through his growing realization that there was an artist behind the camera, someone “who knew me, maybe better than I knew myself.” He talks about being exposed to the right movies at the right moment in your adolescent life; to be spurred on by the work up there on the screen, and then, maybe, to chart a course toward making your own movies.
A Letter to Elia
2010
60 min.
Documentary
USA
Colorido
Kent JonesMartin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese, Kent Jones
Mark Raker
Rachel Reichman
Martin Scorsese, Emma Tillinger Koskoff
Far Hill Pictures
35, 35