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Now fully updated, Scorsese on Scorses is the definitive study of America's foremost film director, including new chapters on Kundun, Bringin Out the Dead, the cocumentary My voyage to Italy and the epic Gangs of New York.

True to its title, this book offers Martin Scorses in his own words: a career-length interview in which he recalls his upbringing in New Yourk's Little Italy, and explains the inspiration and creation of his many great movies, from Mean Streets and Taxi Drivier, through Raging Bull and The Last Temptation of Christ, up to GoodFellas, Casino and Gangs of New York. The result is an incomparable insight into a body of work that is the most personal achievement in modern American cinema.

Scorses proves himself to be a terrifically articulate artist, whether recounting the many battles to get his movies made, his supreme passion for the medium of film itself, or the roots of his long-time creative partnership with actor Robert De Niro.

Scorses on Scorses also contains a complete filmography, and a wealth of behind-the-scenes stills and sketches from Scorsese's own collection.