Italianamerican (1974, Scorsese) - HD
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- Опубліковано 8 лип 2020
- Italianamerican is a 1974 documentary directed by Martin Scorsese and featuring Scorsese's parents, Catherine and Charles. The Scorseses talk about their experiences as Italian immigrants in New York City among other things, while having dinner at their apartment on Elizabeth Street. Scorsese's mother also instructs how to cook her meatballs, a recipe later featured in the credits of the film. Among the subjects discussed in the film are family, religion, their origins, Italian ancestors, life in Italy after the war and the hardships of poor Sicilian immigrants in America striving to make money.
Content from the "Scorsese Shorts" Criterion Blu-Ray - Фільми й анімація
She cooked for the entire cast and crew on every movie Scorsese made while she was alive.
So what?
@@coimbralawjerk
A chef friend of mine always said the difference between French cuisine and Italian cuisine is one is an army of cooks making a meal for one king while the other is one mama cooking for an army of children.
@@coimbralaw It’s called an interesting point. Did you not notice people in the comments are discussing the lady?
And it was always delicious. I expect.
Martin Scorseses mother is one of the absolute most preciously adorable people ive ever seen. Absolutely adore her. She passed away in 97 and i cant even imagine how devastated he mustve been to lose such an absolute jewel. RIP Catherine
I love them both
Well said
You’d never get bored of her. You could go out shopping with her and go for lunch and never get tired of her stories, her voice and her smile. It’s just like being in a film with her. Just love the way she looks around her. ❤😂
You said perfectly
Her: "Every day he comes home from work and sits in that chair..."
Him: "That's what I bought it for."
You’re just making up dialogue that doesn’t happen, eh?
It did man I laugh my ass off but I think he said that when she said and just sits and watch tv
That why I bought for lmaooo
That’s exactly what he said
@@fujifrontier it was very funny lol
I'm 38 years old from NYC. My family is Irish but I grew up with a lot of Italians. His mother reminds me of all the old school NYC characters...Jewish Irish and Italian...not that many left. Glad I caught the end of it
Interesting! They were able to work, make money, SAVE and their income was enough. Not sure our generation can
They seem way friendlier than people today. For sure!
She reminds me of my old, and mostly deceased Italian relatives in NYC area too
*italian-american
Marty's mom is the best.
“We took our belated honeymoon after thirty-nine years. I'll show you pictures."
"This is Milan."
[people around a dinner table]
"This is Venice."
[people around a dinner table]
"And, this is Palermo."
[people around a dinner table]
😂😂😂 old school Italian mum. They dont make them like this anymore.
😄😄😄
Very buitifull isn't it.
And this is the picture of one dog looking this way an one looking the other way soo what!!😅
@@merkcityboy834Fail
13 minutes in and I wish it were 3 hours longer. God this is fascinating
I'm half Sicilian on my mother's side and I have to say that this woman was precious. Her storytelling was so entertaining. Martin was lucky to have a mother like her.
My grandfather used to say “my mother was a saint”. This woman is a saint. Watch the give and take between her and her husband. She listens, she’s supportive of him, yet she is powerful and strong, but sweet at the same time. A beautiful person, a saint.
Before women wanted to be men, they would be natural compliments to each other and last until they died together.
Conservatives took this away from us
Well said, I think all these women are saints. Nit like the old slags that are around now. These people were workers ,and supported each other, they formed the heart of a community. God bless those women.
@@DrVonNostrandgood point !!!
@@DrVonNostrandexplain please.
Scorsese could make 1000 movies, and not one will be better than this masterpiece
What
You are so correct
EXCEPT Godfather.
It's literally the most stereotypical italian americans ever just talking. Nothing about this is a masterpiece
"Italianamerican" is indeed a masterpiece, a treasure. Different cultures around the world should borrow from Scorsese and "Italianamerican." It was made in 1974, and imagine what it will be like for people watching it in e.g. 500 years ahead of 1974 i.e. the year 2474? Regards, Michael M Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 29th November 2023.
My dad immigrated from Indonesia to Holland, can absolutely relate to these stories. Perseverance, staying together, faith.
No one will ever know the amount of times I’ve come back to this video just to hear her tell stories. Such love in this family 💚
It's literally identical to my Italian American grandparents . My Grandma wore a "Housecoat" and had the same glasses and hairstyle as Catherine Scorsese. Their homes are even decorated the same.
@@Valkonnen same! I come back to this video just to be reminded of my grandparents, who were around the same age.
Me too, I feel comfort when watching.
The woman is remarkable.
Bless you.
Martin Scorsese's parents were GEMS! His mom especially!
This documentary plot is simple enough, but Scorsese’s parents have such charisma and great personalities that make this fun to watch. Very wholesome ❤️
Oh didn’t know they were Scorsese’s parents till I found this on the UA-cam comments. I had just started watching this cause I searched the movie Casino on HBO Max and saw that she was in this. The same woman who played Nick Santoro’s mother.
Down that same rabbit hole
@@Haymiller7222 worse for me - I even made the meatballs
Didn’t she play the same actors characters mother on Goodfellas too?
Interesting to see his mom was the dominant personality in his life. His dad had that bro-empathy, but his mom was the powerhouse
Common in southron Italian families
I keep thinking that he (Scorcese) must miss his parents very much.
I grew up in a Sicilian family. The husbands ACT like they're in a control, but the wives have the last say. If I could sum up what they were all like, they were very much Martins parents. Funny, warm, strong people. It's all the past now for sure.
@Gabrielle Garcia That was very true years ago. Many didn't even want their wives driving. My mother never drove. She just took care of the house and kids and other than a local bus ride, waited for the weekend for my father to take her to stores. The thing is, Sicilian wives like my mother accepted that and didn't see it as a demand made by the husband. Nowadays there's 5th and 6th generation American-Sicilians and those stereotypes are all but gone. It's a different world now that demands a two household income anyway.
He also put too many onions in the sauce. It was still a really good sauce.
Scorsese, it appears, is the perfect synthesis of his mother and father.
This is how I grew up. 100 percent Italian American. Best family life ever.
I lived in Queens. This screams like home to me. I miss it. There is no place like the boroughs of NYC. Nothing comes close to it in this country and what makes it special are those many cultures that lived on top of each other. My family came here and made it work just like everyone else. I love NYC and I it will always be home.
Saw this ahhh about 40 years ago on cable TV and never forgot it. Simple and genuine. And now I can watch it again.
Brings tears to my eyes for many reasons...one, Mrs. Scorsese is just like my mother...God Rest both their Souls! Secondly, I had the pleasure of meeting her and speaking with her on the set of Casino in Vegas. Brings back such beautiful childhood memories of my Italian heritage and my beautiful family. Love this film!!! 😇🙏🤌
Its a wonderful film
Tears? Not very manly!😂
Back in the day, all Italian women were like this.
Were you part of the film crew of "Casino," Craig?
@@MundiaKamau No sir...I was part of the Cast!
Thank you Jimmie Kimmel for mentioning this in your last interview with Mr. Martin Scorsese. An absolute masterpiece. Thank you
You bet, I had no clue but for Kimmbell!
@ryanm2105 Same here. Many more people will probably come to view this piece of history. 😅.
Agreed. But Jimmy Kimmel's masterpiece was Windy City Heat.
Same here
I’ve been meaning to watch it for years
Yep looked it up because of this. I really thought the plastic on the couch was just a meme…
Even though I'm sitting here in the modern day, I felt like I was sitting down with Mr. and Mrs. Scorsese and just listening. This documentary captures such a great moment in time. Good on Martin for realizing this back then because I'm sure it has meant so much more since.
Ohhh and how much it’s means to him now. I did feel like as if I were sitting with them as well.
@@B4NDllKOOT_ Catherine was amazing and I agree. I got lost in the video listening to her.
@@alabaster193 God rest her soul
Well said.
His mom always saying “you know” reminds me so much of my grandma, such a similar voice and mannerisms
'I didn't put too much Onion'
'Shut up, you're always talking'
Eh. Sounds nicer in Italian.
I loved this so much. Marty’s parents and their interactions reminded me so much of my Grandparents. RIP to them all. I miss them so much.
Me too - this could be any Sunday when I was a child with my grandparents. I miss them every single day
What a shame that so many young people have such little regard or respect for senior citizens. I think the key to Scorsese's layered artistry is his insatiable curiosity and appreciation.
First off that’s not new, young vs old has always been the case, and secondly most old people don’t treat you like your grandparents do. I love my grandparents, and most kids decent enough or old enough to know that love, do treat them with love. Old people in public can often be lovely, but often enough they also look down on younger ppl.
Old is Gold.
@@putnam-he2swYou have a point.
@@GuineaPigEverydayYou have a point too i.e. the friction and disharmony that tends to exist between different generations.
I was a Black kid who grew up on the lower East Side of Manhattan. We were Italian, Jewish, Black, Puerto Rican, Irish, you name it. We played together, Stick Ball and Ringolevio ( If you’re born after 1980, don’t ask). We would get in fights with each other and call each other every racial slur in the book, but by the evening you made and was at each other’s house ( tenements with the fire escapes and the toilet with the chain thing) , eating their mother’s food like nothing happened .
This is literally every Sunday for me growing up. Such amazing times.
You are kucky! I am jealous. ☮️💟
I've watched this many times, and each time I smile, laugh, tear up, and tell myself , "I am pretty sure that this is the best film Scorsese ever made"; this footage is historical gold.
Well put.
That generation didn't have money, but they were RICH. what a time to be alive.
Their stories show how hard it was to have things we all take for granted today. It also shows how hard it was to make a living in their parent’s time.
And it still does for many families today.
Which is one of the things that makes "Italianamerican" a masterpiece. The content of "Italianamerican" is top notch.
@@Wapak95Yeah but struggling today is a totally different thing. Back then they were lucky to have a bed to sleep in and a meal a day while working in construction all week! The values were different though, They had big families instead of lots of stuff. Kind of how it was supposed to be.
Them talking about their childhoods, makes me wish mine was like that. I love the sense of community
It's just like you're sitting there with them and hearing these stories.
don't think I would've been welcome in they house...
@@abdulkhafidsulaymaan of course you would
@@abdulkhafidsulaymaan not if you're a mulligan
@@dannymullentroll6701 Danny, this may be a big shock to ya, but 90% of Italians are not prejudiced. Most Italians were prejudged--especially the southern Italians. During the 70s and 80s in Patterson, New Jersey Black and Italians were very close. If it wasn't for Black customers many Italian businesses would have closed.
@@stefanolorenzo2175 This person is right. It goes to a larger point. Things were not always as divided as they are now. The past was not some nonstop racism hellhole everywhere. At that time, it was better politics, better money, to de-emphasize differences between people, bring them together.
Later it became better money to play up those differences, drive people apart and have them focus on competing identity politics, etc. That's what you're getting today. It doesn't have to be this way.
What can I possibly say about a 49 minute feature that I repeatedly watch? I'm stuck, I can't get enough of this little treat. It's like Sunday dinner where you leave stuffed, but keep wanting "seconds" This is a tour de force, that only Marty Scorsese could have made, seemingly, off-the-cuff with his folks in their Little Italy flat. Why is this little film so visceral for me? I grew up Greek-American in Chicago. We are two cultural entities intrinsically enmeshed in the same gene pool. Una Faccia, Una Razza ( Mia Fatsa, Mia Ratsa,” - μια φάτσα μια ράτσα) as they say. I come back to this little vignette to revisit how life was with my dearly departed grandparents, aunts, uncles, and myriad "cousins" (the word used in both cultures to describe kin from the old country whose familial connection cannot possibly be determined) May their memory be eternal. Our two countries/cultures may be neighbors, but this is like watching "home movies" for me.
Omg as an Italian American…his mother is hysterical 😂
I love her so much omggggg
The best
Catherine Scorsese was an absolute sweetheart and an angel. Martin was very blessed to have a mother like her. She's the mother/grandmother we all wish we had growing up.
Fascinating film, it's like a time capsule into another world! The early Italian immigrants sure were some strong people. And it showed once they made it here with some of the work they done. Especially the old buildings that are still standing today. Some were works of art.
A time capsule it indeed is.
A whole series of flashbacks here...starting with the plastic goddamn covers on the sofa...
Ernesto De La Serna..omg..I'm so with you. You have that correct..legs sticking to the sofa!! Thanks for your truth!!
@@valeriemccutchen2992 I thought only Caribbean people had that
In the summer if you wore shorts the plastic couch covers would stick to your legs and when you tried to get up the couch made a whoosh sound every time you sat down, lol 🤣
But in Italian, it sounds much nicer!!
I love her wish she was my realative!!
I love her she passed now God rest her soul. She is so much like my Nonnie . I miss her so much. Marty’s parents seemed like wonderful older Italian American ppl. She wanted to bring the waiter from Naples home with her. 🤣🤣 She’s something else.
"Ma, I love you. No more religious pictures."
Scorsese's mother is amazing. So relaxing to hear her talking, she was amazing!
It’s so wonderful to hear her besides the small roles in goodfellas and casino
This video id GOLD. Its like traveling in a time machine.
All of this is gone now... NY is all fucked up with corporatization... and also there are no ethnic areas of interest.. it's all Arab,,, Chinese... Hispanics (other than PR's) and WASP transplants..
Fantastic Italian family story unravelled without made up pretentions. Beautiful. God Bless.
Thanks . From India
This is amazing. I see so many similarities to my grandparents including the plastic on the couch. I had to do a double-take. This couple seems so happy.
About 15 years ago we visited the "Little Italy" that they used to visit. It barely exists now.
i heard the chinese took over lil italy no?
I noticed that as well!
The plastic on the couch, the paintings on the wall etc seems like every Italian household I’ve seen! In my city a lot of the Italian and Greek migrants after the war settled in the northern suburbs and there was a lot of 60’s/70’s brick houses built for their families, I love seeing the classic brick houses with the stained windows and all!
LOL i totally noticed the plastic on the couch too, they all did that back then
I liked the bond and the love between Scorese's father and his wife after all these years, such thing is very rare.
Obviously you can’t read body language. He doesn’t want to be near her.
@@deeprollingriver52 I think he was just uncomfortable in front of the camera.
Best film scorcese ever made. Listening to his parents talk about the old days. With the furniture and plastic in the couch. Old school. Great!
This is really a wonderful insight into the culture and the times. I loved those shots of the streets
Indeed, it is such a wonderful insight into past times.
Beautiful film. My only "complaint" is that it's not long enough. I want more!
10:33
“It was an impression, the way his teeth were.”
It’s truly beautiful to see the creators of Martin Scorsese’s sensibilities ❤️
It's so interesting to see his parents direct the conversation, you can see Marty's influence
On the other hand, this is such a comfort watch. Probably my 3rd time around-- makes me think fondly about my parents
Love it
Who here from the Safdie bro’s interview?
whit ari aster jaja
Jimmy Kimmel brought me here...I see where Martin Scorsese gets it from now lol his parents were hilarious great story tellers indeed😊 I could listen to them all day😊 really enjoyed this video thx for sharing... smiles
I absolutely loved seeing the picture from their wedding day. Just magical. What a wonderful couple, just natural, a life, a marriage lived well.
I love this couple
love his mother
Same.Darling? She run into the road to save a life. Devoted..I know this may sound mean..but if I had another Mother?? I'd pick her
Same...
I remember being so captivated when I watched this the first time. It felt like sitting down and listening to my own family tell their stories. Marty had lovely parents.
In her NY Brooklyn accent: “My meatballs are in and I should put my cover on and fuhgeddaboudit!”❤
Both of his parents were priceless ❤ she was pure and so soulful. What a real generation of famiglia❤❤
The plastic wrapping the couch so it stays brand new forever😅 It happens a lot with grandmas in Brazil as well (not necessarily Italian grandmas, but also)
Loved this. It makes me miss my great grandmother and great grandfather so much. Us kids would sit around in a circle listening to these stories for hours. Usually during a big storm when the power would go out. Idk why but that’s when they would tell the stories. I miss them so much. Thats who raised me until great grandmother passed away. Grandpa was heart broken and couldn’t take care of me.
I'm here because of the Martin Scorsese interview with Jimmy Kimmel live on 10-18-23. Thank god Jimmy brought up this movie or I would have never known. What a treasure trove.
This is so true to what I know and love about this generation of Italian Americans...they get it out! They talk about it. It's REAL. Such a huge contrast to my Southern US working class family who held their feelings, secrets, memories VERY close to their chests, with quiet rage. Even at times here there is tension but I think these folks learned to live with one another by letting it outside of themselves. The sauce recipe is at the end ♥
We hear you. We can all learn from Martin Scorsese's amazing parents, Catherine and Charlie Scorsese. It is said that the greatest treasures in this life are not found in diamond mines, gold mines or oil fields, but at our final resting places i.e. untold tales and memoirs that we take with us to our final resting places. We should all try to be like Catherine and Charlie Scorsese, and leave behind as much information as possible, and as many gems as possible, of these times, for those who will come after us. Best Regards, Michael M. Kamau, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa, 29th November 2023.
I looked up Mrs.Scorese's meatball marinara recipe after watching this and have been making them ever since. Mrs.Scorsese used to serve her own homemade meals to cast & crew working on Martin's movies. Thats as good a recommendation as any.
I completely understand the scene with Martin Scorseses' mother in Goodfellas now! She is an absolute gem. There's no wonder that true Sicilian boys never leave home. Why would ya?
She was just herself in Goodfellas. How cool❤
Wow, I love his parents! It's true that older generations were great story tellers, these two were and didn't realize it. I was captivated by the stories of their lives. I used to love listening to my grandparents stories and great aunts and uncles. Times were so different and they went through so much much but had a positive outlook mostly.
So entertaining and REAL. A rare opportunity to hear what life was like in an immigrant family. The joys, the trails, the hardships and the unity of collaborative families.
Thxs JKimmel for mentioning this during your discussion with Martin S.😊❤ Loved every moment of the exchanges between the Mom & Dad. FYI, I copied the meatball recipe too!😮
Back when America had White immigrants like God intended!!!
What a beautiful couple to hear them tell their stories was just pure gold
The Scorsese's are so incredibly funny, and interesting! In the 1970's we had blue paper towels, notice the blue paper towels in their kitchen.That brings back, so many good memories to me. It's nice to see them being interviewed, in their own apartment. I have watched this video so many times, and I never ever get tired of watching it. They are just being themselves, and it's wonderful to see that authenticity. Mrs. Scorsese reminds me, of my own mother. If I'm having a stressful day, I can watch this video, and it helps me to destress. I don't know why, it just does. Martin Scorsese made this video happen, and it's a gift for us today, and for future generations to come. Thank you Martin!!! 🤗🙏❤️
Marty you wouldn't get out of this house alive 😂 Marty's mom is a legend !!
26:44 - Watch Scorsese’s mom’s right hand. She’s telling the dad “I’ll tell the story, thank you”
It's really weird that this footage is 47 years old but it looks only 10 years old
I cant stop watching this
Thank you so much!! I am from Venezuela (That is South America) and I just have enjoyed so much this!! Ms. Scorsese, it is such a treat to listen to her speak, tell all those stories! I just loved her! And Mr. Scorsese Senior, too!! Indeed, I felt like I was sitting at that table with them, enjoying the food and everything. I have been a huge fan of all movies ans series involving italian american. It is very appealing to me. I don't know why, but to me is just fascinating!
His mother was such a riot! And her scene in Goodfellas was a real treat!
What a beautiful people Italians are...Love this video.
What lovely people loved the banter between them reminded me of Nonna and Nonno.
This was refreshing true Sicilian
Can anyone get chills? Just watching the "REAL" way a loving family is..this is amazing. Please, watch. And give comments!!!😲⭐💥😘🍾
Really, it was beautiful.
Like watching my own grandparents. I feel like I’ve known these ppl my whole life. 💙
Actually I was up all last night feeling lousy with chills and shivering. Watching this was the best medicine I could have taken.
his mom has so such charisma, I always love seeing her on screen
This was an exquisite treat! Thank you so much for sharing.
Awe Charlie feeling it without showing too much talking about his mom. 24:32
Love it! This is so much better than todays reality tv. The plastic on the couch 😂 man I can only imagine during the summer sitting on that 🤣Oh my heart 💔 11:45 that woman is so sweet and compassionate , her sincerity in helping that boy, and willingness to help anyone, complete strangers…… you just don’t see that anymore. Even if people record helping others for Tik Tok etc, it’s like it’s for views, this was a REAL SINCERE MOMENT from this woman of showing kindness and concern for others, oh, how that makes my heart absolutely ache, it such a rare thing in 2023❤ again this should be played on TV today, not Kardashians and all the other BS…. Maybe people would remember or LEARN compassion and empathy and practice it. ❤❤
Sadly this life is gone forever
Jimmy brought me here.
A wonderful piece of Americana from America's greatest living director. And God that food looks good. rip Charlie and Mama Catherine. Your boy done good.
He was the voice on the phone inside phone booth when Jimmy called to see if Tomny got ""made". It sounds like it anyway. Used his dad in the film as well as his terrific mom
loved this so interesting im australian aboriginal irish and my dad told us when he was a kid his mum used to scrub floors for the motels back in the day the older generation did the hard yards as i call it they were stronger mature rolled up their sleeves got on with it no complaining did what they had to do loved hearing the scorsese,s talk about their child hood upbringing how they lived an my dad was a working man he said back in 60s he did tobacoo picking with the italians dad said loveliest bunch of ppl he ever met us cultural ppl put up with a lot of crap too the prejudice the hard working ppl that we all are and im proud of were i come from as with other cultural ppl too thanks marty just stumbled across this today God bless everyone 😊☺🖤🧡❤👍☘🪃🦘💐
I love Scorsese's parents! ❤❤❤
I'm not Italian but I went to Catholic school and grew up surrounded by Italian-Canadian families... this feels so familiar haha
she's a natural. I love her. I can see why he didn't give her lines.
As someone who was lucky enough to have an Italian step dad in Detroit, this makes my heart break. I miss his many Italian relatives.
Scorseses mom is absolutely adorable 🥰
A wonderful uplifting film. I saw it in the 1990s and today I've watched it again. I loved it.
Probably the greatest 49 minutes and 31 seconds of time I have spent on one thing in quite a while. Once I started watching this I could not stop!
Thanks I’ve been trying to find this uncut version for yonks !!
I wish this went on and on! Reminds me of my Nonna!!!! The sauce (we call it gravy) , the stories! I love this so much!!!! What a gem!!!!! Thank you! And thanks to Jimmy Kimmel for mentioning it this fall !
Made me sad to see this golden film
I had seen this before, some years ago but so great to watch again!
I can see Marty's likeness with both his parents but so much more with his mother - her facial expressions and way of speaking!
So interesting to hear their family tales - great people 😊
Loved this from begining to end. Thank you...
My grandfather was born 1900, he was a miner, miss him and all these stories are
Memories
Such a gem of a documentary and I hope it lasts forever with their personal experiences as immigrants that's still relevant in 2022 as it was then in 74 because all we ever bring to this Great country is our stories and food, love of family and the will to succeed ❤️she's a character and would have loved to help her make "sauce" 🍝
The plastic covered couch brought back memories. My Great Grandmother had every piece of furniture covered like this. When she passed, everything she had bought in the 1960s looked brand new lol. Used to get chased off it when I was a kid lol.
I absolutely love to watch this video, of Mr.& Mrs.Scorsese. They are hilarious, just being themselves. I'm so glad, that Martin Scorsese filmed this. I have watched it time & time again, and every time is like the first time, that I've ever seen it. No joke! 🤗🙏👍❤️ I've shared it with friends, and they feel the same way about it, as I feel about it. Btw, Mr. Scorsese's father was a very handsome man indeed. It's so funny when Mr. Scorsese say's, there was no such thing as being tired... Lol! It was in reference to his mother, she never said she was tired, when she would wash the floors' or cleaning of the house, or raising the children I guess. I remember my mother's family use to say the same thing, about their parents, and grandparents. Their father's were farmers in Texas, and my grandparents had 12 children, my mother was #12. She really was the apple of everyone's eye. My grandparents were cotton farmers, and they grew their own cotton and picked their own cotton. All my aunt's and uncles were to pick the cotton too. Then WW2 hit, and all the men went off to war. There were only old men, or young boys left in the area, which was in Navarro County, outside of Kerens, Texas. I have so many great memories, growing up in a very big family.
Can we please go back in time when people were amazing. I really wish I could go back in time and sit in my grandparents. I'd love to hear more stories and learn more from them and to just give them a hug and tell them I love them one more time. His mom and dad so cute ❤
"everytime I sit close to him, he moves away" LOL My wife used to say that to me