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Recommendation for Tonight

News   August 27, 2009 at 12:17 pm FoodNerd

Before The Departed, there was Goodfellas.  Before Goodfellas, there was Raging Bull.  Before Raging Bull, there was Taxi Driver and Mean Streets. But way before that, there was The Big Shave.

Tonight’s your last chance to catch a program of five short films by Martin Scorsese, one of the great American directors to emerge from the near-collapse of Hollywood in the 1970s.

From The Big Shave (1968)

From The Big Shave (1968)

Spanning a period of 15 years in Scorsese’s early career (1963-1978), the program reveals a less-familiar side of this film titan.  Instead of gangsters and prizefighters, it’s comedy, documentary, ethnic identity and protest film.

The program includes Italian American (1974), The Big Shave (1968), American Boy (1978), What’s A Nice Girl Like You Doing In A Place Like This? (1963) and It’s Not Just You, Murray! (1964) and plays at 6:30 and 9pm at the Grand Illusion.

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  • disappointed

    You forgot one. Before The Departed, there was American Express commercials. An important chapter in understanding the progression of Scorsese.

  • disappointed

    You forgot one. Before The Departed, there was American Express commercials. An important chapter in understanding the progression of Scorsese.

  • http://publicola.net/ FilmNerd

    Touche!

  • http://publicola.net FilmNerd

    Touche!