My Voyage to Italy (1999) Reviews

Even though Martin Scorsese is mostly known for his fictional work, he has also directed many documentaries and this one is one of the most intriguing. Indeed, Scorsese is also a massive movie buff with an incredible knowledge about movie history and, this time, he had decided to share his love of classic Italian movies. To be honest, even though it was absolutely an interesting watch, I actually had some rather mixed feelings concerning this flick. Like I said before, it was indeed very interesting to learn some trivia about those great classics but, on the other hand, I found it also rather frustrating to watch. I mean, Scorsese goes so much into details when talking about theses flicks that as a result, when it was dealing with movies that I saw, I found it completely fascinating but when it was dealing with movies I haven't seen, I found it actually rather annoying and I really wanted to turn the damned thing off and watch the real thing instead. Eventually, to really appreciate this documentary, you should first watch all or most of the movies involved. Still, in spite of this flaw, if you are interested in Italian movies, it is absolutely worth a look.