“I've been consulted by Franklin D.,
Gretta Garbo has had me to tea,
Still I'm broken hearted,
Cause I can't get it started,
With you”The Big Shave [The Big Shave… or, Viet '67] (Martin Scorsese, 1967)
Dec
2
Safety Razor Day
A young man (Peter Bernuth) shaving in front of a mirror. The bathroom is clean, white, with chrome fixtures. DP: Ares Demertzis.
Someone shaves on Safety Razor Day (USA).
Accompanied by the sweet tunes of Bunny Berigan and Ira Gershwin's I Can't Get Started, a young man shaves his face. The Big Shave is a short commissioned film which contains many of the hallmarks of Martin Scorsese's later, more accessible work.
–Ira Gershwin, I Can't Get Started (1936)
There's also the obvious influence of #KennethAnger to be found, in nostalgic show tunes, the fetishisation of chrome and clean lines, followed by lustful, by ways erotic, violence. #Scorsese theme here is not homoeroticism, not on the surface at least, but the carnage laid upon so many young men sent off to the smouldering battlefields of #Vietnam. There'd be another six years of that. And meanwhile, some young men came back. And some picked up a job, driving a cab.
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Italianamerican (1974)
Cast and crew in the Scorsese family dining room.
November 23: family dinner for #Thanksgiving
Italianamerican (Martin Scorsese, 1974)
Take a few spoonfuls of tomato and throw them in there.
While mother Scorsese's famous meatballs in gravy are working their way to mwah! chef's kiss perfection, son Martin interviews his parents Catherine and Charles. For those unsure what to cook, and for those who don't celebrate Thanksgiving at all, mama's recipe is included in the end credits. And here:
Tommy: Life is short. Alice: Yeah, well, so are you.Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (Martin Scorsese, 1974)
Aug
12
National Garage Sale Day
Tommy (Alfred Lutter III), Harold (Jefferson Burstyn), Alice (Ellen Burstyn) and Bea (Lelia Goldoni) counting out Alice's yard sale earnings. DP: Kent L. Wakeford.
After her husband is gone, Alice (Ellen Burstyn) sells her stuff and the house, picks up her son Tommy (Alfred Lutter III) and embarks on fulfilling her childhood dream of becoming a singer just like Alice Faye.