My Voyage to Italy
My Voyage to Italy is a personal documentary by Italian-American director Martin Scorsese. The film is a voyage through Italian cinema history, marking influential films for Scorsese and particularly covering the Italian neorealism period.
The films of Roberto Rossellini account for half of the films discussed in the entire documentary, dealing with his seminal influence on Italian cinema and cinema history. Other directors mentioned include Vittorio de Sica, Luchino Visconti, Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni.
It was released in 1999 at a length of four hours. Two years later, it was screened out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.
Films discussed
- Rome, Open City, directed by Roberto Rossellini
- Paisà, directed by Roberto Rossellini
- 1860, directed by Alessandro Blasetti
- Fabiola, directed by Alessandro Blasetti
- The Iron Crown, directed by Alessandro Blasetti
- Cabiria, directed by Giovanni Pastrone
- La terra trema, directed by Luchino Visconti
- Bicycle Thieves, directed by Vittorio De Sica
- Fantasia sottomarina, directed by Roberto Rossellini
- Viaggio in Italia, directed by Roberto Rossellini
- La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV, directed by Roberto Rossellini
- Germany Year Zero, directed by Roberto Rossellini
- The Miracle segment of L'Amore, directed by Roberto Rossellini
- Stromboli, directed by Roberto Rossellini
- The Flowers of St. Francis, directed by Roberto Rossellini
- Europa '51, directed by Roberto Rossellini
- Gli uomini, che mascalzoni!, directed by Mario Camerini with Vittorio De Sica as Bruno
- Il signor Max, directed by Mario Camerini with Vittorio De Sica as Gianni/Max Varaldo
- Shoeshine, directed by Vittorio De Sica
- Umberto D, directed by Vittorio De Sica
- The Roof, directed by Vittorio De Sica
- Two Women, directed by Vittorio De Sica
- The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, directed by Vittorio De Sica
- The Gold of Naples, directed by Vittorio De Sica
- Les Bas-fonds, directed by Jean Renoir
- Ossessione, directed by Luchino Visconti
- Giorni di Gloria, directed by Giuseppe De Santis, Mario Serandrei, Marcello Pagliero and Luchino Visconti
- Bellissima, directed by Luchino Visconti, with Alessandro Blasetti, a film director, appears as himself.
- Senso, directed by Luchino Visconti
- I vitelloni, directed by Federico Fellini
- La Strada, directed by Federico Fellini
- Nights of Cabiria, directed by Federico Fellini
- La Dolce Vita, directed by Federico Fellini
- 8½, directed by Federico Fellini
- Divorzio all'italiana, directed by Pietro Germi
- L'avventura, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
- La Notte, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
- L'eclisse, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni