Directed by Rebecca Miller, Mr Scorsese will explore the legendary director’s work through the years over the course of five episodes.
It’s mildly surprising that there hasn’t been a high-profile documentary on Martin Scorsese for such a long time (though 2004’s Scorsese On Scorsese is well worth checking out), but AppleTV+ is looking to fix that with Mr Scorsese. The documentary, presented in five episodes, will look at the director, writer and producer’s career through the years. Rebecca Miller is directing the project.
“I am so grateful to have been given the artistic freedom and access to create a cinematic portrait of one of our greatest living artists, Martin Scorsese,” director Miller commented on the project. “His work and life are so vast and so compelling that the piece evolved from one to five parts over a five year period; crafting this documentary alongside my long time collaborators has been one of the defining experiences of my life as a filmmaker.”
Here’s what the press release says about the contents of the documentary series:
“Mr. Scorsese” is a film portrait of a man through the lens of his work, exploring the many facets of a visionary who redefined filmmaking, including his extraordinary career and unique personal history. With exclusive, unrestricted access to Scorsese’s private archives, the documentary series is anchored by extensive conversations with the filmmaker himself and never-before-seen interviews with friends, family, and creative collaborators including Robert De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo Di Caprio, Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson, Thelma Schoonmaker, Steven Spielberg, Sharon Stone, Jodie Foster, Paul Schrader, Margot Robbie, Cate Blanchett, Jay Cocks and Rodrigo Prieto, along with his children, wife Helen Morris and close childhood friends.
From acclaimed director Rebecca Miller, “Mr. Scorsese” examines how his own colourful life experiences informed his artistic vision as each film he made stunned the world with originality. Starting with his New York University student films through to the present day, this documentary explores the themes that have fascinated Scorsese and informed his work throughout, including the place of good and evil in the fundamental nature of humankind.
It certainly sounds like the project will let Scorsese’s work speaks for itself. If AppleTV+’s previous portrait of a beloved artist, STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie, is anything to go by, we’re in for a fascinating watch.
AppleTV+ has slowly but surely crafted itself into a home for quality TV and movies for film lovers. Their original movies have fared well with audiences and who could forget the huge success of shows like Severance and Slow Horses? With more and more streaming platforms popping up, AppleTV+ is focusing on quality over quantity, at least for now. With such access to Scorsese, who recently also appeared in AppleTV+’s thoroughly entertaining The Studio, it’s a strategy that’s clearly paying off.
More on Mr Scorsese as we get it.
