A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies 1995

In the film Martin Scorsese examines a selection of his favorite American films grouped according to two different types of directors: the director as an illusionist such as D.W. Griffith and F. W. Murnau, who created new editing techniques among other innovations that made the appearance of sound and color possible later on and the director as a smuggler such as filmmakers Douglas Sirk, Samuel Fuller, and Vincente Minnelli, who used to hide subversive messages in their films The Director as Illusionist The Cameraman, 1928 silent comedy directed by Edward Sedgwick and an uncredited Buster Keaton The Birth of a Nation, 1915 silent film directed by D. W. Griffith Death's Marathon, 1913 silent film directed by D. W. Griffith Cabiria, 1914 Italian silent film directed by Giovanni Pastrone Intolerance, 1916 silent film directed by D. W. Griffith The Ten Commandments (1923), 1923 silent film directed by Cecil B. DeMille Samson and Delilah, 1949, directed by Cecil B. DeMille The Ten Commandments (1956), 1956, directed by Cecil B. DeMille Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, 1927 silent film directed by F. W. Murnau Seventh Heaven, 1927 silent film directed by Frank Borzage Anna Christie, 1930, directed by Clarence Brown Her Man, 1930, directed by Tay Garnett The Big House, 1930, directed by George W. Hill Leave Her to Heaven, 1945 film noir directed by John M. Stahl Johnny Guitar, 1954 Western film directed by Nicholas Ray The Robe, 1953 Biblical epic film directed by Henry Koster East of Eden, 1955, directed by Elia Kazan Some Came Running, 1958, directed by Vincente Minnelli Land of the Pharaohs, 1955, directed and produced by Howard Hawks The Fall of the Roman Empire, 1964, directed by Anthony Mann The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, American television series from 4 March 1992 to 24 July 1993, created and executively produced by George Lucas, directed by various directors 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968 science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick The Director as Smuggler Cat People, 1942 horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur I Walked with a Zombie, 1943 horror film directed by Jacques Tourneur Letter from an Unknown Woman, 1948 film directed by Max Ophüls, based on the novella written by Stefan Zweig Scarlet Street, 1945 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang Detour, 1945, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer Double Indemnity, 1944 film noir directed by Billy Wilder Crime Wave, 1954 film noir directed by André De Toth Outrage, 1950, directed by noted film noir actress and pioneering female director Ida Lupino Gun Crazy, 1950 film noir directed by Joseph H. Lewis T-Men, 1947 film noir directed by Anthony Mann Raw Deal, 1948 film noir directed by Anthony Mann Kiss Me Deadly, 1955 film noir directed by Robert Aldrich