The very first fulllength documentary on Scorsese offers an invaluable look at how he was perceived by his colleagues and himself in 1977 Catching Scorsese while he was in postproduction on New York New York and editing The Last Waltz British filmmaker Peter Hayden gets the manically hyper Scorsese to comment on his youth his relation to his lead characters and most importantly his approach to direction The doc doesnt quite move at the pace of Scorseses revvedup speedtalking but it does offer some real insight into his productivity in the 1970s thanks to an impressive array of talking heads Included are Scorseses collaborators Jay Cocks Mardik Martin Brian De Palma Steven Prince who coproduced this doc and his mentor John Cassavetes Also the performers who discuss his working methods in detail Jodie Foster Liza Minnelli and of course Robert De Niro
