The Age of Innocence: A Portrait of the Film Based on the Novel by Edith Wharton

by Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks

The complete script of the five-time Academy Award ® nominated film, with a lengthy introduction with details on the behind-the-scenes production, photos, and a special section in which the authors discuss the 22 films that influenced them. 24 b/w photos. The Newmarket Shooting Script Series features an attractive 7 x 9 1/4 inch format that includes a facsimile of the film's shooting script, as chosen by the writer and/or director, exclusive notes on the film's production and history, stills, and credits.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Martin Marcantonio Luciano Scorsese is an American Academy Award-winning film director, writer, and producer. Also affectionately known as "Marty", he is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation and a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema and has won awards from the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Directors Guild of America. Scorsese is president of the Film Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation and the prevention of the decaying of motion picture film stock.

Scorsese's body of work addresses such themes as Italian American identity, Roman Catholic concepts of guilt and redemption, machismo, and the violence endemic in American society. Scorsese is widely considered to be one of the most significant and influential American filmmakers of his era.[3] He earned an MFA in film directing from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.

Reviews

[Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Leider auf Deutsch, aber dafür ein Findebuch. Das umfassende Bildmaterial und die filmischen Inspirationen haben mir besonders gefallen. Werde jetzt noch die Wharton-Vorlage zuende lesen und dann die Laserdisc mal wieder raussuchen... (würde ja auch ins Arsenal gehen, aber Kino 2 ist mir zu klein)

[Rebecca Huston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gorgeous book on the film with Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfieffer and Wynona Rider. Packed full of pictures, and the shooting script.