Il mio viaggio in Italia 1999 I saw these movies They had a powerful effect on me You should see them Thats Martin Scorseses message for this documentary We meet his family on Elizabeth Street in New York hes a third generation Italian with Sicilian roots Starting in 1949, they watched movies on TV as well as in theaters, lots of Italian imports Scorsese, with his narration giving a personal as well as a public context, shows extended clips of these movies Films of Rossellini and De Sica fill part one those of Visconti, Fellini, and Antonioni comprise part two Scorsese takes time with emotion, style, staging, technique, political context, and cinematic influence Its his movie family