32° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
NEW HOLLYWOOD II

THE LAST WALTZ

THE LAST WALTZ
by MARTIN SCORSESE
Country: USA
Year: 1978
Duration: 117'


On November 25th, 1976, The Band held its farewell concert in San Francisco. Martin Scorsese filmed it with seven 35mm movie cameras manned by icons of photography such as Michael Chapman, Vilmos Zsigmond and Laslo Kovacs. Interspersed with interviews that reconstruct the history of the band, all the rock stars The Band played with get up onstage. A legendary appearance by Dylan wearing a white hat, this might be the best concert movie ever made, an adieu to an era.

Biography

film director

Martin Scorsese

Martin Scorsese (New York, NY, USA, 1942) graduated from New York University in 1964 and debuted in feature films three years later with Who’s That Knocking at My Door? His films include Mean StreetsTaxi Driver (Golden Palm in Cannes in 1976), Raging BullGoodfellas, CasinoGangs of New York andThe Departed (Oscar for best director), making him – right from the 1970s – one of the most important American filmmakers. 

FILMOGRAFIA

filmografia essenziale/essential filmography

Who’s That Knocking at My Door? (Chi sta bussando alla mia porta?, 1967)Mean Streets (Mean Streets - Domenica in chiesa, lunedì all’inferno, 1973),Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (Alice non abita più qui, 1974), Taxi Driver(id., 1976), New York, New York (id., 1977), The Last Waltz (L’ultimo valzer, 1978), Raging Bull (Toro scatenato, 1980), The King of Comedy (Re per una notte, 1983), After Hours (Fuori orario, 1985), The Last Temptation of Christ(L’ultima tentazione di Cristo, 1988), Goodfellas (Quei bravi ragazzi, 1990),Cape Fear (Cape Fear - Il promontorio della paura, 1991), The Age of Innocence (L’età dell’innocenza, 1993), Casino (Casinò, 1995), Kundun (id.,1997), Bringing Out the Dead (Al di là della vita, 2000), Gangs of New York(id., 2002), The Aviator (id., 2004), No Direction Home - Bob Dylan (id., doc., 2005), The Departed (The Departed - Il bene e il male, 2006), Shutter Island(id., 2010), George Harrison - Living in the Material World (doc., 2011).

Cast

& Credits

regia/director
Martin Scorsese
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Mardik Martin
fotografia/cinematography
Michael Chapman
montaggio/film editing
Jan Roblee, Yeu-Bun Yee
scenografia/production design
Boris Leven
interpreti/cast
The Band (Rick Danko, Robbie Robertson, Richard Manuel, Levon Helm, Garth Hudson), Eric Clapton, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Ringo Starr, Paul Butterfield, Dr John, Van Morrison, Ronnie Hawkins, The Staple Singers, Muddy Waters, Ron Wood, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jim Gordon, Martin Scorsese
produzione/production
Last Waltz Inc., FM Productions
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