My Voyage to Italy (Italian: Il mio viaggio in Italia ) is a personal documentary by acclaimed Italian-American director Martin Scorsese. The film is a voyage through Italian cinema history, marking influential films for Scorsese and particularly covering the Italian neorealism period.
The films of Roberto Rossellini make up for half the films discussed in the entire documentary, dealing with his seminal influence on Italian cinema and cinema history. Other directors mentioned include Vittorio de Sica, Luchino Visconti , Federico Fellini , Michelangelo Antonioni .
It was released in 1999 at a length of four hours. Two years later, it was screened out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival .
Rome, Open City (Roma città aperta) (1945), directed by Roberto Rossellini Paisà (1946), directed by Roberto Rossellini1860 (1934), directed by Alessandro Blasetti Fabiola (1947), directed by Alessandro Blasetti The Iron Crown (La corona di ferro) (1941), directed by Alessandro BlasettiCabiria (1914), directed by Giovanni Pastrone La terra trema (1948), directed by Luchino Visconti Bicycle Thieves (1948), directed by Vittorio De Sica Fantasia sottomarina (1940), directed by Roberto RosselliniViaggio in Italia (Journey to Italy) (1954), directed by Roberto RosselliniLa Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV (1966), directed by Roberto RosselliniGermany Year Zero (1947), directed by Roberto RosselliniThe Miracle (Il miracolo) segment (1948) of L'Amore , directed by Roberto RosselliniStromboli (1950), directed by Roberto RosselliniThe Flowers of St. Francis (Francesco, giullare di Dio) (1950), directed by Roberto RosselliniEuropa '51 (1952), directed by Roberto RosselliniGli uomini, che mascalzoni! (1932), directed by Mario Camerini with Vittorio De Sica as Bruno Il signor Max (1937), directed by Mario Camerini with Vittorio De Sica as Gianni/Max VaraldoShoeshine (Sciuscià) (1946), directed by Vittorio De SicaUmberto D (1952), directed by Vittorio De SicaThe Roof (Il tetto) (1956), directed by Vittorio De SicaTwo Women (La ciociara) (1961), directed by Vittorio De SicaThe Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini) (1970), directed by Vittorio De SicaThe Gold of Naples (L'oro di Napoli) (1954), directed by Vittorio De SicaSenso (1954), directed by Luchino ViscontiLes Bas-fonds (The Lower Depths) (1936), directed by Jean Renoir Ossessione (1943), directed by Luchino ViscontiGiorni di Gloria (Days of Glory) (1945), directed by Giuseppe De Santis, Mario Serandrei, Marcello Pagliero and Luchino ViscontiBellissima (1951), directed by Luchino Visconti, with Alessandro Blasetti, a film director, appears as himself.I vitelloni (1953), directed by Federico Fellini La Strada (1955), directed by Federico FelliniNights of Cabiria ( Le notti di Cabiria) (1957), directed by Federico FelliniLa Dolce Vita (1960), directed by Federico Fellini8½ (1963), directed by Federico FelliniDivorzio all'italiana (Divorce, Italian Style) (1961), directed by Pietro Germi L'avventura (1960), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni La Notte (The Night) (1961), directed by Michelangelo AntonioniL'eclisse (1962), directed by Michelangelo Antonioni