Projections 7

One of a series in which the practitioners of cinema write about their craft. Scorsese discusses his relationship with Robert de Niro, the film-makers of his generation, and the legacy of American cinema. There are also contributions by Jamie Lee Curtis, Brian Cox, Kerry Fox and Leslie Caron. The centrepiece of this issue comes from the celebrated French film magazine, Cahiers du Cinema. For their 500th issue Martin Scorsese contributed material not only about his own work - including his relationship with Robert de Niro - but also about film-makers he admires: those of his generation (Coppola, De Palma, Lucas and Spielberg), as well as those film-makers whose legacy enriches cinema today (Ford, Raoul Walsh, Ida Lupino, Hitchcock, John Cassavetes). He celebrates the glories of the British cinema, and concludes by posing five essential questions about film. Other contributors include: Jamie Lee Curtis - In Conversation with Janet Leigh and Lillian BurnsHippolyte Girardot - Never Forget MastroianniFrances Mcdormand & Willem Dafoe - Acting is BelievingRobert Mitchum - Looking Like Nothing MattersBrian Cox - ManhunterLeslie Caron - The L-Shaped RoomSylvia Syms - VictimTeresa Wright - Shadow of a DoubtJaco van Dormael - Life LessonsBebe Barron - Making Music for Forbidden PlanetChristopher Porter - Photographing Dead ManFrank Capra/Douglas Sirk - A Centenary TributeWilliam K. Everson/Marcello Mastroianni - In Memoriam