Martin Scorsese To Be Honored By Italy’s National Cinema Museum: “Italian Cinema Has Held A Very Special Place In My Heart”
deadline.comMartin Scorsese is set to be honored with a life achievement award by Italy’s National Cinema Museum in the northern city of Turin.
The director will receive the museum’s Stella della Mole Award on October 7 in a gala ceremony in the 85-meter-high atrium of its home, the Mole Antonelliana, which was originally conceived as a synagogue.
The following day, Scorsese will give a masterclass and also attend an introduction to a retrospective devoted to his work, including early films such as What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This?
and Who’s That Knocking At My Door? as well as award winners Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. “Few of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, if any, continue to dazzle audiences around the world as Martin Scorsese does more than 60 years after making his debut,” the museum said in a statement. “The Museo Nazionale del Cinema in Torino (Italy) pays tribute to the legendary Maestro who crafted some of the most memorable, celebrated movies in film history and became himself the embodiment of cinematic classics by illustrating with masterly technique the imagery of American society.” Previous recipients of the Stella di Mole include Monica Bellucci, Ruben Östlund, Pablo Larraín and Tim Burton.
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