About this episode

The episode discusses Martin Scorsese's early films and his upbringing in Little Italy.

Knock knock! Who's there? MARTY, THAT'S WHO! Welcome to the first installment in PODCASTFELLAS - our supersized series on the films of short king and Italian-American asthmatic Martin Scorsese. This guy made some pretty good movies, huh. This week, Griffin, David, and Ben discuss Scorsese's Little Italy upbringing and his two first features - 1967's Who's That Knocking at My Door? and 1972's Boxcar Bertha. One feels like a film school parody of Scorsese movie. The other, a not-scuzzy-enough exploitation picture. Neither really feel like his true debut. Check out Mostly True: The West's Most Popular Hobo Graffiti Magazine by Bill Daniel Author Sign up for Check Book, the Blank Check newsletter featuring even more “real nerdy shit” to feed your pop culture obsession. Dossier excerpts, film biz AND burger reports, and even more exclusive content you won’t want to miss out on. Join our Patreon for franchise commentaries and bonus episodes. Follow us @blankcheckpod on Twitter, Instagram, Threads and Facebook!  Buy some real nerdy merch Connect with other Blankies on our Reddit or Discord For anything else, check out BlankCheckPod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…

People in this episode

Hosts: Griffin, David

Guest: Ben

Topics covered

• Martin Scorsese
• film analysis
• exploitation cinema
• Little Italy
• film history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Blank Check Productions, Patreon, BlankCheckPod.com

Products: Mostly True: The West's Most Popular Hobo Graffiti Magazine

Books & works: Who's That Knocking at My Door?, Boxcar Bertha

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