"It's Not Just You, Murray!" is an American 15-minute black-and-white short film from 1964, so this one is already over 50 years old now. And it is the third filmmaking effort by Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese who was still in his early 20s when he wrote and directed this one. His co-writer is Iranian Mardik Martin, with whom he worked on several other occasions too later on. This is basically a mobster comedy movie, so entering the world if crime here we have the genre that probably defines Scorsese's career the best as stuff like Taxi Driver and Goodfellas are considered his career-defining films and the one that finally brought him the Oscar was "The Departed", also a film where crime is the core component. Anyway, back to this old work here. I would say that neither the crime component, nor the comedy component (mostly relying on irony) are on a level where I would say that they really make an impact or are good enough to watch this one. A bit of a shame, but I don't think that Scorsese is known for this work here, but that the other way around is the truth. This work is known for Scorsese and it probably would be totally forgotten now without the big name attached to it. The cast does not include any known names either with the exception of Scorsese's mother if that counts. Still a solid achievement for a man in his early 20s. But I don't really think it needs to be seen unless you are a Scorsese completionist. Skip it perhaps.
