Italianamerican (1974)
Martin Scorsese: Self
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Catherine Scorsese : My father's name was Martin. But, a lot of people called him Philip. I don't know why? Don't ask me why! But, they called him: Filippo. Mr. Filippo.
Martin Scorsese : I don't understand.
Catherine Scorsese : I don't know why either? Don't ask me why. I have a brother, his name is Salvatore, they call him Charlie.
Charles Scorsese : The same thing with me. My name is - my name is...
Catherine Scorsese : Luciano.
Charles Scorsese : Luciano. They call me Charlie.
Catherine Scorsese : They call him Charlie. Why? My name was Katherine, they call me Kelly. I don't know why?
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Charles Scorsese : Kids all used to steal.
Catherine Scorsese : Kids! Petty theft. Petty
Charles Scorsese : You know, just for fun sometimes. They'd take something from a pushcart, make the guy chase him and the rest of the kids used to go and pick stuff and go away with it.
Martin Scorsese : What do you mean by...
Catherine Scorsese : Move from hand to hand.
Charles Scorsese : While he was chasin' one guy, the ones used to take a few pieces and go away.
Catherine Scorsese : And that's it! The poor man is chasing him...
Charles Scorsese : You know, kid's stuff.
Catherine Scorsese : Kid's stuff.
Charles Scorsese : That's all it was. But, kid's stuff or no kid's stuff, sometimes it was that you needed that stuff. You know, it was like, it isn't like today, it was like your mother and father couldn't afford to get you anything. You - kid's used to grab stuff - and, then - use it, you know. Fruit or vegetable or whatever it was. Or, a piece of crockery or something like that.
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Catherine Scorsesee : This is also in Palermo. This is cows. They were in the street there - right in front of the house. And we took a picture of them. We thought it was very nice. This was in Palermo. They called it Piazza de Vergogna. The Piazza of Shame.
Martin Scorsese : The shameful piazza.
Catherine Scorsesee : That's right.
Martin Scorsese : Why was it called that?
Catherine Scorsesee : Well, because there was all these...
Martin Scorsese : Naked statutes?
Catherine Scorsesee : Naked statues and I thought they were just - great.
Charles Scorsese : You thought they were great.
Catherine Scorsesee : And - the statues were beautiful.
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Catherine Scorsese : Anyway, they came to America. They went and lived, I think, on Third Street. Then, they went and lived across the street. Then, eventually, my Aunt came. Naturally, they had no place to live. So, you come and board with us. So, they took my Aunt in, my Uncle, and her son.
Charles Scorsese : That's three, plus nine kids...
Catherine Scorsese : So, that's *three*, plus nine children, you figure it.
Martin Scorsese : Three plus nine children.
Catherine Scorsese : Right.
Charles Scorsese : Plus - Plus...
Catherine Scorsese : Plus my mother and father. Eleven. And three - is - fourteen. That's fourteen. So, my mother - so my Aunt occupied the bedroom, the kitchen in the middle, and, the, my mother and father and the children where in the living room.
Charles Scorsese : Three rooms, worst than us, three rooms.
Catherine Scorsese : And don't forget, they had their babies at home too. Don't think there was hospitals.
Charles Scorsese : There was no such thing as a hospital.
Catherine Scorsese : They used to call the midwife and the midwife, midwife would come in!
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Catherine Scorsese : Now, that's enough for today, Marty.
Martin Scorsese : Okay, that's it.