Scorsese’s office: films for Colin Levy

Thirty-nine films sent by Martin Scorsese’s office to Colin Levy as a starting film education.

The complete typed-sheet list, in its original order: recommendations for study, not a ranked favorites ballot. The sheet was sent at Scorsese’s request by his assistant; its compiler is not established and Scorsese did not sign it. Years and directors identify the intended films.

Source: https://thefilmstage.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Scorsese_foreign-film-list.jpg

Numbers show collection order, not a source rating.

1. Metropolis (1927)
2. Nosferatu (1922)
3. Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
4. Napoleon (1927)
5. Grand Illusion (1937)
6. The Rules of the Game (1939)
7. Children of Paradise (1945)
8. Rome, Open City (1945)
9. Paisan (1946)
10. La Terra Trema (1948)
11. Bicycle Thieves (1948)
12. Umberto D. (1952)
13. Beauty and the Beast (1946)
14. Tokyo Story (1953)
15. Ikiru (1952)
16. Seven Samurai (1954)
17. Ugetsu (1953)
18. Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
19. High and Low (1963)
20. Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958)
21. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
22. The 400 Blows (1959)
23. Shoot the Piano Player (1960)
24. Breathless (1960)
25. Band of Outsiders (1964)
26. Il Sorpasso (1962)
27. L'Avventura (1960)
28. Blow-Up (1966)
29. Before the Revolution (1964)
30. Le Boucher (1970)
31. Weekend (1967)
32. Death by Hanging (1968)
33. The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971)
34. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
35. The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)
36. Kings of the Road (1976)
37. The American Friend (1977)
38. The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
39. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972)