About the book: 2023 / Martin Scorsese: Retrospective is a book that should be in the library of every cinema lover. It’s not only about its hero – the legendary director Martin Scorsese, the leader of the “New Hollywood” in the 70s and the patriarch of world cinema now, but also about the no less legendary author. Roger Ebert is an iconic film critic and the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize for art criticism. It was Ebert who wrote the first review of Scorsese's debut film Who's Knocking at My Door? in 1969. Ebert's uniquely insightful reviews have followed Scorsese's ups and downs ever since. Ebert and Scorsese were both born in New York, went to Catholic school, and were fascinated by cinema. Perhaps these factors played an important role in Ebert’s intuitive understanding of the key motives and ideas of the famous director’s work. Scorsese himself admitted that Ebert was the most careful and accurate analyst of his work. The book includes Roger Ebert's reviews of Martin Scorsese's films made between 1967 and 2008, as well as interviews and conversations between the critic and the director, in which they reflect on the dilemma of working in American cinema and life with a Catholic upbringing - the main themes in the destinies of two of the greatest representatives of cinema. This edition is the first publication of Roger Ebert's book in Russian. The publishing layout of the book is saved in PDF A4 format.