As a director, Martin Scorsese has more famous and industry-leading films to his name than can be listed here. His oeuvre demonstrates his undeniable craftsmanship, but even more it shows his enormous love of film – the works of others have been his endless source of cinematic joy and inspiration. This already became apparent with his compelling 1999 documentary Il mio viaggio in Italia, in which he expresses his love for Italian neorealism.
His love reaches further: In 2007, Scorsese established the World Cinema Project, a special programme of The Film Foundation, cooperating with Cineteca di Bologna to preserve important but forgotten films from oblivion, restoring and re-releasing them in cinemas. To date, the catalogue contains 54 titles, eight of which will be screened by Rialto – eight hidden gems of cinematic history that were nearly lost completely, but can now be seen again in all their glory. In short: Eight Treasures Unveiled.
