Murray has done ok for himself. Expensive ties, shoes, cars the self aggrandizing Murray admits he could not have done it without Joe. Problem is Joe and his wife have this thing for each other.
Martin Scorsese's influence and go to territory over the next half century reveal themselves early in this well shot amusing student film. The Fellini (Germi less so) influence is a blatant but impressive homage while some of the imagery and characterization could fit smoothly into Raging Bull. Populating his filmography with Little Italy good fellers and wise guy mainstays Murray and his "good friend" Joe would be the prototype for decades to come. Here they have a sly charm but the single cuckold theme can only go so far in this overall well mounted little short.
It's Not Just You, Murray!
1964
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama
It's Not Just You, Murray!
1964
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama
Plot summary
Now middle-aged, mobster Murray looks back at his humble beginnings as a bootlegger and his rise to becoming wealthy and highly influential. Through it he talks about how much of his success and happiness is due to the support of his "friend" Joe. Unfortunately the only one who blindly believes Joe is anything close to a friend is Murray, because it's obvious to everyone that Joe back-stabs him at every chance and is sleeping with his wife.
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Marty gathers his mainstays and his mom.
It's Not Just You, Murray! was another early short from Martin Scorsese
This is one of the early shorts made by Martin Scorsese when he was a student at NYU. In this one, a middle-aged man looks back at his life and how he got successful like making illegal gin during Prohibition or producing some hit Broadway shows. He credits a "friend" with his successes but that "friend" is...not a friend at all! Filmed in black-and-white with some jump cuts and still frames, this was quite an amusing short to watch as an example of the early work of Mr. Scorsese. So on that note, It's Not Just You, Murray! is worth a look. P.S. The mother of the leading character is played by the mother of the director, Catherine Scorsese.
It's All You, Marty.
"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.