It's Not Just You, Murray! (Short 1964)

It’s Not Just You, Murray!: Directed by Martin Scorsese. With Ira Rubin, Sam DeFazio, Andrea Martin, Catherine Scorsese. 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.

“Itu0026#39;s Not Just You, Murray! (1964) u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e*** (out of 4) u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMartin Scorseseu0026#39;s second short is a nice homage to the gangster pictures from Warner. A middle aged gangster looks back over his life from the start of his career to the present. If youu0026#39;re a fan of the Warner gangster pictures then youu0026#39;ll enjoy this short film with all the references to those earlier pictures.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhatu0026#39;s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (1963) u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e** (out of 4) u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFirst film from Martin Scorsese about a writer who buys a painting and soon his obsession with it leads to writers block. Thereu0026#39;s not too much going on here but I guess thatu0026#39;s to be expected with a student film. The camera-work and editing are nice.”