It took Twenty-five to bring Gangs of New York to the screen. Finally in the late 1990s everything came together and in september 2000, I passed through the gates of Cinecittà Studios. I walked into the New York of the 1860s and began shooting the movie. I had imagined all theses years about the city I love and how it recreated itself. This film is my impression of that extraordinary time- Martin Scorsese