Martin Scorsese’s portrait of writer and social commentator Fran Lebowitz, celebrated for her sharp wit and observations on modern life. Filmed at New York’s Waverly Inn and intercut with archival footage and interviews, the documentary captures Lebowitz’s distinctive worldview through her spontaneous monologues and public appearances.
Direction
Scorsese's love letter to a voice he'll never silence.
Writing
Lebowitz's improvised aphorisms hit harder than scripted speeches.
Director
Martin Scorsese
Fran Lebowitz
Self
Pablo Picasso
Self (archive footage)
Thelonious Monk
Self (archive footage)
James Baldwin
Self (archive footage)
Serge Gainsbourg
Self (archive footage)
Candy Darling
Self (archive footage)
Andy Warhol
Self (archive footage)
Truman Capote
Self (archive footage)
Oscar Levant
Self (archive footage)
William F. Buckley Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Cole Porter
Self (archive footage)
Eugene O'Neill
Self (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lebowitz has famously suffered from writer's block for decades; this film became her accidental second book.
The Waverly Inn scenes capture a vanished Manhattan where writers could afford to be poor and opinionated.
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