The upcoming film will be significantly different from previous feature films.
Award-winning director Martin Scorsese was spotted on the red carpet at the 2024 Golden Blobe. PDO
Oscar-winning film director and producer Martin Scorsese tells the Los Angeles Times in the interview about his upcoming film.
The 81-year-old director says that he remembers a lot of his friends who have already died.
The new movie is based on Shusaku Endo’s book A Life of Jesus (Life of Jesus)
– I’m trying to find a new way to make the story more accessible and remove the negative burden associated with organized religion, Scorsese told the magazine.
The director sees that the best way is to make the film short and sweet.
– I want to emphasize the core teachings of Jesus in a way that does not limit conversion, says Scorsese.
The book on which the film is based describes the course of Jesus’ story. However, Scorsese reveals that the upcoming film will be set in the present day.
Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio have been seen in several Scorsese films. Also in the picture is the star Lily Gladstone Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock
Scorsese known for his feature films
The director’s next direction, known for his long films, differs from the previous ones. The duration of the film is estimated in advance to be 80 minutes.
The film will be the shortest of Scorsese’s films to date. In second place is his first film from 1967, Who’s That Knocking at My Doorwas 90 minutes long.
Scorsese’s latest film Killers of the Flower Moon premiered in Finland at the end of October. The nearly three and a half hour film took the viewer to 1920s Oklahoma with mysterious murders.
Action thriller starring Robert De Niro released in 2019 The Irishman was also about three and a half hours long. Based on Endo’s book Silence-thriller (2016) was about 2 hours and 40 minutes long. Also published in 2013 The Wolf of Wall Street In the film, the audience laughed for three hours under the leadership of Leonardo DiCaprio’s black comedy.
Scorsese is Italian-American and grew up surrounded by Catholicism. He attended a Catholic school and aspired to become a priest. The director is however toldthat he is not interested in the politics of religion or the institution of the church.