“I have answered the call of the Pope Francisco artists the only way I know how: by imagining and writing a script for a Jesus movie. And I’m about to start doing it”, declared the Italian-American filmmaker, director of legendary films such as “Raging Bull”, “Taxi driver”, “Casino” and “Good boys”.
Martin Scorsese And his wife, Helen Morris, recently attended a conference in Rome and had the opportunity to meet with Pope Francis. On Saturday, May 27, the director assured that he had accepted the mission of the pontiff, that he addressed the artists to include Catholicism in his work. Anthony Spadaroreligious magazine editor La Civilta Cattolica, He explained on the portal that, during their conversation, Scorsese and the Pope made references to movies and shared personal anecdotes.
In addition, the filmmaker admitted that he had been moved by “the Holy Father’s request for us to see Jesus.” In that conversation, Scorsese quoted “The gospel according to Saint Matthew” of Pier Paolo Pasolini as one of his reference religious films. He also talked about “The Last Temptation of Christ”starring Willem Dafoe and David Bowiea 1988 feature film that he himself directed and that caused controversy at the time due to its representation of Jesus Christ.
The link of the New York filmmaker with Catholicism and cinema is recognized and long-standing. In 2017, Scorsese received the Film Excellence Award and made an honorary member of SIGNIS, the World Catholic Association for Communicationwhich is found in various countries of the planet promoting values in the seventh art and audiovisual media, through awards and participating in film festivals.
his new film “Killers of the Flower Moon” It will be released on October 20. For this reason, the director is in full promotion of the tape that is based on the homonymous book by david grann. The story is set in Oklahoma, during the 1920s, and describes the serial murders of members of the Osage Nation who became rich from oil.
On the other hand, Scorsese refuses to be overwhelmed by the new market model and similar to what he did in 2019 with “The Irish” decided that the film should last as long as it has to last to offer the necessary quality. The director decided that the final duration of the film is 3 hours and 26 minutes, the footage will reach theaters via paramount.
Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone, Jesse Plemons, Brendan Fraser and John Lithgow, among others, star in the production, which has already been presented at the Cannes Film Festival. In addition to directing, Scorsese has written the script in collaboration with Eric Roth. After its passage through the cinemas, the feature film can be seen in AppleTV+.
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