Martin Scorsese on Jan. 7, 2024.Photo:Tommaso Boddi/Golden Globes 2024/Golden Globes 2024 via Getty
Tommaso Boddi/Golden Globes 2024/Golden Globes 2024 via Getty
Martin Scorsesesaid he wasplanning to make a movie about Jesusmonths ago — and it appears he’s ready to film it this year.
While theKillers of the Flower Moonfilmmaker told the outlet he and Jones remain “swimming in inspiration" on the new Jesus-inspired project, he shared that he intends for the movie to be set largely in the present day and have an 80-minute runtime. (His last two movies,KillersandThe Irishman, each run well over three hours long.)
“I’m trying to find a new way to make it more accessible and take away the negative onus of what has been associated with organized religion," he said.
Martin Scorsese on Jan. 7, 2024.Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic
“Right now, ‘religion,’ you say that word and everyone is up in arms because it’s failed in so many ways. But that doesn’t mean necessarily that the initial impulse was wrong," he added. “Let’s get back. Let’s just think about it. You may reject it. But it might make a difference in how you live your life — even in rejecting it. Don’t dismiss it offhand. That’s all I’m talking about. And I’m saying that as a person who’s going to be 81 in a couple of days. You know what I’m saying?”
Scorsese previously announced his intention to make a movie about Jesus shortly after he met withPope Francisat the Vatican in May 2023;Varietyreported that Scorsese announced the news at a conference he attended in Rome called “The Global Aesthetics of the Catholic Imagination.”
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Martin Scorsese on Oct. 7, 2023.Karwai Tang/WireImage
Karwai Tang/WireImage
Catholicism and religious themes have played roles in Scorsese’s past works likeSilence, as well as the 1988 movieThe Last Temptation of Christ.
The director’s most recent movie,Killers,won one award at the 2024 Golden Globe Awardson Sunday whenLily Gladstonewas named best actress in a drama for her leading role as Mollie Burkhart. The film isup for 12 awards at the upcoming 2024 Critics Choice Awardson Jan. 14.
source: people.com
