Martin Scorsese, "My search for Jesus continues..." in conversation with Antonio Spadaro

"I responded to the Pope's appeal to artists in the only way I know how: by imagining and writing a script for a film about Jesus. And I am about to start making it."

Those are Martin Scorsese's own words, at the event organised by Georgetown University and La Civiltà Cattolica, prompted by questions from the director of the Jesuit journal, Fr. Antonio Spadaro SJ. The conversation between the two was in-depth and direct. Scorsese, making references to his films and sharing personal stories, explained how Pope Francis' call "show us Jesus" moved him (read also: https://www.laciviltacattolica.com/a-....

Talking about cinema, he spoke of his admiration for the immediacy of Jesus in Pasolini's "The Gospel according to St. Matthew", of the significance of "The Last Temptation of Christ" and of the next step in his own research on the figure of Jesus in the making of "Silence". Towards the end, the dialogue became increasingly personal: Scorsese spoke about his experience of Grace and mercy, and the presence of violence in his life as well as in his films.