Veteran filmmaker Martin Scorsese said this week he has completed the script for a new film that makes the teachings of Jesus “more accessible.”
busy with Los Angeles TimesScorsese said he wanted to strip religion of its negative attachments and return to the “original impulses” that make spirituality so appealing.
The film, scheduled to run approximately 80 minutes, explores the core teachings of Jesus in a fresh way, allowing people to see them in a new light.
“I'm trying to find new ways to make religion more accessible and remove some of the negative burdens that come with organized religion,” Scorsese said. LA Times Columnist Glenn Whipp.
Director Scorsese said in an interview about some of his past films, including: kundun, the last temptation of christ,Furthermore new york gangtried to find a way around “salvation and the human condition and how to deal with negativity within ourselves.”
He went on to say that it is “a fear of societies and cultures that are corrupt because they lack a foundation of morality and spirituality.” It's not a religion. spirituality. I deny that. ”
“So, for me, it's… finding your own way in a sense, if you want to mean it in the sense of the word 'religion,' but I hate using that word, because the word… is often misunderstood,” he said. “But I have, or am trying to have, a fundamental belief, and I use these films to help me find it.”
Pope Francis and U.S. director Martin Scorsese (right) shake hands with a group of young people and elderly people during an intergenerational dialogue on the theme of “The Wisdom of Time” in Rome, October 23, 2018. (Image by ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP/Getty)
“When you say the word 'religion' now, everyone is up in arms because it's failing in so many ways,” Scorsese said. “But that doesn't necessarily mean the first impulse was wrong. Let's go back.”
“Think about it for a moment. It's okay to refuse. But it may make a difference in the way you live your life, even if you refuse it. Don't dismiss it lightly. . That's all I'm talking about,” he added.
Scorsese also asserted his firm belief in the power of forgiveness to change the world.
Forgiveness is an almost impossible goal for humans, he said, “but I truly believe in it.”
“If we cultivate forgiveness, the world may ultimately change. I'm not saying next year. It could be a thousand years from now, if we still exist.” ” he said.
The director said that his encounter with Pope Francis inspired him to make this film.
Last year, Scorsese traveled to Italy with his wife to attend a conference titled “Global Aesthetics of the Catholic Imagination,” and later met briefly with Pope Francis.
He later said, “I have responded to the Pope's call to artists in the only way I know how: by imagining and writing a film about Jesus.'' Told.
