It is no secret that Director Martin Scorsese is fascinated by religion. Almost all of his films include biblical implications, theological meditations, or in the case of “the final temptation of Christ” and “silence,” the depiction of the central stage of the church and its sacred texts. However, despite the filmmaker’s interest in subject matter, it may be surprising that he actually studied to become a priest, but in a new documentary reveals that he was kicked out of his Catholic seminary for bad behavior.
“Mr. Scorsese” is Rebecca Miller’s new docudery, which chronicled the life of a legendary director, and premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 4th.
At age 7, Scorsese attended his first Catholic Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, and then urged him to pursue religious education for many years. “There was a prep seminary and it was somewhere on 85th Avenue. It was fine for the first few months, but something happened,” Scorsese recalls the series.
What seemed to have happened was that Scorsese was fascinated by a world beyond the church. “I’m starting to realize that the world is changing,” he says. “It was early rock and roll, and the Old World was dying. I realized the life around me. I fell in love and was attracted to girls.
The director recalls that he ultimately realized that the priesthood was not for him. “The idea of the priesthood is to give yourself to others. It’s really what it is. I realized that I don’t belong there,” he recalls. Because I behaved badly. ”
The documentary does not explain what bad behavior young Scorsese is, but considering the amount of gender, drugs and violence embedded in his film, it is clear that his curiosity is diverse.
Instead, Scorsese received his bachelor’s degree in English from Washington Square College at New York University, and later earned an MA from the university’s Faculty of Education. He made his directorial debut in 1967 with “Who’s That Knocking at My Door.” This began a nearly six-year career that made influential and iconic films, including “Taxi Driver,” “Raging Bull,” “Good Fellas,” “Casino,” “Gang of New York,” and “Irish.” He was nominated for Best Director of the Academy Awards 10 times and won the award in 2006 for “The Departed.”
“Mr. Scorsese” will be released on Apple TV+ on October 17th. The full series is five episodes, and includes interviews with Scorsese and creative collaborators such as his family, contemporaries, Robert De Niro, Daniel Day Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson, Theme Schoona Maker, Shell Maspill Maker, and Shell Maspill Maker, among others Schrader, Margot Robbie, Cate Blanchett, Jay Cocks, Rodrigo Prieto and more.
