As Martin Scorsese continues developing his long-announced Jesus film, a first look at the planned project emerges thanks to an excerpt from his consultant’s book.Per Variety, Scorsese’s consultant on the Jesus movie, Father Antonio Spadaro, published the draft and a series of conversations he had with Scorsese in his new book, Dialoghi sulla fede (Dialogues on Faith), in his native Italy. The last chapter from the book, titled “Screenplay for a Possible Film on Jesus,” is a 20-page text Scorsese gave Father Spadaro permission to publish. While the text is an early draft and not the actual screenplay Scorsese will work from for the movie, it offers insight into the director’s motivations and approach to the film. “When the idea of making cinema started to become concrete, I had in mind to make a film about Christ in the modern world, in modern clothes, shot in 16mm and in black and white in the streets of New York,” part of the excerpt read.Scorsese has been collaborating on the screenplay for his Jesus film with Kent Jones, with the project based on Shūsaku Endō’s novel, A Life of Jesus. Endō also authored Silence, which Scorsese adapted into a movie, released in 2016, chronicling the plights of Portuguese Jesuit missionaries in 17th-century Japan. Along with Silence, Scorsese is known for making the critically acclaimed yet polarizing 1988 film, The Last Temptation of Christ, which captured Jesus and his struggle with temptation.
As Martin Scorsese continues developing his long-announced Jesus film, a first look at the planned project emerges thanks to an excerpt from his consultant’s book.
Per Variety, Scorsese’s consultant on the Jesus movie, Father Antonio Spadaro, published the draft and a series of conversations he had with Scorsese in his new book, Dialoghi sulla fede (Dialogues on Faith), in his native Italy. The last chapter from the book, titled “Screenplay for a Possible Film on Jesus,” is a 20-page text Scorsese gave Father Spadaro permission to publish. While the text is an early draft and not the actual screenplay Scorsese will work from for the movie, it offers insight into the director’s motivations and approach to the film. “When the idea of making cinema started to become concrete, I had in mind to make a film about Christ in the modern world, in modern clothes, shot in 16mm and in black and white in the streets of New York,” part of the excerpt read.
Scorsese has been collaborating on the screenplay for his Jesus film with Kent Jones, with the project based on Shūsaku Endō’s novel, A Life of Jesus. Endō also authored Silence, which Scorsese adapted into a movie, released in 2016, chronicling the plights of Portuguese Jesuit missionaries in 17th-century Japan. Along with Silence, Scorsese is known for making the critically acclaimed yet polarizing 1988 film, The Last Temptation of Christ, which captured Jesus and his struggle with temptation.
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