Martin Scorsesethe same guy who could have refused to direct the Joker, has said yes to a film about Jesusbased on the novel ‘The Life of Jesus’ by Japanese author Shasaku Endo. In fact, he has been preparing it for a long time. In this context, he has met with the Pope Francisco this Wednesday. “The dialogue between Martin Scorsese and Pope Francis continues. Two men of genius and experience for whom figure of Jesus “It has extraordinary charm and value,” he commented on the social network Antonio Spadaroundersecretary of the Dicastery for Culture and Education.
The American director, whose latest film is ‘Killers of the Flower Moon‘ (‘The Moon Killers’), has been working on the film based on the 1973 novel by the Japanese author for some time now. Shasaku Endofrom which he already made his work ‘Silence’ into a film, about the Jesuit missionaries who came to Japan to spread Christianity.
Director of ‘The Last Temptation of Christ‘ (‘The Last Temptation of Christ’, 1988) explained that he wanted to make this film after having met the pope in May 2023 together with another group of artists. “I responded to the Pope’s call to artists in the only way I know how: by imagining and writing the script for a film about Jesus,” he announced on that occasion.
Source: Lasexta
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