![]() ![]() Instead, Scorsese went on to direct 2010’s Shutter Island, 2011’s Hugo and 2013’s The Wolf of Wall Street.ĭespite the delays, the filmmaker admits that he tended to be more pragmatic when he arrived in Taiwan in January of 2015 to realize his long-time fixation.īy then, Garfield and Driver had already attended a month-long retreat to study the old Jesuit ways and the Jesuit history, including the controversial oppression revealed in Silence. ![]() Most frustrating arrived with the potential casting of Daniel Day-Lewis, Benicio del Toro and Gael Garcia Bernal in the main roles. Some false starts followed his initial enthusiasm. The filmmaker also read Endo’s novel after completing The Last Temptation of Christ in 1988, and felt “(Silence) went deeper” into investigating what it means to have faith. One early link goes back to his 1973 crime movie Mean Streets, which references a religious dilemma with the opening line: “You don’t make up for your sins in a church. ![]() “It has always been foremost in my mind my whole life, no matter what I’ve done,” the director says. The collaborators decided that they wanted to explore what “true faith is or what true Christianity is” through the cinematic narrative. Kerry Brown/Paramount Pictures via APįrom the beginning, Scorsese and screenwriter Jay Cocks weren’t interested in condemning the persecution of the time. Their dangerous mission is to locate Friar Ferreira (Liam Neeson), rumoured to have denounced the Catholic Church while immersing himself in the Japanese culture. The repression is witnessed through the experiences of Friars Rodrigues (Andrew Garfield) and Garrpe (Adam Driver), who travel to Japan. ![]()
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