'Have I succeeded in my own life? I don't know. I don't think so. I'm in my eighties now and I
just don't know. But then maybe "success" is the wrong way of framing it. You just try and
when you fail you keep trying.' Over the course of eight years Martin Scorsese and Jesuit
theologian Antonio Spadaro discussed filmmaking and faith. From his Catholic upbringing amidst
the brutality of 1950s New York to the heights of Hollywood Scorsese sketches a unique
self-portrait. And from Mean Streets to Killers of the Flower Moon - and especially the
spiritual reckonings of The Last Temptation of Christ and Silence - he grants readers a new
understanding of his films. Reflecting on grace and violence fear and hope passion and
belief these rich and intimate conversations offer a remarkable insight into the director's
life and work.
