The director took us back to 17th-century Japan for this unsung epic.
The Big Picture Fans of Martin Scorsese often refer to 2019's The Irishman as his directorial follow-up to 2013's The Wolf of Wall Street. While that chronology may be true for Scorsese's signature crime filmography, he actually came out with another movie between the two. We are not talking about a short, documentary, or a project that Scorsese simply served as executive producer on like The Current War or Uncut Gems.
How Did Martin Scorsese's 'Silence' Get Made? Silence was a longtime passion project of Scorsese's. Allegedly, development took over a quarter-century, and he first proposed adapting Endō's novel in 1990— two years after the release of his other religious-centered film, The Last Temptation of Christ. Pre-production began for the first time in the late nineties, but Martin Scorsese postponed the project to make Bringing Out The Dead, Gangs of New York, and The Aviator first.
While period pieces are nothing novel for Scorsese, Silence does not settle itself in early to mid-twentieth century America. Instead, it takes its viewers to the 1600s, placing them at a point and place in history that most Western audiences are likely unfamiliar with. Part of the successful transport is thanks to director of photography Rodrigo Prieto, who earned the film its sole Academy Award nomination, as well as set director Dante Ferretti.
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