Martin Scorsese's Divine Comedy: Movies and Religion

Catherine O'Brien draws on the structure of Dante Alighieri's The divine comedy to explore Martin Scorsese's feature films from Who's that knocking at my door (1967-69) to Silence (2016), envisioning Scorsese as a contemporary Dante. This is the first full-length study to focus on the trajectory of faith and doubt during this period, taking very seriously the oft-quoted words of the director himself: 'My whole life has been movies and religion. That's it. Nothing else.' Films discussed include GoodFellas, The last temptation of Christ, Taxi driver and Mean streets, as well as the more recent The wolf of Wall Street. Drawing on debates at the heart of religious studies, theology, literature and film, this book goes beyond existing explorations of religion in Scorsese's work to address issues of sin and salvation within the context of wider debates in eschatology and the afterlife.--Back cover

• | Author: Catherine O'Brien
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• | Publication Date: November 28, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 224 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1350141607
• | ISBN-13: 9781350141605