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Martin Scorsese Has “No Intention Of Retiring” After ‘Sinatra’ & ‘The Life of Jesus’


With 'The Life of Jesus' and 'Sinatra' still in the pipeline, Martin Scorsese won't be retiring from Hollywood anytime soon.

Nearly 60 years after his directorial debut, Martin Scorsese still has a few more films left in him. The Oscar-winning director recently shut down speculation that he’s planning to retire from his storied behind-the-scenes career as he was honored Monday at the National Museum of Cinema in Turin, Italy. The possibilities of making a film, the concept of Jesus, the idea of Jesus really stems from my background growing up in the Lower East Side, my interest in Catholicism, in the priesthood, which really led, I think, ultimately to the film Silence.”

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