Taormina, June 13 (askanews) – Taormina celebrates Martin Scorsese. Among the most anticipated stars of the 71st edition of the Taormina Film Festival, he gave himself to the public and fans, held a masterclass in front of the students and received a Lifetime Achievement Award, the Taormina Lifetime Award at the Teatro Antico before the screening of his “Taxi Driver” in a restored version.
Considered a masterpiece by filmmakers, it was problematic for him, he said. “It was a fantastic experience but at the same time terrible, I never expected it to be such a success. When we shot it, everyone was worried,” he revealed.
The great director, 82 years old, during the meetings spoke among other things about American politics, criticizing Donald Trump and his "attitude - he said - based on anger and hatred", of the influence of his culture of origin, with his Sicilian grandparents, on his life and his films, and about which - he said - he would like to make a documentary. "I hope to succeed sooner or later" he said.
Then cinema. “When I was little I had asthma, I couldn't play sports – he said – cinema was an escape, it changed my life and took me out of loneliness,… it led me to transform myself into a better man and to seek the truth. It's like a form of religious pilgrimage”.
Faith always important in his life. “I wanted to become a priest – he declared – but the seminary was not for me… And now among the various projects there is also a documentary on Pope Francis who he has met several times and a film on the life of Jesus. Scorsese also spoke about AI and warned young people: “Today we no longer know what is true and what is not, I see a photo and I have to ask myself if it is real or made with AI… And this undermines our perception of reality at its foundation”.
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