Martin Scorsese recalls why he was asked to leave Catholic seminary, says “because I behaved badly”
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Martin Scorsese, the celebrated director who turned his television‑love into a career, talks about a life that could have been very different — he left a Catholic seminary when he was a teenager. The story crowds the first episode of his new documentary, Mr. Scorsese, which premiered at the New York Film Festival and is now on Apple TV+.
The film opens with Scorsese recalling his first Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral when he was about seven. He still says those feelings of awe at church life stay with him today. In the documentary he explains how his early training at a preparatory seminary on 85th Street felt okay at first, but the excitement of rock‑and‑roll and the chance to explore teenage crushes pulled him in other directions. “I realized the world was changing,” he says. “Sex, love, life – it was all so complicated. I couldn’t shut myself off.”
His teachers and friends remember him being a bit restless, and a camera‑roll from the film shows a guard at the seminary flagging that Scorsese was a little “bad” for the school’s standards. Earlier in his life, he tried to stay, but his father got involved and the whole, the school asked them to “get him out of here.” The exact details of his “bad behavior” are never spelled out, but the film suggests he was drawn to the lively side of youth, something a classic church training could not accommodate.
The fascination with faith hasn’t disappeared. Even after deciding a life in priesthood wasn’t for him, Scorsese has woven Catholic themes into his movies, from The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) to Silence (2017). He even tackled the life of the Dalai Lama in Kundun (1997). In Mr. Scorsese he reflects on how his relationship with religion shaped his storytelling.
The series already features in‑depth chats with his biggest collaborators: Robert De Niro, Daniel Day‑Lewis, Leonardo Di Caprio, Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson, Thelma Schoonmaker, Steven Spielberg, Sharon Stone, Jodie Foster, Paul Schrader, and many more. The film also opens up his personal side, with candid moments with his three daughters – Cathy (59), Domenica (49), and Francesca (25) – his wife Helen Morris and old friends from his boyhood.
If you want to see how a boy in an 85th‑Street seminary turned into the iconic filmmaker known worldwide, the short series is available on Apple TV+ starting October 17. It’s a blend of personal history, spiritual insight, and the creative fire that drives a film legend.
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