NEW YORK — When Martin Scorsese was a child growing up in New York’s Little Italy, he would gaze up at the figures he saw around St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral. “Who are these people? What is a saint?” Scorsese recalls.
“The minute I walk out the door of the cathedral and I don’t see any saints. I saw people trying to behave well within a world that was very primal and oppressed by organized crime. As a child, you wonder about the saints: Are they human?” Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content.
Please enable it in your browser settings. Martin Scorsese appears the National Board of Review awards gala in New York on Jan. 11, 2024.
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