Martin Scorsese: “I Have To Find Out Who The Hell I Am.”

Perhaps transformation into art is one way of dealing with the overstimulation of modern life. Art binds chaotic impressions into form … Perhaps film emerged when it did because it was just the therapy people needed to bind into manageable form the chaos of modern overstimulation.

I look at movies the same way. The final movie is the snakeskin, which can be pretty interesting and valuable. The snake is what happens while we’re making the movie—the relationships, the experience. I try to open wide and get really connected with the people I’m working with—the director, the cast, the production crew—all of us cooking in a safe

In creating art, the sum total of the parts often defies expectation. Theory and practice don’t always line up. The formula that worked yesterday might not work tomorrow. The proven solutions are sometimes the least helpful.

When we were young. And we made this franchise for people like us. And this is what there was. But, I guess, who did we become? Now that I have some money. Now that I have some skills. What is the thing I want to say to the world? What would I make for the people so that they might understand me? Understand who I am? Catharsis, drama, something new