The American fantasy of manifest destiny is rooted in religious imagery and ideology. In broader religious terms, he followed Casino with Kundun, a film about the Dalai Lama.Ĭasino is not just a retelling of the classic western mythology.
He is reportedly working on another movie about Jesus Christ. He would make Silence later in his career. The director spent most of the 1980s struggling to get The Last Temptation of Christ made. Scorsese’s religious interest permeates his filmography. Scorsese is one of the great Catholic filmmakers. However, Casino ties this mythmaking into another of Scorsese’s recurring interests.
