Mr. Scorsese Docuseries Reveals Seminary Expulsion

Rebecca Miller’s five-part documentary Mr. Scorsese premiered at the New York Film Festival on Oct. 4 and will debut on Apple TV+ on Oct. 17. In the first episode, Scorsese recalls being moved by his first Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral at age seven and subsequently enrolling in a preparatory seminary on the Upper East Side. He says early rock ’n’ roll and new attractions made the priesthood feel confining, and he was ultimately removed after “behaving badly,” when church officials enlisted his father to take him out. The series features interviews with longtime collaborators and traces how his religious upbringing continued to inform films such as The Last Temptation of Christ, Kundun and Silence.