{"id":4177,"date":"2011-07-07T14:18:44","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T18:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tm.org\/blog\/?p=4177"},"modified":"2012-05-11T17:14:40","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T21:14:40","slug":"martin-scorsese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.tm.org\/blog\/people\/martin-scorsese\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Scorsese on his TM practice: \u201cIt\u2019s made a difference\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Martin Scorsese<\/a> is one of the cinema\u2019s most acclaimed directors. Born in New York City in 1942, he was a quiet child with a strong case of asthma, and spent much of his young life alone watching movies. After high school he spent a year in a Catholic seminary preparing to become a priest. He later decided to enroll at New York University and found himself drawn to NYU\u2019s famous film school, where the emerging French and Italian New Wave and independent filmmakers had a profound influence on him.<\/p>\n

Films like Taxi Driver<\/a><\/em>, Raging Bull<\/a><\/em>, The King of Comedy<\/a><\/em>, and Goodfellas<\/a><\/em>, established Mr. Scorsese as one of the world\u2019s most powerful and poignant filmmakers.<\/p>\n

Mr. Scorsese recently spoke, via video, to a benefit gala<\/a> in New York City in support of the David Lynch Foundation\u2019s<\/a> outreach to those who suffer from traumatic stress:<\/p>\n

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\u201cI wanted to offer my support and encouragement in these efforts to help children<\/a> and veterans<\/a>, and anyone who needs the help to overcome stress through meditation,\u201d Mr. Scorsese said.<\/p>\n

\"Scorsese2\"\u201cOf course a lot of drama is projected onto the screens of our consciousness, our minds, day and night\u2014patterns that you learn from childhood, intrigues, resentments, hatreds, and terrors\u2026. The common response is to tough it out. In other words, to suffer. Now, I\u2019ve been a firm believer in suffering all my life. My pictures are kind of volatile, and they certainly can attest to that. Yet, recently, I\u2019ve learned that you may not have to suffer to make them as much. It may not be the way it\u2019s supposed to be. <\/p>\n

\u201cFor the last few years, I\u2019ve been practicing meditation. It\u2019s difficult to describe the effect it\u2019s had on my life. I can only mention maybe a few words: calm, clarity, a balance, and, at times, a recognition. It\u2019s made a difference. <\/p>\n

\u201cOn this night, as you\u2019re trying to raise the funds necessary to bring Transcendental Meditation<\/a> to students, veterans, homeless men and women, native Americans, anyone suffering from strong stress, I want to thank you. I encourage all of you gathered here tonight to support this foundation. Thanks and goodnight.\u201d <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Martin Scorsese is one of the cinema\u2019s most acclaimed directors. Born in New York City in 1942, he was a quiet child with a strong case of asthma, and spent much of his young life alone watching movies. After high school he spent a year in a Catholic seminary preparing to become a priest. He later decided…
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