Aug 31, 2026 · 51 min · 12 segments
Welcome back to Sightgeist! In this episode, Jimmy and Joe talk about Martin Scorsese's 2016 epic religious drama *Silence*. Despite the Scorsese of it all, this may have been among the most…
Jimmy HallenbeckHost
Joe MaglichHost
We're here to talk about Martin Scorsese's 2016 epic religious drama, Silence.
which is, of course, set in 17th century Japan and follows a Portuguese priest who has his faith challenged when he goes in search of his mentor following the Shimabara Rebellion, which led to the repression of Christianity in Japan at the time.
A movie that he wanted to make for a long time after he read the novel several decades ago, and It's a great book, Joe.
I don't know if you've ever read it or if you've ever heard me talk about how great the book is.
Is it based on a true story? No, it's not based on a true story, but it is, it's, well, it's one of those ones where it's based on real events.
Some of the, like, Andrew Garfield's character, Father Rodriguez in particular, is based on a real person.
um and i think also maybe in a way the um the older guy who's uh kind of running things he's the governor he's the inquisitor as they call him inquisitor yeah yeah yeah i think i think he's also maybe based on a real person uh this is this is all real stuff that happened in in japan uh for a while and i find it really interesting before For We Can Eat, we have to set the table.
We're here to talk about Martin Scorsese's 2016 epic religious drama, Silence.
which is, of course, set in 17th century Japan and follows a Portuguese priest who has his faith challenged when he goes in search of his mentor following the Shimabara Rebellion, which led to the repression of Christianity in Japan at the time.
A movie that he wanted to make for a long time after he read the novel several decades ago, and It's a great book, Joe.
I don't know if you've ever read it or if you've ever heard me talk about how great the book is.
Is it based on a true story? No, it's not based on a true story, but it is, it's, well, it's one of those ones where it's based on real events.
Some of the, like, Andrew Garfield's character, Father Rodriguez in particular, is based on a real person.
um and i think also maybe in a way the um the older guy who's uh kind of running things he's the governor he's the inquisitor as they call him inquisitor yeah yeah yeah i think i think he's also maybe based on a real person uh this is this is all real stuff that happened in in japan uh for a while and i find it really interesting before For We Can Eat, we have to set the table.
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