The following story will dive into mild spoilers for Martin Scorsese's latest, Silence , so please stop reading now if you have not yet seen the film. Audiences who know going into Silence , director Martin Scorsese's contemplative and controversial analysis of his own faith and convictions, that the film stars Gangs of New York collaborator Liam Neeson may be wondering where the Irishman is for the duration of the film.