‘We must save cinema’: Scorsese calls for rebellion against superhero movies

On October 18, audiences will finally be able to discover Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese’s highly anticipated new feature film. Meanwhile, the 80-year-old filmmaker is giving interviews to various media to promote the film.

At the microphone of GQScorsese first called for a rebellion against the hegemony of Marvel movies, superheroes and artificial intelligence. The director has already sounded the alarm several times in the past, which caused a number of reactions in the world of cinema and among the audience.

A threat to our culture?

“The danger is what it poses to our culture. Because there will be generations that think that’s what movies are. They already think that way. That means we have to fight again. It has to come from the directors themselves.”– claimed Martin Scorsese.

The threat is what it poses to our culture. Because there will be generations who think that’s what movies are.

“And therefore you shall have brothers Safedyou will have Christopher NolanDo you know what I mean? Hit them from all sides. Hit them from all sides and don’t give up. Let’s see what’s in your stomach. We have to reinvent it. do not complain. But it’s true, we have to save cinema”she chanted.

Hit them from all sides and don’t give up. Let’s see what you have in your stomach. We have to reinvent it. do not complain. But it’s true, we have to save cinema.

The Taxi Driver and Raging Bull director compares superhero movies to pre-made content. “What I mean is, it’s pre-made content. It’s almost like an AI making a movie. And that doesn’t mean there aren’t directors and incredible special effects that create beautiful works of art.”The artist emphasizes.

“But what do these movies mean? What are they going to accomplish? Other than to consume something and then wipe it out of your mind, out of your body? What does that do?”Questions about Martin Scorsese.

Infiltrates, an aborted franchise

To expand on his point, Scorsese then brought up The Departed, for which he won an Oscar for Best Director in 2007. “What they wanted was honesty. For them it wasn’t a moral question of human life or death.”he confided.

The Departed was given test screenings of Scorsese’s preferred version, in which the main characters died, and the audience reaction was excellent. Everyone was happy… except the Warner Bros. executives.

“The people at the studio came out of the test screening and they were very upset because they just didn’t want this movie. They wanted a franchise. So I said to myself: I can’t work here anymore.”– said the director.

The people at the studio came out of the test screening and were very upset because they just didn’t want this movie. They wanted a franchise.

If The Departed never had a sequel, it wouldn’t be about the original work from which it was based, Infernal Affairs. Two more feature films of this saga have been released. Warner Bros. definitely had the idea to continue using Venn to turn The Departed into a trilogy. Good or bad idea? I’ll let you discuss.

Meanwhile, Killers of the Flower Moon, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro and Lily Gladstone, hits theaters on October 18.