in an interview given to the newspaper the worldPosted in late December, Paul Schroeder (notably the writer of Taxi Driver) made a comment about Killers of The Flower Moon that shouldn’t have caused a reaction. Martin Scorsese’s feature film, which is highly appreciated by the public and critics, and in particular by the editorial team of AlloCiné, is mocked by Shredder!
“Marty compares me to a Flemish miniaturist. He would rather be painting Renaissance frescoes. Give him $200 million (€180 million) and he’ll make a good movie. Like I said, I’d rather have Leonardo DiCaprio play the cop Flower Moon Assassinsrather than chastity.
Three and a half hours around an idiot is a long time. See that nasty gash on my finger? This is March’s final contribution to my existence. I had dinner with him three days ago. One of his dogs bit me. What nonsense! “
He has the opportunity to comment on the latest films of his other comrades from New Hollywood: “Francis Ford Coppola has always loved big toys, that’s his thing. He sold his vineyards to film Megapolis, I can’t wait to see it. A surplus of means must serve a very specific purpose. For The Wild Bunch (1969), Sam Peckinpah needed four or five months to shoot. It was justified: he received less than the death of the Western!“
Paul Schrader also looks back on some of the successes of the year and the health of cinema in general: “Barbie and Oppenheimer are great movies. Barbie achieves her goal with ease and irony. Oppenheimer, despite its length, impressed me. Maestro, a Bradley Cooper movie also for Netflix. Platforms lead today. Theatrical release became as niche as opera. It is no longer the heart of the industry, even if attendance has stabilized. We are moving, I think, towards a hybrid model. Netflix bought a movie theater in New York, where they organized a retrospective of my films for a month. It was complete! Netflix executives hailed the strike as holy bread. They were spending too much, it was the perfect excuse to cut back and cut costs. “
Paul Schrader has just directed a new film, Oh, Canada, based on the book by Russell Banks.
Source: Allocine
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