Martin Scorsese spoke about the box office obsession and called it “abhorrent” and truly insulting.
According to IndieWire, Scorsese lamented that “cinema is devalued everywhere, it’s denigrated, not necessarily as a business but definitely as art,” the filmmaker added. .
“Since the ’80s, the focus has been on the numbers. It’s kind of disgusting. The price of a movie is one thing. Understand that a movie costs a certain amount of money, that’s the minimum to make that money back. Expect, plus, again. Now the numbers, the cost, the opening weekend, how much it made in America, how much it made in England, how much it made in Asia, how much it made worldwide, how many viewers it got. is going. “
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The Irishman director adds, “As a filmmaker, and as someone who can’t imagine life without cinema, I’ve always found it really insulting. I’ve always known that the New York Film Festival There’s no place for such reservations, and here’s the key: there are no awards. You don’t have to compete. You just have to love cinema here.”
Martin Scorsese has long railed against the depressed state of cinema, including labeling Marvel movies as “theme parks.”
