The Killers of the Flower Moon director criticizes what he calls 'manufactured content.'
In 2019, Martin Scorsese made headlines when he said Marvel movies are"not cinema" and compared the Marvel Cinematic Universe to theme parks."I don't see them. I tried, you know? But that's not cinema," the legendary director told Empire magazine during an interview for his gangster epic The Irishman."Honestly, the closest I can think of them, as well made as they are, with actors doing the best they can under the circumstances, is theme parks.
With Scorsese promoting his epic western crime saga Killers of the Flower Moon, the Goodfellas and Oscar-winning Departed director was asked about the current state of the filmmaking industry in a GQ UK profile.
"Hit [moviegoers] from all sides. Hit 'em from all sides, and don't give up. Let's see what you got. Go out there and do it. Go reinvent. Don't complain about it. But it's true, because we've got to save cinema," Scorsese said."I do think that the manufactured content isn't really cinema."