Thursday, November 7, 2019

Martin Scorsese Started Something Good

Film director Martin Scorsese started a little upset when he said that the Marvel films are "not cinema". More specifically: “... isn't the cinema of human beings trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another human being.”

The damage was done with just a "not cinema". People got their backs up and reacted accordingly.

I've never had a problem with the comment.

In essence, Mr Scorsese may be right. There is a difference between "cinema" and "cinematic".

'I sing the body cinematic' may be what's at work here.


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2 comments:

  1. Dominic MNovember 7, 2019 at 8:51 PM

    I read the NYT article that he wrote as a follow up and I agree with him. Bill Mahr did a piece on the fanboys that really riled them up as well.

    Star Wars The Last Jedi finished off with a little coda that seemed to be a subtle PFO to the fanboys as well.

    These guys have to grow up.

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  2. Simon St. LaurentNovember 9, 2019 at 2:41 PM

    Star Wars:____ and Marvel's ____ are just movies.

    That's the joke.

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