Filmmaking legend Martin Scorsese says the entertainment industry is currently in the midst of reinventing itself and the very notion of cinema.
Scorsese appeared at the BFI London Film Festival to promote his latest film, the epic Western drama “Killers of the Flower Moon,” as well as participate in a Screen Talk presentation.
Interviewed by “Hot Fuzz” director Edgar Wright, Scorsese was asked about how he’s becoming something of a spokesperson for the current state of cinema. He laughed and responded (via Variety):
“I didn’t want to be the last line of defense. I honestly think it’s thrown back now with all of you. And I really mean this: I don’t know where cinema is going to go.
Why does it have to be the same as it was for the past 90-100 years? It doesn’t. Do we prefer films from the last 90-100 years? I do, but I’m old.
Younger people are going to see the world around them in a different way, you’re going to see it fragmented… What does one shot mean now? I don’t know anymore.
I don’t think it means anything … You all are in the process of a period of reinventing it. It’s quite an extraordinary time, and a lot of it has to do with the technology.”
Scorsese goes on to say the new technology brings with it more freedom and hopes young people “rethink what you want to say and how you want to say it.” before adding: “Ideally, I hope – I hesitate to use the word – ‘serious’ film could still be made with this new technology and this new world we’re apart of.”
Scorsese also says he would like more films to make a comeback at cinemas as he’s afraid “the franchise films will be taking over the theaters”.
Asked about filmmakers being seen as “content providers,” he says: “Content is something you eat and you throw away. But if you want to have an experience which can enrich your life, it’s different.”
“Killers of the Flower Moon” is set to be released in U.S. cinemas on October 20th via Apple and Paramount Pictures.
Source: Variety
