Why does a Scorsese picture equate to ‘cinema’? Last I checked his next film is having a limited release and made for Netflix, the absolute antithesis of Cinema. Scorsese’s body of work contorts to public demand because when he steps outside that he gets destroyed. Violence, profanity, machismo, religion, guilt. Scorsese makes pictures with men, about men and for men. He should be in his hands and knees thanking them for getting people back into Theatres
These other genuine cinematic achievements - what are they? Is it Kubrick? Is it Speilberg? Nolan? Or is it only reserved for Tarantino or Kurosawa or Jeunet. You put a sheet up on a wall and project a train coming towards you and take it around the country - is this a ‘cheap thrill’ and doesn’t even come close to a man shaving his face continuously for 5 minutes straight? Which one is the revolutionary leap that wows an audience. When my film school teacher showed us a close shave he thought it was amazing! The audacity! We all thought he was taking the mick but now I know it’s the experience in context to your own.
Kids all over the World will take the MCU and use it as their catalyst to create their own films. They won’t see a Scorsese picture until they’ve watched Marvel a million times and are ready to see Joe Pesci beat the brains out of some schmuck. Cinema is a shared connection in a moment and place in time. Joker is absolutely cinema at its finest. Endgame is cinema at its finest. To some its a bucket of popcorn and ‘Pitch Perfect’. To others it’s a glass of chardonnay and ‘Upstream Colour’.
Any other version of this isn’t cinema. Its made for TV movies and memories of better days. Now we have it all but still people aren’t happy.
