Martin Scorsese critiques streaming platforms, modern film industry in new essay
Martin Scorsese has dropped more thoughts on the current state of the film industry and 'the art of cinema.' https://t.co/M56gcOT3Xb
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) February 16, 2021
Scorsese wrote an essay about italian filmmaker Federico Fellini for the march issue of Harper's Magazine. The director says the art of cinema is being devalued, sidelined and reduced to the lowest common denominator: content, in a critique of the modern media industry.
He says we can't depend on the movie business to take care of cinema, because the emphasis is always determined by the money to be made. Calls them the 'mass visual entertainment business'.
The essay is the topic of the day for film twitter. Scorsese last project, The Irishman, was financed by Netflix after being dropped by Paramount over budget concerns. The next one, Killers of the Flower Moon, will be financed by Apple TV+.
source: EW Twitter