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Martin Scorsese’s war with Marvel seems to be over as filmmaker George Lucas recently revealed that the director might have eased his opinions about the MCU.The Departedfilmmaker came under fire back in 2019 when he compared Marvel with theme park rides and said that they were not cinema, sparking controversy and a bunch of memes.
While the filmmaker was commenting on the lack of originality in Hollywood and how the only films getting made were superhero films, many fans took issue with him insulting their beloved franchise. However, the director seemed to have calmed down about the issue, according to George Lucas.
Did Martin Scorsese End His War With Marvel?
Martin Scorsesehas been the mastermind behind many of Hollywood’s greatest films in the New Wave era. The filmmaker helmed classics such asGoodfellas, Casino, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull,and more. He won the Oscar forThe Departedand he has been regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.
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Scorsese came under fire back in 2019 when he toldEmpire Magazinethat he did not consider Marvel films to be cinema. The controversy erupted when he compared the MCU films to theme park rides as they were not, as he put it, ‘the cinema of human beings trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another human being.’
However, the filmmaker has reportedly eased up on the franchise since then.George Lucas, the creator ofStar Warsand a friend of Scorsese recently spoke toBrut 9at the Cannes Film Festival and mentioned that Scorsese’s opinion on Marvel has since been less stringent. He said,
Look. Cinema is the art of a moving image. So if the image moves, then it’s cinema. I think Marty has kind of changed his mind a little bit.
The filmmaker also went on to say that he had similar conflicts with Scorsese and other filmmakers such as Christopher Nolan on using digital cameras instead of traditional film cameras. Though Nolan still uses film, Scorsese went digital with the filmHugo.
Martin Scorsese’s Opinion Was Shared By Many Filmmakers
Martin Scorsese’s comments on Marvel and the MCU were ridiculed by fans. Some new-age filmmakers such as James Gunn and Joss Whedon, who helmed Marvel films, also took issue with his statements and spoke against it. However, Scorsese’s core idea of the superhero genre as more crowd-pleasing was echoed by many other creators.
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Scorsese’s long-time friend and fellow new wave filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola was the first to come to his aid and mentioned in an interview that theTaxi Driverdirector was absolutely right. Speaking at the Lumière Festival in 2019, Coppola said (viaThe Independent),
When Martin Scorsese says that the Marvel pictures are not cinema, he’s right because we expect to learn something from cinema, we expect to gain something, some enlightenment, some knowledge, some inspiration…I don’t know that anyone gets anything out of seeing the same movie over and over again.
Actor Christian Bale expressed his boredom while on set as Gorr inThor: Love and Thunderand mentioned that he could not differentiate from one stage to another. Filmmaker Ken Loach and actress Jodie Foster also spoke about the commodification of movies and referred to Marvel for creating bad content in large quantities. Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino also criticized the franchise.
Nishanth A
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Nishanth A is a Senior Entertainment Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 2,000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past two years and a scriptwriter at various corporations before that, working on educational content. With a Communications, English Literature, and Psychology triple major, Nishanth usually covers news and analyses on Star Trek, particularly Strange New Worlds and The Next Generation; Doctor Who, the DCU, and more.A Nolan fan, Nishanth spends his time exploring the filmographies of various directors with an auteurial style or can be found making short movies of his own. He has also contributed as a feature writer for Film Companion, focusing on the South division.
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