Scorsese says obsession over box office is repulsive and insulting

[semicko82]

Martin Scorsese: Obsession Over Box Office Is ‘Repulsive’ and ‘Insulting’

Scorsese sounded off on the state of moviegoing at the New York Film Festival premiere of his documentary “Personality Crisis: One Night Only.”

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[invincible1914]

I saw Thor:Love and Thunder. He’s right.

 

[Diondon]

He still mad at superhero movies huh?

 

[Luke Cage]

 

[Black Man of the Nile]

The MCU is keeping blockbuster movies & Hollywood alive

We might never see a phenomenon like Infinity War & Endgame ever again

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

The MCU is keeping blockbuster movies & Hollywood alive

We might never see a phenomenon like Infinity War & Endgame ever again

actually Top Gun saved the box office in '22.

 

[Jazzy B.]

He’s like that OLD HEAD who can’t accept society has changed.

He should be happy he was born when he was as he was able to make films that wouldn’t be able to be made today.

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

at the end of the day..

Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
Goodfellas
Casino
The Departed
Wolf of Wall Street etc..

are all classics. The greatest American director of all time can say whatever he wants. Nerds will be mad. Some nerds on here gonna feel a way.. what can u do

 

[humminbird]

he's not really talking to us
he's talking to execs

 

[Marks]

he's not really talking to us
he's talking to execs

Yep. Frank Zappa said something similar in the 80s or 70s about the music industry too. How label heads used to be run by old dudes who had no idea what was good or kids wanted, so they took risks saw what stuck. Then younger guys took over with the attitude that they knew what ppl wanted, so everyone became risk averse and all about big wins and money.

 

[mastermind]

He’s right

If you are making movies solely for box office numbers, then the art is dead because art is not about profit.

major studios do not take as many risks today because of that. That’s why a lot of the real creatives have moved to TV and streaming channels.

 

[invincible1914]

actually Top Gun saved the box office in '22.

Why they in here lying acting like these Marvel movies outside of the last Spider-man haven't been doo doo and are basically advertisements to sign up for Disney +.

The last Thor barely even tried to be a movie.

 

[Knights89]

I think he is saying what a lot of fans fans feel. There could always be more of those risk taking films made but I don't it its a bleak market. More could be made for sure.
However he's also speaking as a director who probably feels personally slighted. Some films he has succeeded in getting made probably took long periods of time to get made because of money, and some films he wants to do won't ever get made because of money.


Box office shouldn't be the sole purpose of course, but look at the budgets of his films, and many other 'auteurs', you've had to put asses in seats for those budgets. It's no surprise execs aren't taking chances, as they're the ones who have to deal with a Hugo or Silence not making any money, and not him or these other directors.

 

[OnFleekTing]

A lot of these old film makers are getting pushed out because the new standard in the industry is to make money at the box office first make art second
If your arthouse movie cost as much to make as a superhero genre film or whatever you can bet its not getting made because the box office return will not be the same

To these film makers the superhero movies are the root cause of this Hollywood upheaval when really its because of streaming removing DTV sales from the market

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

in 1990 when Scorsese made Goodfellas.. he didn't set out to create a movie that was gonna be the "biggest" or most popular.. he set out to create a movie that would be the best but also about content that he cares about. now the movie will make money forever.. because it's a classic. People will always wanna stream it or buy the physical copy or watch on TV etc..

"family movies" are supposed to gross more... that's 2 adults + 2 children vs. a drama that's 2 adults. Simple math.