Scorsese was at the New York Film Festival to present the documentary “Personality Crisis: One Night Only”
A conversation with him Martin Scorsese, in the context of a film festival, it is always interesting. The Oscar-winning filmmaker, speaking at the 49th New York Film Festival and in remarks reported by IndieWire, said that “cinema is being devalued, demeaned, diminished on all sides, and certainly as an art form.”
He added: “Since the 80s, we have been focusing on the numbers. It’s insulting. The cost of a film is one side. It’s understandable that a movie costs a certain amount, and they expect to get at least that amount back… [Αλλά] the emphasis is now on the numbers: opening weekend, how much it made in the US, how much it made in England, how much it made in Asia, how much it made worldwide, how many viewers it had…’.
As a filmmaker and someone who can’t imagine life without cinema, “I find it very offensive.”
Scorsese was at the New York Film Festival to present the documentary “Personality Crisis: One Night Only,” dedicated to former “New York Dolls” frontman David Johansen, according to the Guardian.
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