KUALA LUMPUR: Veteran director Martin Scorsese has stood by his recent comment which compared Marvel films to "theme parks." The Hollywood Reporter reported yesterday that Scorsese, 76, reiterated his earlier statement that Marvel films were "not cinema" at a press conference to promote his latest film The Irishman at the on-going BFI London Film Festival in London, the United Kingdom. We need cinemas to step up and show films that are narrative films." Scorsese's comments echoed his statement on Oct 12 in London, where he claimed that cinemas were "all being taken over by theme park films". His best known films include Taxi Driver (1976), Raging Bull (1980), Goodfellas (1990), Cape Fear (1991), Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), Shutter Island (2010) and The Departed (2006).

Source: New Strait Times October 14, 2019 08:48 UTC