Martin Scorsese slams idea of ‘serious’ filmmakers as ‘content providers’
The Metro says Martin Scorsese has roundly rejected the idea of filmmakers as ‘content providers’, labelling it ‘madness’.
He also likened content to ‘candy’ and suggested it was something disposable that could be ‘thrown away’.
The esteemed Oscar-winning director, who recently pronounced that the film industry was ‘over’, took to the stage at London’s Southbank Centre for a BFI London Film Festival talk on Saturday, hosted by Hot Fuzz director Edgar Wright.
When Wright raised the point that filmmakers are now being seen as ‘content providers’, Scorsese, whose upcoming film Killers of the Flower Moon is screening at the festival, responded: ‘Content is something you eat and you throw away.’