“After I had a chance to see mother!, I was even more disturbed by this rush to judgment, and that’s why I wanted to share my thoughts.
It’s a fascinating and article piece, and focuses in on Darren Aronofsky’s mother!, which recently came in for savages reviews and an ‘F’ from Cinemascope.
Only a true, passionate filmmaker could have made this picture, which I’m still experiencing weeks after I saw it.”
Scorsese went on to say that he fears this reductive approach to critiquing films – their being either “fresh” or “rotten” – will only become more egregious.