Martin Scorsese, one of cinema’s most venerated current directors, has decried superhero movies – the dominant force in today’s industry.
It isn’t the cinema of human beings trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another human being.”
Out today is Joker, Todd Phillip’s revisionist take on the DC villain, which borrows much from the films of Scorsese, notably 1983’s The King of Comedy.
[Alfred] Hitchcock never won best director, so it’s very nice, but it doesn’t mean everything.