It’s also very possible that I’m reading too much into this, and that the Scorsese’s just have a terrific sense of humor, and Francesca Scorsese knows exactly how to break her father’s balls.
To quote Joe Pesci in the masterful The Irishman, “It is what it is.”
I love everything about it… unless, she’s saying that these movies are LESS than film. That they’re the equivalent of holiday wrapping paper.