Comment on Martin Scorsese urges filmmakers to fight comic book movie culture: ‘We’ve got to save cinema’

Underwaterbob@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• tacosplease@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Movies have shifted from dialogue and storytelling to glitter and flash. The depth of content is not what it used to be.

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  • kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    We can continue the music analogy again, if you’d like.

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    • pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Or you could just learn to listen

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      • kmkz_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That’s an aggressive response. No wonder you agree with Scorsese. You obviously have decided what art and film are, and everyone elses subjective opinion (because it’s fucking art, not math) is wrong.

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• kava@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I think movies and music have developed differently with rise of technology. The barrier to entry for making music and having it become popular has dramatically changed. You could in theory make a short song, have it go viral on the short videos (Tiktok, IG Reels, YT Shorts, etc) and you can in theory become a household name.

  You don’t need a big company mediating that. Anyone with a shitty laptop and some free time can take a go at this.

  Movies? Not so much. A movie requires millions of dollars and then requires big companies to handle distribution, advertisement, production, etc.

  This difference creates a sort of competition in the music industry, keeping the record companies in check whereas that simply doesn’t exist in the movie industry. They are different animals. If independent movie makers could easily make successful movies without big companies, then I think it would be different.

  Having said all that, Talk To Me was made by a couple of YouTubers and that is having a lot of success and honestly is a great movie. So maybe it’s changing in the movie industry too

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  • JokeDeity@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s highly unlikely some of those YouTubers don’t have very wealthy connections or family.

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    • kava@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I was curious so I looked them up. Their wiki doesn’t have much info, but it did mention they grew up in Adelaide Australia. I looked up median home price there and you seem to be right, it’s one of the richest parts of the country.

      Regardless, from a quick cursory glance it seems they’ve been making videos since they were 11 years old. It was through their popular YouTube channel that they made certain connections. They for example managed to be a part of the filming of the Babadook, another great Australian horror movie.

      So while yes, their wealth certainly helped I think YouTube becoming a conduit into more “legitimate” video form is something that I think will likely happen more and more

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