Marvel director Joe Russo has seemingly taken a dig at Martin Scorsese over his box office success.
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The man behind Avengers: Endgame ā which is the second highest grossing film of all time ā uploaded a clip on Instagram which shows Scorsese addressing his dog as Oscar.
The clip then cuts to Russo who says: “Argh look he’s gotĀ schnauzer, I love schnauzers and his name is Oscar which is really cute,” in reference to Scorsese’s Academy Award nominations over the years and his solitary win for his 2006 film The Departed.
He then shows his own schnauzer dog, which he calls “Box Office” which is thought to be a clear nod to his and his brother Anthony Russo’s Marvel box office hit films.
The clip comes after Scorsese has in the past taken several digs at Marvel movies.
He previously described the movies as ānot cinemaā, while he also said more recently about the glut of comic book movies in cinemas: āThe danger there is what itās doing to our culture. Because there are going to be generations now that think movies are only those ā thatās what movies are.ā
When the interviewer proposed many people already think that way, Scorsese agreed, adding: āThey already think that. Which means that we have to then fight back stronger. And itās got to come from the grassroots level.”
āItās gotta come from the filmmakers themselves. And youāll have, you know, the Safdie brothers, and youāll have Chris Nolan, you know what I mean? And hit āem from all sides. Hit āem from all sides, and donāt give up. Letās see what you got. Go out there and do it. Go reinvent. Donāt complain about it. But itās true, because weāve got to save cinema.ā
The director said āmanufactured content isnāt really cinemaā, adding: āItās almost like AI making a film. And that doesnāt mean that you donāt have incredible directors and special effects people doing beautiful artwork. But what does it mean? What do these films, what will it give you? Aside from a kind of consummation of something and then eliminating it from your mind, your whole body, you know? So what is it giving you?ā
Meanwhile, Scorsese has been promoting his own new movie Killers Of The Flower Moon, his 26th film based on the true story of the murder of more than 60 Native Americans in 1920s Oklahoma which stars Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprioĀ as an uncle and nephew plotting to steal the oil underneath the tribeās land.
InĀ a five-star reviewĀ of the film,Ā NMEĀ wrote: āThis is among Scorseseās most important work. Popular music from the 1920s, Native American songs and Robbie Robertsonās bluesy score help round off this remarkable Western, a film that will linger in the minds of its audience for a long time.ā
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