George Lucas speaks on Scorsese’s Marvel criticism; ‘If the image moves, then it's cinema’

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Hollywood’s legendary director, Martin Scorsese, most known for his gangster/crime films, in 2019 had turned the internet upside down with his comments on Marvel films. He had compared the superhero franchise as “theme parks.”

With his comments criticising the multi-billion dollar blockbuster franchise, fans of the mastermind director and of Marvel were at pretty much a ‘war’ with one another. The topic is of such a big magnitude that everybody has a differing opinion on the criticism.

Recently, creator of ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Indiana Jones’, visionary George Lucas, spoke about the slamming on the studio. In an interview with Brut 9 at Cannes, Lucas was asked about his thoughts about Scorsese’s opinion that Marvel films weren’t “cinema.” "Look. Cinema is the art of a moving image," Lucas explained. "So if the image moves, then it's cinema. I think Marty has kind of changed his mind a little bit."

Lucas then went on to speak about how digital cinema was being opposed to by Martin Scorsese and Christopher Nolan. “Marty and Christopher Nolan and you know a lot of other directors weren’t happy that I was helping to pioneer digital cinema. When I was trying to sell digital cinema, they said “No, no, thats not movies.” But finally, I don’t know about Christoper Nolan, but I know that Marty and a lot of the other directors have come around and now its almost all digital,” Lucas then remarked.

This was among the few questions that the news agency interviewed Lucas with.

Lastly, when the interview was just a bout to wrap up, Brut 9 asked Lucas, “Will you make another movie, just a last one?” To which George swiftly quipped, “No, I’m retired.” The auteur further added that the last film he worked on was “Strange Magic” which is an animated film. Lucas said that he “was doing movies that he wanted to do.” Lucas is now building a museum in Los Angeles which is keeping him “very busy.”

George Lucas recently was also honored with the Palme d’Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, by his long time friend and colleague, Francis Ford Coppola.