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Marty Was Right

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Farran Smith Nehme
Nov 23, 2021
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“I don’t see them. I tried, you know? But that’s not cinema. Honestly, the closest I can think of them, as well made as they are, with actors doing the best they can under the circumstances, is theme parks. It isn’t the cinema of human beings trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another human being.”

—Martin Scorsese talks Marvel films

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