Martin Scorsese Talks Federico Fellini & Laments The Rise Of “Content”

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Over the past few years, Martin Scorsese has become the poster child for the debate over what qualifies as “cinema.” While we’re not here to relitigate comments he made about superhero films and the current state of the film industry, it’s clear that Scorsese longs for the bygone era of filmmakers such as Stanley Kubrick, Agnes Varda, and Ingmar Bergman.

And in a new essay he wrote for Harpers, he does just that, talking about how the giants of cinema’s past helped shape the medium and how Federico Fellini proves vital to understanding what qualifies as true “cinema.” READ MORE: Edgar Wright Shares Martin Scorsese’s List Of 50 British Films You Need To See (Before You Die) “As recently as fifteen years ago, the term ‘content’ was heard only.