Ahead Of His Berlinale Honor, Martin Scorsese Talks Career Collaborations, Film Festivals & The Future Of Cinema: “It Will Be Quite A Bit Tougher, But Cinema Will Survive: It’s Not Something That Can Be Destroyed”
19.02.2024 - 09:57
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Martin Scorsese is returning to the Berlin Film Festival tomorrow for the first time in a decade. The cinema legend, currently on the awards circuit with latest epic Killers Of The Flower Moon, will be feted with the Berlinale‘s highest honor, its lifetime achievement Golden Bear.
Ahead of the ceremony tomorrow, the indefatigable Scorsese (81) found time to speak to us. In answer to ‘Deadline’s Five Burning Questions’, the filmmaker discussed a new project he has playing at the festival, some of the career collaborations he is most proud of, the importance of film festivals, his expectations for the future of cinema, and what might be next for him.
Scorsese has been to the Berlinale a number of times before, including with Raging Bull, Gangs of New York and Shutter Island, all of which screened out of competition, and with Berlinale competition entry Cape Fear in 1992. His Rolling Stones concert film Shine a Light was the opening night film of the 2008 edition, while his HBO documentary about the New York Review of Books, The 50 Year Argument, was first presented as a work in progress in 2014.
This year, he is at the festival with Berlinale Special entry Made In England: The Films Of Powell And Pressburger, a documentary he has narrated about British film duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, known for their 1940s classics such as A Matter Of Life And Death, Black Narcissus and The Red Shoes. You can see a first clip of the film here. We hear good things.
Scorsese comes to the 74th Berlinale at a time when the event is in flux, facing programming, funding and broader political challenges. It marks the final edition for outgoing directors Carlo Chatrian and Mariette Rissenbeek.
In recent years,