Los Angeles (AFP)

The director Martin Scorsese has created Friday a controversial debut in Hollywood stating that the movies of superheroes like those produced by Marvel studios were in his sense "not cinema" and were more like a "park". 'attractions".

"I'm not looking at them, I've tried, you know, but it's not cinema," the 76-year-old director told Britain's "Empire" magazine, asking if he had ever seen movies from the Marvel universe.

"Honestly, what they make me think the most, no matter how good they are, with actors who give the best in such circumstances, is to amusement parks," says Martin Scorsese, who was interviewed on the occasion of the upcoming release of his new film "The Irishman", produced by Netflix.

For him, "it is not about cinema made by human beings who seek to transmit emotions and psychological experiences to another human being".

These unenthusiastic comments from the author of such legendary films as "Taxi Driver", "Raging Bull", "The Affranchis" or "Casino" shook Hollywood, where he is adored by many film professionals.

"Martin Scorsese is one of my five favorite filmmakers," James Gunn, who directed for Marvel "Guardians of the Galaxy," wrote on Twitter Friday. "I was scandalized when people demonstrated against" The Last Temptation of Christ "without seeing the film, and I am saddened today that he is judging my films in the same way," laments Gunn.

"Those who think that Marvel is only looking for rides for amusement parks are unfair and cynical," reacted on his side Christopher Robert Cargill, co-writer of "Doctor Strange" and who works after this film.

"I do not want Scorsese, man is a genius" but "I think one of the biggest mistakes of modern thinking is that cinema has to be difficult to understand," he added. on Twitter.

"Not only does it sweep away a lot of great movies that most people call cinema, but it challenges the idea that cinema can be accessible to everyone, that it can capture the imagination of an eight-year-old ", says the scriptwriter.

The Marvel saga launched in 2008 with "Iron Man" is one of the most lucrative in the history of cinema, with nearly 23 billion dollars collected in the world in as many films. "Avengers: Endgame" won this summer's record of revenue, with more than 2.79 billion, previously held by "Avatar".

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