At the Venezia awards press conference, Martin McDonagh, who just won the Best Screenplay prize, was asked about whether films should be responsible on social and political issues. This was his response:
"Cinema has a responsibility to discuss everything. Maybe there should be less Marvel films in cinemas."
You just knew I was going to pull out “the list.”
Over these last few years, I’ve been updating a list of all the filmmakers who have publicly criticized Marvel movies. We can now add Martin McDonagh’s name to this very impressive list that includes Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Denis Villeneuve, Bong Joon-ho, Lucrecia Martel, David Cronenberg, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, David Fincher, Paul Verehoeven, Terry Gilliam, Ridley Scott, Jane Campion, James Mangold, Luc Besson, William Friedkin, Ken Loach, and John Woo