WB allegedly wanted one of the two leads alive at the end.
What they wanted was a franchise, Scorsese said.
It wasnt about a moral issue of a person living or dying.
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The Departedwon Scorsese his first Best Director trophy.
They wanted the franchise.
Which means, I cant work here any more.
Scorsese went on to decry the Hollywood obsession with franchises.
He added, We have to then fight back stronger.
And its got to come from the grassroots level.
Its gotta come from the filmmakers themselves.
He encouraged other artists to go reinvent.
Dont complain about it.
But its true, because weve got to save cinema.
He added, I do think that the manufactured content isnt really cinema.
