"Many of the elements that define cinema as I know it are there in Marvel pictures. What’s not there is revelation, mystery or genuine emotional danger. Nothing is at risk. /.../ everything in them is officially sanctioned because it can’t really be any other way." scorsese says himself the shifts in cultural production shouldnt be reversed by sanctions, as much as his own romanticised auteur narrative doesnt by any means suggest a "solution". but his very first hand experience does contribute to a very clear image of what aspects of culture that are gradually slipping out of our hands currently