Förra året skapade filmskaparen Martin Scorsese rubriker runt om i världen för sina kommentarer om Marvel-filmer, som han alltså inte ansåg vara "äkta film". Under helgens Toronto International Film Festival kastade han in lite mer ved i elden genom att varna folk om faran i att kategorisera populärkultur som någon slags "tröstmat" under dessa corona-tider, vilket han lindade in i uppmuntrande ord om filmfestivalers inspirerande kraft:
"The fact that film festivals are continuing to happen, improvising, adapting, making it all work somehow, is very moving to me. Because in the press and in the popular culture, what's happening, it's becoming sadly common to see cinema marginalized and devalued and in this situation categorized as a form of comfort food."
"So to celebrate its very existence is all the more important and necessary. Because we can never remind people enough that this remarkable art form has always been and will always be much more than a diversion. Cinema, film, movies, at its best is a source of wonder and inspiration."
Håller du med denna kunggubbe? Kan film ses som "tröstmat" eller bör film sträva efter att vara mer än så?