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Martin Scorsese presented his new film 'The Irishman' at the Rome Film Fest on Monday.

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00:00Do you drink on the job?

00:02No.

00:03You ever hit anybody?

00:04On a job?

00:05Yeah.

00:07I don't think so.

00:08Martin Scorsese presented his new film The Irishman at the Rome Film Fest

00:12and continued his tour of widely publicized comments in criticizing theaters

00:16for throwing most of their weight behind Marvel and DC films.

00:19Scorsese said at the festival,

00:21The key that I'm hoping for is for theaters to continue to support narrative cinema of this kind,

00:26naming off other filmmakers including Noah Baumbach, Wes Anderson, and Paul Thomas Anderson.

00:30The director continued to criticize what is now viewed as cinema

00:33and clarified that his main wish is that the theaters support the films.

00:37But right now, the theaters seem to be mainly supporting the theme park, amusement park, comic book films.

00:42They're taking over the theaters. I think they can have those films. It's fine.

00:46It's just that that shouldn't become what our young people believe is cinema. It just shouldn't.

00:50Avengers!

00:56Assemble.

00:58A member of the Italian press also asked Scorsese why his film's protagonists are mainly men,

01:03showing few interesting female stories.

01:05A somewhat frustrated Scorsese immediately shot down the journalist's question, saying,

01:09No, that's not even a valid point. That's not valid. I can't.

01:13That goes back to 1970. That's a question that I've had for so many years.

01:17He continued,

01:18If the story doesn't call for it, it's a waste of everybody's time.

01:21If the story calls for a female character lead, why not?

01:24Scorsese and his producer, Emma Tillinger-Koskov, went on to point out that his films,

01:27Alice Doesn't Live Here, Age of Innocence, and Casino all feature strong female characters.

01:32For more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:34Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.