Martin Scorsese tells young film-makers to embrace new tech for ‘serious’ work

Director in London for Killers of the Flower Moon premiere says it is time to rethink what you want to say and how you want to say it'

Martin Scorsese has urged young film-makers to use new technology for serious" work, as he emphasised the importance of cinema over content.

Speaking at a Screen Talk at the BFI London film festival hosted by the British film-maker Edgar Wright, Scorsese - arguably America's highest status film director - said the industry's period of reinventing" didn't have to spell the end of auteur-led film-making.