Ah, cinema, how we have undiluted love for thee. As does Ti West — at least according to Mr. Cinema himself, legendary director Martin Scorsese.
The self-appointed gatekeeper of all that is and is not cinema revealed himself to be a big fan of the celebrated horror filmmaker in a review written about the newly released Mia Goth-starring X prequel, Pearl.
"Ti West's movies have a kind of energy that is so rare these days, powered by a pure, undiluted love for cinema," Scorsese began in the appraisal delivered directly to production house A24's headquarters, as per /Film's reporting.
"You feel it in every frame. A prequel to X made in a diametrically opposite cinematic register (think '50s Scope colour melodramas), Pearl makes for a wild, mesmerizing, deeply — and I mean deeply — disturbing 102 minutes," the filmmaker continued.
"West and his muse and creative partner Mia Goth really know how to toy with their audience ... before they plunge the knife into our chests and start twisting," he wrote, adding, "I was enthralled, then disturbed, then so unsettled that I had trouble getting to sleep. But I couldn't stop watching."
Not one to indiscriminately dole out praise to any old director (word has it James Gunn is still battered from the latest cinema showdown), Scorsese's review is a sound endorsement of a prequel to the film that Exclaim!'s own reviewer called a "one-note affair."
Maybe second time's the charm? Revisit the trailer for Pearl below, or catch it in theatres before deciding for yourself whether you're Team Marty.
The self-appointed gatekeeper of all that is and is not cinema revealed himself to be a big fan of the celebrated horror filmmaker in a review written about the newly released Mia Goth-starring X prequel, Pearl.
"Ti West's movies have a kind of energy that is so rare these days, powered by a pure, undiluted love for cinema," Scorsese began in the appraisal delivered directly to production house A24's headquarters, as per /Film's reporting.
"You feel it in every frame. A prequel to X made in a diametrically opposite cinematic register (think '50s Scope colour melodramas), Pearl makes for a wild, mesmerizing, deeply — and I mean deeply — disturbing 102 minutes," the filmmaker continued.
"West and his muse and creative partner Mia Goth really know how to toy with their audience ... before they plunge the knife into our chests and start twisting," he wrote, adding, "I was enthralled, then disturbed, then so unsettled that I had trouble getting to sleep. But I couldn't stop watching."
Not one to indiscriminately dole out praise to any old director (word has it James Gunn is still battered from the latest cinema showdown), Scorsese's review is a sound endorsement of a prequel to the film that Exclaim!'s own reviewer called a "one-note affair."
Maybe second time's the charm? Revisit the trailer for Pearl below, or catch it in theatres before deciding for yourself whether you're Team Marty.
