Scorsese not optimistic about the future of serious cinema

London: He redefined cinema with modern classics like `Taxi Driver`, `Raging Bull` and `Goodfellas` but Martin Scorsese is not very confident about the future of serious filmmaking.The director feels that there is a lack of funds for visionary filmmakers, The Times reported.

"I would hope that some financial support will be given to film-makers like the Coen Brothers, David Lynch, Jim Jarmusch and so many others, but I`m not optimistic about the future of serious film-making," said Scorsese. The 67-year-old director`s latest film, starring his perennial favourite Leonardo DiCaprio, is doing great at the Box Office. The film, set in an asylum for the insane in 1950s Boston, is a psychological thriller that follows a fragile federal marshal, Teddy Daniels, played by DiCaprio and the hunt for a missing high security patient ? a woman called Rachel (Emily Mortimer), who has drowned her two small sons and her beloved daughter in a country lake. His last film `The Departed` not only ruled at the Oscars but also went on to make 160 million pound at the Box Office but the filmmaker still finds it difficult to work out the financial dynamics while working on a project. "Where there is more money there is a struggle for the chance to take risks with that money," said Scorsese. PTI