Why was 'The Irishman' Released on Netflix? Martin Scorcese Explains

Ever since The Irishman debuted on Netflix almost a month ago, there has been a lot of talk about the film in general and the decision to release it on Netflix, a streaming giant.

Martin Scorcese, a cinema maestro himself went on to explain in length as to what led to this decision and how did it fare in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on The Roundtable.

"Financially, the film would have complete backing," Scorsese told the roundtable. Netflix was "willing to take the risks with the computer generated imagery," the anti-aging techniques used in the film, "and certainly the main thing for me was creative freedom."

"The trade-off is that it's a streamer," Scorsese continued. He insisted it had a run in theaters, adding, "I've been at this like 47 years or something. I've had a few films play one or two weeks in a theater and taken out. Including, especially King of Comedy."

Scorsese recounted that "New Year's Eve, I was putting my tie on and I look over at this TV and it said, 'Now the flop of the year,' and a curtain opened. It was King of Comedy. Everything had turned. They finished us off. They had enough of these crazed auteurs."

Scorsese went on to touch upon his decision to not serve as a producer on Joker while his producing partner Emma Tillinger Koskoff did. "It's a personal issue about the kind of picture I want to make at this point in my life. I'm more comfortable with this picture, Irishman, I'm more comfortable there."

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