At that time, the audience didn't want to see it and that was the end of it. Well, what happened with _New York, New York _is that the audience didn't accept it because it didn't stay within the conventions of the genre because of what happens with the couple at the end. GQ: Ha! And then you went on to make films like The King of Comedy! Some directors want to check off these genre bos: a comedy, a horror film, musical, a sci-fi film. I think people would have had a hard time imagining that you would do a kids' film before you did Hugo. It had an energy that took the zombie idea to another level. He shot it, I think, digitally by himself, edited it himself. It was called Colin, by a young filmmaker. I saw one in London when I was doing Hugo. There are many, many books written about it and many movies. It's a whole other thing that apparently means a great deal to our culture and our society.

Zombies, what are you going to do with them? Just keep chopping them up, shooting at them, shooting at them. GQ: And you don't want to get kissed by zombie. Martin Scorsese: Well, a vampire, quite honestly, you could have a conversation with.

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