While Scorsese has not directly addressed the intermission (or lack thereof), he defended the long runtime of “Killers of the Flower Moon” in an interview with the Hindustan Times, saying, “People say it’s three hours, but come on, you can sit in front of the TV and watch something for five hours.”>
Sure, I can sit and binge for 5 hours. But you know what I’m doing while binging? Pausing what I’m watching to get up and use the restroom, or replenish my drink and snacks.
I’m not sitting through a movie that’s 3hrs and 26 mins without using the restroom. That’s insane.
I’m a drinker at the movies. I love a cold drink be it, water or a soda. When I was in my teens and twenty I could easily go that long without using the restroom during a movie (they also weren’t as long as they are now, though). In my 30s I find it very difficult to hold it in and I really don’t want to get a UTI or damage my bladder anymore. Hah.