Last updated: Tuesday, June 5, 2007
TARANTINO CRITICISM IRRITATES ITALIAN FILM INDUSTRY
American director QUENTIN TARANTINO has angered the Italian movie industry after calling the country's contemporary cinema 'depressing'.
QUENTIN TARANTINO
The Kill Bill filmmaker is a well-known admirer of Italian cinema in the '60s and '70s, with a particular love of 'spaghetti' westerns and the giallo thriller genre.
Tarantino, whose favourite movie is Sergio Leone's 1969 classic The Good, The Bad + The Ugly, said, "New Italian cinema is just depressing.
"Recent films I've seen are all the same. They talk about boys growing up, or girls growing up, or couples having a crisis, or vacations of the mentally impaired."
Veteran actress Sophia Loren has reportedly hit back, "How dare he talk about Italian cinema when he doesn't know anything about American cinema?"
Elsewhere, daily newspaper L'Unita has called Tarantino "mentally impaired" and not the Italian film industry.
Related News:
- THE THINGS THEY SAY: OZZY OSBOURNE
- TARANTINO TO BE HONOURED WITH DOUGLAS EXCELLENCE AWARD
- THE THINGS THEY SAY: QUENTIN TARANTINO
- PITT GETS ANIMATED FOR PLAYBOY STRIP
- KRUGER TURNED NASTY FOR BASTERDS ROLE
- HILTON: 'I'LL ACT FOR TARANTINO'
- Quentin Tarantino Presents HELL RIDE On DVD
- FERGIE + TARANTINO HOST JOINT BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
- Fergie And Quentin Tarantino Celebrate Birthday 'Love'
- BREAKING + ENTERING WON MADSEN KILL BILL ROLE
Source: WENN
E-mail this to a friend
Printable version
Post a comment1 COMMENT
|
POST A COMMENT
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS:
CARREY TO STUN FANS WITH GAY PRISON ROLE
Funnyman JIM CARREY is set to shock his fanbase with his next movie role as a family man who gets sent to prison only to fall in love with his cellmate.
MORE NEWS:
. MINOGUE DISMISSES PUBLICITY SEEKING LEAK RUMOURS
. HILTON DOING 'VERY WELL' IN JAIL
. SPECTOR DEFENCE CANNOT REFERENCE CLARKSON WRITINGS
. WINEHOUSE HAS FURIOUS BUST UP WITH NEW HUSBAND
. CHRISTENSEN EYES LONDON BOUTIQUE
. ADKINS TO PLAY PRESIDENT'S DINNER
. THE GAME CHARGED WITH FIREARM OFFENCES
. KNOWLES GIVES WINFREY AUDIENCE CONCERT TICKETS
. WAR POSTER
. JOLIE AND PITT PLANNING ANOTHER ADOPTION?
