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Italian film industry rebukes Tarantino

(AP)
Updated: 2007-06-05 08:43





File photo shows U.S. director Quentin Tarantino arriving for a party
after the gala screening of his film 'Death Proof' at the 60th Cannes
Film Festival May 22, 2007.[AP]

The Italian cinema industry is up in arms after recent comments from
director Quentin Tarantino, who called the current state of the film
industry "depressing."

Italian newspapers on Monday and over the weekend were full of reaction
to the American director's comments, which came less than a month after
it was revealed that he would co-present a series of Spaghetti Westerns
in a special sidebar at this year's Venice Film Festival.

Tarantino is known to be a fan of old Italian films, but according to his
recent comments published in Sorrisi & Canzioni -- the country's leading
television magazine -- his love for the country's film productions does
not extend to more contemporary cuts.

"New Italian cinema is just depressing," Tarantino said. "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."

Those defending modern Italian cinema included some of the best-known
names in the game.

"How dare he talk about Italian cinema when he doesn't know anything
about American cinema?" asked Naples-born Sophia Loren, according to
media reports.

"Tarantino is a brute," said filmmaker/actor Marco Bellocchio, a
five-time Palme d'Or nominee at the Cannes Film Festival and a member of
this year's Cannes jury.

Even editorial writers got in on the counterattack, with the left-wing
daily L'Unita saying Tarantino was "mentally impaired."

The center-left daily La Repubblica, Italy's second-largest newspaper,
said that if Italian film isn't what it used to be, neither was Tarantino.

"Tarantino is no longer the Tarantino who made 'Pulp Fiction,"' the
newspaper opined.










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