Ennio Morricone has distanced himself from a series of comments he allegedly made about Quentin Tarantino, saying he was never interviewed by the publication in question.
Just yesterday, it was reported that legendary film composer Ennio Morricone had allegedly savaged iconic director Quentin Tarantino in an interview with Playboy Germany.
According to the interview, Morricone reportedly referred to Tarantino as “chaotic”, and supposedly alleged that the director “only steals from others and puts stuff back together again”.
“(Tarantino) is absolutely chaotic,” Playboy Germany quoted Morricone as saying. “He talks without thinking, he does everything at the last minute. He has no idea.”
“He calls up out of the blue and wants a complete score in just a few days. That’s not possible. It makes me so mad,” he supposedly continued. “I’m not going to put up with this. And I told him so last time.”
“He is nothing compared with the Hollywood greats, such as John Huston, Alfred Hitchcock or Billy Wilder. They had class. Tarantino simply recooks old dishes.”
However, Ennio Morricone has since pointed out a major problem with the comments from this interview; namely that he didn’t actually make them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1PfrmCGFnk
As Variety reports, Morricone recently took to his website to explain that these printed comments were “totally false”, and that he intends to sue the publication.
“I have not given an interview to Playboy Germany and even more, I have never called Tarantino a cretin and certainly do not consider his films garbage,” the statement read. “I have given a mandate to my lawyer in Italy to take civil and penal action.”
Notably, Ennio Morricone’s work on Quentin Tarantino 2015 film The Hateful Eight resulted in the 90-year-old composer receiving the first Academy Award in his storied career.
“I consider Tarantino a great director,” Morricone’s statement continued. “I am very fond of my collaboration with him and the relationship we have developed during the time we have spent together. He is courageous and has an enormous personality.”
“I credit our collaboration responsible for getting me an Oscar, which is for sure one of the greatest acknowledgments of my career, and I am forever grateful for the opportunity to compose music for his film.”
“In London, during a press conference in front of Tarantino, I clearly stated that I consider Quentin one of the greatest directors of this time, and I would never speak poorly of the Academy – an important institution that has given to me two of the most important acknowledgments of my career.”
Neither Quentin Tarantino or Playboy Germany have addressed this rather controversial incident.
Check out Ennio Morricone’s score from The Hateful Eight:
