My god, Ridley Scott's a whinging, grumpy old c..t isn't he? The interviewer is absolutely right, by the way, "The Last Duel" is more realistic than those two films in the sense that it's less stylized. It's also more accurate in the sense that it isn't utter horseshit.
Also, "The Last Duel" didn't fail because of millennials. I'm certainly not a millennial but I didn't rush out to see it either. It didn't strike me as a unique, or interesting enough film for me to take a risk of going to the cinema in these COVID times. While "Dune", for instance, is a film that's definitely enhanced by a cinematic experience, "The Last Duel" seems like something I could just as easily watch on my 4K TV.
His comments on the Gucci family just go to further cement what a pretentious and arrogant sod he really is. "And yet, frankly, how could they be better represented than by Al Pacino? Excuse me! You probably have the best actors in the world, you should be so fucking lucky." Well, maybe they just didn't want to be represented in his movie. Did that possibility even cross his mind? Or should everyone just be thankful to high heavens if Ridley the God of Cinema looks down upon them and subjects them to endless mockery the way he did the Gucci family? And yes, Al Pacino looks nothing like Aldo Gucci.
Telling someone to f-off just because they asked a legitimate and sensible question is not the way anyone should be treating anyone else.
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Theeboon (97)
3 years ago
Take it easy. He's just selling the movie. That's what these press tours are for.
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AlanClarke (73)
3 years ago
Coming across like a complete wanker is now a way to sell a movie? If I hadn't already seen "House of Gucci" I wouldn't want to after this.
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Theeboon (97)
3 years ago
I don't think he comes across like a complete wanker. Just somebody with an opinion and no fucks to give, which is generating a lot of buzz. He's 83 and has projects lined up till he croaks. So you don't agree with him. So what?
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AlanClarke (73)
3 years ago
Yeah, people who have no fucks to give don't get butthurt over other people's innocuous comments. They're not that easy to piss off. Ridley Scott has been a wanker since at least the early 2000s and has now completed his transformation into the old guy who yells at clouds. That's not a person with an opinion, that's a person with a chip on his shoulder.
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