Quentin Tarantino shades Ava DuVernay's 'Selma,' slams 'black critics' of 'Django Unchained'
Quentin Tarantino seemed to diss Ava DuVernay and her acclaimed film 'Selma' during a recent interview..
During an interview with author Bret Easton Ellis, director Quentin Tarantino seemed to diss Ava DuVernay and her acclaimed film Selma.
When asked about the apparent snub by the Academy Awards last year concerning Selma, Tarantino said, ‘‘[DuVernay] did a really good job on Selma, but Selma deserved an Emmy.”
The film, inspired by the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., did not receive any acting nominations, though it was nominated for Best Picture and did win an Academy Award for Best Original Song for “Glory.”
Tarantino also went on in the interview to discuss Django Unchained, which he described as more “shocking” and “forward-thinking.” He continued to express his annoyance with critics of the film.
‘‘If you sift through the criticism, you’ll see it’s pretty evenly divided between pros and cons. But when the black critics came out with savage think pieces about Django, I couldn’t have cared less,” Tarantino said.
He added, “The bad taste that was left in my mouth had to do with this: It’s been a long time since the subject of a writer’s skin was mentioned as often as mine. You wouldn’t think the color of a writer’s skin should have any effect on the words themselves. In a lot of the more ugly pieces my motives were really brought to bear in the most negative way. It’s like I’m some supervillain coming up with this stuff.’’
