Comments on: Quentin Tarantino vs. the New Italian Cinema http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/quentin-tarantino-vs-the-new-italian-cinema/ thinking film Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:42:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Andre Soares http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/quentin-tarantino-vs-the-new-italian-cinema/#comment-124654 Andre Soares Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:08:45 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/quentin-tarantino-vs-the-new-italian-cinema/#comment-124654 Hey Boyd, Thanks for the comment. Indeed, Tarantino may have spoken about something of which he knows very little. Now, I'd say that even if a particular film's sociopolitical/cultural elements go over the heads of international audiences, the film itself could still be "accessible" in terms of its human element. That's what makes cinema -- as any other type of art -- universal. I remember watching "La Scorta" a while back, and even though I didn't know all the details about the Italian mafia and what happens to politicians and judges who dare fight that criminal organization, I could relate to the characters' fears/hopes and to the reality that the bad guys often win in the real world, whether in Italy or elsewhere. Something tells me, however, that Tarantino would have found "La Scorta" a "depressing" example of the state of Italian cinema... Hey Boyd,

Thanks for the comment. Indeed, Tarantino may have spoken about something of which he knows very little.

Now, I’d say that even if a particular film’s sociopolitical/cultural elements go over the heads of international audiences, the film itself could still be “accessible” in terms of its human element. That’s what makes cinema — as any other type of art — universal.

I remember watching “La Scorta” a while back, and even though I didn’t know all the details about the Italian mafia and what happens to politicians and judges who dare fight that criminal organization, I could relate to the characters’ fears/hopes and to the reality that the bad guys often win in the real world, whether in Italy or elsewhere.

Something tells me, however, that Tarantino would have found “La Scorta” a “depressing” example of the state of Italian cinema…

]]> By: Boyd http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/quentin-tarantino-vs-the-new-italian-cinema/#comment-123625 Boyd Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:24:10 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/quentin-tarantino-vs-the-new-italian-cinema/#comment-123625 Dio mio! Everyone seems to get their knickers in a twist over this silly statement from Tarantino. The real question is, obviously, how much of recent Italian cinema does he really see? Does he see three films a year, 20, 50 or the entire output (around 100)? Plus, since when is "good cinema" an equivalent of "universally accessible cinema"? Some countries, and I am thinking of Spain, Greece and Italy in particular though there are others, have quite a few films that are so tied to their culture/socio-political landscape that for outsiders they are hard(er) to decipher. Does that make them bad movies? Hardly. They were not made to be understood by people outside of the country in the first place. Dio mio! Everyone seems to get their knickers in a twist over this silly statement from Tarantino. The real question is, obviously, how much of recent Italian cinema does he really see? Does he see three films a year, 20, 50 or the entire output (around 100)? Plus, since when is “good cinema” an equivalent of “universally accessible cinema”? Some countries, and I am thinking of Spain, Greece and Italy in particular though there are others, have quite a few films that are so tied to their culture/socio-political landscape that for outsiders they are hard(er) to decipher. Does that make them bad movies? Hardly. They were not made to be understood by people outside of the country in the first place.

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