2018-11-11 – 21:25 h

When we should still be celebrating Ennio Morricone’s 90th birthday, which happened yesterday, this weekend has brought us some unpleasant and probably false news about the maestro.

 

Everything started with an article published by Playboy Germany magazine, which in fact was a preview of an article that has been published on the printed magazine of December (on sale since November 8).

 

Original link (German):

https://www.playboy.de/stars/quentin-tarantino-kann-mich-mal

 

Original link (Auto-Translated – Google):

https://tinyurl.com/ybm23uqt

 

Supposedly, Morricone said about Quentin Tarantino in the interview for Playboy that “The man is a cretin. He only steals from others and puts stuff back together again. There’s nothing original about that. That doesn’t make him a director”. Talking about the Oscars, he supposedly commented that “Nonsense, I only had pain from sitting for a long time! I had terrible back problems – in the plane as in the ceremony. So I had at most a pleased face, because I knew: Right away I can leave this boring event.”

 

You can read a summary of the highlights in the following article of Variety:

https://variety.com/2018/film/global/quentin-tarantino-cretin-says-italian-composer-ennio-morricone-1203025547/

 

Ennio Morricone’s official Facebook account has published an statement a few hours ago (18:57h – 11/11/2018), with declarations such as “I have never expressed any negative statements about the Academy, Quentin, or his films…” or “I consider Tarantino a great director….I credit our collaboration responsible for getting me an Oscar, which is for sure one of the greatest acknowledgments of my career…”, and announcing legal actions against Playboy Germany.

 

You can read the complete statement here:

“It has come to my attention that Playboy Germany has come out with an article in which I have stated extremely negative comments about Tarantino and his films, and the Academy. I have never expressed any negative statements about the Academy, Quentin, or his films — and certainly do not consider his films garbage. I have given a mandate to my lawyer in Italy to take civil and penal action.

I consider Tarantino a great director. 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.

Ennio Morricone”

 

Facebook Link:

https://www.facebook.com/maestroenniomorricone/posts/2352505628111975

 

Let’s hope that the situation resolves soon and correctly in favor of Maestro Ennio Morricone.