Quentin Tarantino is no stranger to controversy. Digital Spy reports that the two-time Oscar nominated director “has been accused of favouritism after awarding ex-girlfriend Sofia Coppola the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
“The Reservoir Dogs director has come under fire in the Italian press after the jury he presided over handed the prestigious accolade to Coppola for her movie Somewhere, and gave a career achievement award to his mentor Monte Hellman.”
A film critic tried to call him out on it, but Tarantino countered with “the jury had unanimously voted to present the award to Coppola’s film, he continued: ‘It enchanted us from the first. Being her friend didn’t affect me or make me sway the jury in any way’.
“‘The other members of the jury don’t know her at all. They just loved the film. We kept coming back to it, as one of us said, because ‘It’s a great f**king movie’, all right’?”
