Quentin Tarantino has a very specific reason for not watching Denis Villeneuve's Dune: "I don't need to see a movie that says the word spice so dramatically"
Nov. 1, 2024He won’t watch Shōgun or Ripley either
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After making some remarks earlier abouthow much he loves Todd Phillips' Joker: Folie a Deux, Quentin Tarantino has shared some more hot takes on recent projects. The Pulp Fiction director revealed why he won’t watch Denis Villeneuve’s much-lauded Dune movies, and it’s for a very specific reason.
“I saw [David Lynch’s] Dune a couple of times,” he said onThe Bret Easton Ellis Podcast(H/TVariety). “I don’t need to see that story again. I don’t need to see spice worms. I don’t need to see a movie that says the word spice so dramatically.”
“There’s six or seven Ripley books. If you do one again, why are you doing the same one that they’ve done twice already? I’ve seen that story twice before, and I didn’t really like it in either version, so I’m not really interested in seeing it a third time. If you did another story, that would be interesting enough to give it a shot anyway.”
Tarantino continued: “I saw Shōgun in the ’80s. I watched all 13 hours. I’m good. I don’t need to see that story again, I don’t care how they do it. I don’t care if they take me and put me in ancient Japan in a time machine. I don’t care, I’ve seen the story.”
While Tarantino may not be a fan, Shōgun has had plenty of critical acclaim, winning 18 gongs at the Emmys this year. Meanwhile, Dune 2 is gearing up for a hopefully fruitful awards season with all of its main actors put forward for Oscar nominations.
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