You don’t want to get on Guillermo del Toro’s bad side.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker seems to be both furious and disappointed to hear much-revered director Martin Scorsese in bad shape in an essay published in The critic. And to say that Guillermo del Toro gave it his all would be an understatement.
The Pan’s Labyrinth The director took to Twitter to dissent on the matter and had a lot to say about the unfair way Martin Scorsese was portrayed in the essay.
Guillermo del Toro defends Martin Scorsese on Twitter
Recently, Sean Egan wrote an essay for The criticabout the director Freedmenclaiming that the famous American director and producer has “has always been uneven talent, and fame and prestige have added self-indulgence.”
To this direct jab at Scorsese, Guillermo del Toro had a brief response in which he not only vehemently defends the former’s work over the years, but also lays out some valuable points as to why his work is also one of the most sublime. .
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“I very, very rarely post anything contradictory here-,” del Toro said in reference to the essay’s tweet posted by the UK-based outlet. “But the amount of misconceptions, sloppy inaccuracies, and hostile adjectives unsupported by real justification is offensive, cruel, and ill-intentioned,” he stated.
The Mexican filmmaker then claimed that he would shorten his own life to lengthen Scorsese’s if God gave him the chance. “I’ll take the case,” he said proudly.
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Guillermo del Toro is furious at the sordid picture painted by Martin Scorsese
Of course, del Toro was infuriated by Sean Egan’s blatantly disrespectful portrayal of Martin Scorsese, but he was by no means unprepared with his counters. Del Toro had some fantastic points to bring to the table regarding the subject.
The Oscar-winning director of The shape of water mentioned how he doesn’t usually share negative opinions, but if Scorsese’s films like angry bull were “bad cinema” and the wolf of Wall Street were “extremely slow” so people clearly needed to have their facts and sources checked.
“Most of the article is akin to criticizing Picasso for ‘not having the right perspective’ or Gaugin for being ‘garish'”, he said in rebuttal. “If you’re attacking those cornerstones, you have to expose it – you take the work apart and build your position – not just give an opinion with ‘slamming’ adjectives.”
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Del Toro also observed how he found himself speechless in the face of such inaccurate and crude criticism. “When I read articles like this. Destined for one of the most benign forces and one of the wisest, I feel the tremors of an impending cultural collapse.
Countless fans also seem to share similar opinions with del Toro as they have supported him throughout his rationales and remarks. And as del Toro rightly said, everyone was indeed at a loss for words reading such wicked writing about Hollywood’s finest.
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