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‘Napoleon’ Director Ridley Scott Dismisses Critics: “The French Don’t Even Like Themselves’ (deadline.com)

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Ridley Scott has been typically dismissive of critics taking issue with his forthcoming movie Napoleon, particularly French ones.

While his big-screen epic, starring Joaquin Phoenix as the embattled French emperor with Vanessa Kirby as his wife Josephine, has earned the veteran director plaudits in the UK, French critics have been less gushing, with Le Figaro saying the film could have been called “Barbie and Ken under the Empire,” French GQ calling the film “deeply clumsy, unnatural and unintentionally clumsy” and Le Point magazine quoting biographer Patrice Gueniffey calling the film “very anti-French and pro-British.”

Asked by the BBC to respond, Scott replied with customary swagger:

“The French don’t even like themselves. The audience that I showed it to in Paris, they loved it.”

The film’s world premiere took place in the French capital this week.

Scott added he would say to historians questioning the accuracy of his storytelling:

“Were you there? Oh you weren’t there. Then how do you know?”

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Eh, do we really need to pay so much homage to a warmongering autocrat?

It certainly makes for interesting history but we don't need to lick up to them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Maybe an hommage was too grand a word. I prefer less aggrandizing versions of his story like 'blundering to victory' which make the case that he only prevailed due to the ineptitude of his opponents and insight of his generals (mainly Davout).

However the minuteness of changes he had and the gall necessary to actually realize what he archieved are worthy of a story. It's a definite case of reality being stranger than fiction.