The director of the upcoming Hateful Eight has drawn the ire of unions from the largest police departments in the country, border patrol and other law enforcement organizations.
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Director Quentin Tarantino has finally spoken publicly about the NYPD’s call to boycott his new film The Hateful Eight- set to be released on Christmas – after Tarantino allegedly called police murderers at an anti-police brutality protest in NY City on October 24.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jim Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police, plans an “opportunistic” response to the filmmaker.
However, Quentin insists he has nothing but respect for the police officers who came to his aid: “I felt like they had handled it really well”. PIX11 News spoke exclusively to the Sergeant Benevolent’s Association about a planned boycott against Tarantino and the December release of his film “The Hateful Eight”.
Ryan called Tarantino’s comments “heinous” and said they show the director’s “personal contempt” for police officers.
Tarantino says he’s not intimidated by the boycott.
Tarantino has also spoken about the issue of white supremacy being important in the film, a phrase he has recently used when discussing the use of violence against unarmed black victims of police brutality.
Tarantino, who won Oscars for writing “Pulp Fiction” and “Django Unchained”, said he was “surprised” by the angry reactions to what he said at the rally, which was organized by a group called RiseUpOctober.
“Tarantino has made a good living out of violence and surprise”, Pasco says.
Tarantino first defended his comments Tuesday in the Los Angeles Times, and remained defiant Wednesday during an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes.
After Tarantino marched, police officials were quick to slam him.
“Frankly, it feels lousy to have a bunch of police mouthpieces call me a cop hater”, he told the LA paper. Tarantino’s 75 years old father, a New Yorker with police officers in the family, has condemned the strong language used by his son against the police, but he also noted that much of what he said has been misrepresented.
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