“This is nonsense, in my opinion. The characters that we create here - they do not represent me, they are characters in themselves, they are products of their time. So yes, Rick Dalton, of course, he says: “I don’t want to go to Italy for these pasta” - but I don’t think so. Rick Dalton - the man who lived at that time, he would say so. And this, in my understanding, is an honest depiction of this character, ”Tarantino said during a press conference in Moscow, answering RT’s question that a number of critics in the US and Europe spoke negatively about the film (in particular, the director was accused of“ cruelty ” in relation to female characters "," putting racist insults into the mouths of their characters "and creating a" white movie ").

Earlier, a number of Western media published articles in which Tarantino's professional activities were sharply criticized.

More details in the material RT.