Quentin Tarantino laments remake culture, refuses to watch ‘Shōgun’, ‘Ripley’ or ‘Dune’: “I’ve seen the story”

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Quentin Tarantino has lamented remake culture in a new interview, saying he refuses to watch series like Shōgun and Ripley or films like Dune, saying: “I’ve seen the story.”The Pulp Fiction director shared his thoughts on remake culture during an interview on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast.

When asked if he thought Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two was the best film of the year, Tarantino replied that he didn’t know because he hadn’t watched it – and doesn’t intend to.He explained: “I saw [David Lynch’s] Dune a couple of times.

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.“It’s one after another of this remake and that remake.

People ask have you seen Dune? Have you seen Ripley? Have you seen Shōgun? And I’m like no, no, no, no. There’s six or seven Ripley books.