The director of the Oscar-nominated cowboy film Power of the Dog has slammed actor Sam Elliott as “a bit sexist” and “a bitch” for criticizing the film on its theme of repressed homosexual desire.
‘I’m sorry, that was a little bitch. He is not a shepherd; He’s an actor,’ said Jane Campion Diversity At the Directors Guild of America Awards shifts on Saturday. ‘The West is a mythical place and there is a lot of space on the border. I think it’s a little bit sexist.’
‘I consider myself a producer. I think he thinks of me as a woman or something less first,’ she said, noting that she takes a ‘more elaborate’ approach to Western style.
Campion’s comments were in response to 77-year-old Elliot, comparing the film’s farm workers to Chippendales dancers, who ‘wear bows and not much else.’
In a rant on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast last week, he said: ‘They all looked like f***ing cowboys in that movie. They are all running here and there without shirt. These are all signs of homosexuality throughout the film.
The veteran actor, who also reprimanded Campion for shooting the Montana-set film in his native New Zealand, faced heavy criticism in the wake of his comments.
Oscar-nominated cowboy film Power of the Dog director Jane Campion (left) slammed actor Sam Elliott (right) as “a bit sexist” and “a bitch” for criticizing the film’s theme of repressed homosexual desire Is.
Elliott stated that his main gripe stemmed from the implication that the character Phil Burbank was a closed gay man and that the film criticized West’s masculine image more.
In the interview at the center of the controversy, Elliott stated that his main gripe stemmed from the implication that the character Phil Burbank was a closed gay man and that the film criticized West’s masculine image more.
‘The myth is that he was this manly man with the cattle,’ said Elliot. ‘I just came from Texas where I was hanging out with families – not men – but families. Big, long, extended, multi-generational families who made their living… and their lives were all about cowboys.
‘And boy, when I f**king saw that [movie]I thought, ‘What the f**k,'” he said.
‘Where is the western in this western?’
He said he was also annoyed that lead actor Benedict Cumberbatch’s character never seemed to mend his rifts.
‘Every f**cking time he walked by somewhere – he’d never been on a horse – he walked in the f**cking house, climbed the f**cking stairs, lay in his bed, in his people and Play the banjo.
The actor also questioned Campion’s suitability, asking how ‘a woman out there’ [New Zealand] ‘Americans can learn about the West.’
However, Elliott called Campion, 67, a “prolific” filmmaker and said he did not agree with his direction in The Power of the Dog.
Earlier this month, Campion was questioned about her directing choices and whether or not she ever worried about “overdoing all the leather and ropes and arcs.”
The director said he “encouraged” the homosexual fetishism and the “gear” that appeared in the film.
‘Too much leather and ropes and chaps? I encouraged it,’ she said Guardian In an interview published on March 4, she also stated that she knew the parts were ‘quite erotic’, including a scene where Peter (Cody Smit-McPhee) is hiding a rope that Phil (Cumberbatch) has given to her. was given under the bed.
Campion (pictured at the Directors Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday) said: ‘I’m sorry, that was a bit of a bitch. He is not a shepherd; he’s an actor. The west is a mythical place and there is a lot of space on the border. I think it’s a little sexist’
Earlier this month, Campion said she “encouraged” the gay fetishes and “gear” seen in the film, admitting she knew the parts were “quite erotic.”
When . contacted by DailyMail.com On Wednesday, Elliot — who was running the job — sarcastically claimed he had no knowledge of the film.
‘What are you talking about?’ When asked about his thoughts on the film, he said. ‘I know nothing about it.’
However, his comments on the WTF podcast have sparked outrage in Hollywood.
The Power of the Dog star Cumberbatch, 45, hit back at Elliot, calling his comments a “very strange reaction” to the film. He also said that there is still a “large-scale intolerance of homosexuality in the world”.
Cumberbatch, who starred as a repressed gay cowboy in the film, said, “I’m trying very hard not to say anything about a very strange reaction that happened on a radio podcast here the other day. baftaFilm session on Friday.
‘Unnecessarily stir on his ashes’ […] Someone has really taken offense – I haven’t heard it so it’s unfair for me to comment on it in detail – West is being portrayed that way,’ Cumberbatch continued.
The Power of the Dog follows Cumberbatch’s character Phil Burbank, a menacing rancher whose brother (Jesse Plemons) is surprisingly married to a woman (Kirsten Dunst), who is his son (Smit-McPhee). goes with her to her farm.
The film centers around Burbank’s anger at his repressed feelings as he torments his new sister-in-law and her son on his Montana farm until he learns to love his family. It was filmed in New Zealand because Campion wanted to direct it closer to his country of origin.
The film leads all contenders with 12 Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director for Campion, and Best Actor for Cumberbatch.