FROM DUSK TILL FAWN
Quentin: Bambi’s too horrific for me
FILM director Quentin Tarantino says only one film has truly upset him – Bambi.
The Hollywood star, famed for his bloody action flicks like Reservoir Dogs and From Dusk Till Dawn, admitted he was traumatised by the Disney story of a young deer.
Tarantino, 59, said: “Was there any movie I couldn’t handle? Yes. Bambi.
“Bambi getting lost from his mother, her being shot and that horrifying forest fire upset me like nothing else I saw in the movies.
“Now those sequences in Bambi have been f**king up children for decades.
“But I’m pretty sure I know the reason Bambi affected me so traumatically.
“Of course, Bambi losing his mother hits every kid right where they live.
“But I think even more than the psychological dynamics of the story, it was the shock that the film turned so unexpectedly tragic that hit me so hard.
“The TV spots really didn’t emphasise the film’s true nature. Instead they concentrated on the cute Bambi and Thumper antics.
“Nothing prepared me for the harrowing turn of events to come.”
In his new book Cinema Speculation, Tarantino revealed that his mum let him go to the movies from a young age and watch brutal bigscreen scenes.