This is the favorite film of AlloCiné spectators. But Taylor Sheridan, the creator of the “Yellowstone” series, hates the feature film by Robert Zemeckis led by Tom Hanks.
Everyone (or almost everyone) loves Forrest Gump. Robert Zemeckis’ feature film, which has become a classic of American cinema, tells the story of a simple-minded man (Tom Hanks) brought to experience some of the greatest events in American history in the second half of the 20th century. century.
Awarded six Oscars in 1995, the film has since been considered the favorite of AlloCiné Internet users, with an average spectator rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars (among 2,395 votes recorded).
Registered in the Library of the American Congress by the National Film Registry in 2011, Forrest Gump is regularly broadcast on television, attracting a large number of viewers on each occasion.
A different conception of the job of storyteller
Forrest Gump is therefore a film that almost everyone agrees with, but that does not mean that everyone adores it. Thus, Taylor Sheridan – the creator of the Yellowstone series – is among the minority group of moviegoers to viscerally hate the film, as he explained in a podcast.
Guest of the Joe Regan Experience show, the American screenwriter talked about the Robert Zemeckis film which he reveals he hated. “For me, the holy grail as a storyteller is to entertain, educate and enlighten… Don’t give anyone answers, just ask them lots of questions”.
I can’t stand the idea of paying for someone to tell me what to do. This is why I hated Forrest Gump. This f*cking idiot is the only guy who understands the world? …He’s just going to run across America and everyone’s going to follow him, and that’s what’s going to heal the country? What the hell is this idea?
Creator of Yellowstone and its spin-offs, but also of several other successful series (Mayor of Kingstown, Tulsa King, etc.), Taylor Sheridan is also known for having the script for the film Sicario directed by Denis Villeneuve. Originally from Texas, the latter is an autodidact who became a screenwriter after failing to become a leading actor.
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