The heir to the Gucci fashion empire slammed Ridley Scott's film Gucci Family for distorting the facts and hinting at the possibility of legal action.
"The Gucci family reserves the right to take all actions when necessary to protect the reputation and image of them and those they love." The heir to Gucci's former board chairman, Aldo Gucci, issued a statement through an Italian media outlet.
The announcement was widely disseminated in the Italian media, and the Gucci family said that Scott and the producers of "Gucci Family" did not consult the Gucci family's descendants when shooting the film, portraying the family members as ignorant and unscrupulous about the world around them.
The Gucci Family is a crime film starring Lady Gaga, Adam Dreifer, Jerry Leto, Jeremy Irons, Al Pacino, Salma Hayek, and Jack Houston, recreating the story of the Gucci family's turbulent years when Gucci Fashion president Maurichi Guccio Gucci was shot. Gaga plays the black widow Patricia Regiani, who hires killers to shoot ex-husband Maurizio Gucci and subsequently spends 18 years in prison.
What the Gucci family could not tolerate was that Scott portrayed Patricia as a victim. Gaga and other actors further reinforced this view when they promoted the film.
The family said in a statement that it was "too hard to understand" and that a woman who murdered her ex-husband was described as a "victim of trying to survive the male corporate culture". For more than 70 years, the fashion company has been a family business and is a very inclusive company. Gucci posterity pointed out that in the 1980s, the period depicted in the film, several of the brand's executives, including Gucci's president of the U.S. region, the president of global public relations and communications, and several members of the U.S. board of directors were women.
This isn't the first time the Gucci family has been vehemently critical of the movie Gucci Family, and a few months ago, Patricia Gucci, the daughter of Aldo Gucci (played by Al Pacino in the film), said ridley Scott stole the family logo to increase revenue for the Hollywood system.
In the face of the Gucci family's criticism, director Scott did not instigate, he replied in an interview: "I can't understand their logic, you must remember that one Gucci was murdered, the other was arrested and imprisoned for tax evasion." By this time, they had become public domain events. ”
Patricia Gucci also criticized actor Al Pacino, saying he made people think her family was short, fat and ugly.
"Gucci Family", co-produced by MGM and United American Pictures, grossed more than $20 million in North America in one week, including more than 14 million during the Thanksgiving holiday, which is already a good performance during the epidemic. The film is also a strong contender for awards season.
It is understandable that the Gucci family would make such criticisms in order to preserve their reputation, and it would be normal for them to take further legal action. However, director Scott is not unreasonable, after all, the family is involved in a criminal incident, which has become a public domain incident, and there is no problem of privacy violation.
In any case, as far as the film itself is concerned, it is still very worth looking forward to. Lady Gaga starred as Female No. 1, and her fashionable atmosphere matched the style of the Gucci family. If this film can get an Oscar nomination, domestic import is also very likely.