# The “abysmal” director Quentin Tarantino called the second coming of Ed Wood: “A bumbling amateur”

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-abysmal-director-quentin-tarantino-called-the-second-coming-of-ed-wood-a-bumbling-amateur/
- Published: 2026-10-26T19:45:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-26T20:38:48+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/abysmal-director-quentin-tarantino-called-the-second-coming-ed-wood/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Tarantino called Truffaut’s thrillers awful.
- He compared Truffaut to Ed Wood.
- Truffaut’s *The 400 Blows* remains a landmark film.

## Summary

Quentin Tarantino has sharply criticised François Truffaut’s Hitchcock-inspired thrillers, calling them “awful” and describing Truffaut as a “passionate, bumbling auteur” comparable to Ed Wood. The remarks matter because they dismiss the work of a major French director whose films, including *The 400 Blows*, are widely regarded as significant.

Tarantino said Claude Chabrol’s thrillers were “drastically better” than Truffaut’s, while noting that he liked *The Story of Adele H*. Truffaut’s later films in the genre included *The Soft Skin*, *The Bride Wore Black* and *Mississippi Mermaid*. The article argues that comparing him with Ed Wood, whose directing is often regarded as inept, is an unfair dismissal of a filmmaker with at least one acknowledged masterpiece.

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