Quentin Tarantino praises Apocalypto

From the New York Press: Mel Gibson's press whipping for The Passion of the Christ was like no other movie vilification seen in my lifetime. In Hollywood history, the closest equivalent might have been the campaign launched against Orson Welles' Citizen Kane, but even then the critics, at least, rescued Welles as an artist. The unfairness of the attack on Gibson was brought to light when Quentin Tarantino - of all people, God bless him - in an L.A. Weekly interview with John Powers, stood up, proclaiming: "I think it actually is one of the most brilliant visual storytelling movies I've seen since the talkies - as far as telling a story in pictures. So much so that when I was watching this movie, I turned to a friend and said, 'This is such a Herculean leap of Mel Gibson's talent. I think divine intervention might be part of it.'" [Read the full interview.] Technorati Tags: Apocalypto, Mel Gibson, James Horner, Rudy Youngblood, Mauricio Amuy Tenorio, Raoul Trujillo, Mayra Serbulo, Dalia Hernandez, Gerardo Taracena, Roger Friedman, Todd McCarthy, Tony Medley