Napoleon: “Buy life!” Ridley Scott rejects criticism of the film’s historical inaccuracies

Following the release of the Napoleonic trailer, the film has become the target of several historians who criticize the historical inaccuracies. For example, the emperor did not fire a cannon at the pyramids of Egypt. Director Ridley Scott, who does not have his tongue in his pocket, strongly responded to these criticisms in the columns. He is a Yorker.

Plus, Ridley Scott is making an extended version of Napoleon that will last over 4 hours!

Buy yourself a life!

The New Yorker journalist especially noted Dan Snow’s TikTok account, the historian whose video about Napoleon went viral. Ridley Scott’s reaction was very cruel. “Buy yourself a life!”He claimed, quite angry, attacking Dan Snow.

For the filmmaker, Napoleon is fiction and is not intended to be completely historically accurate. In addition, Ridley Scott also explained to the New Yorker all the research work that was carried out in order to transcribe the historical reality as best as possible. However, for the purposes of his story, he took liberties that are common in this type of production.

Note that the filmmaker is not his first attempt at films of this genre. We owe him, in particular, Duelists, The Fall of the Black Falcon or The Last Duel.

Ridley Scott’s vision

Last December, Joaquin Phoenix, who slipped into the costume of “The Little Corporal”. Already moved by the liberties the director took to build the character : “If you really want to understand Napoleon, then you should probably do your own research and choose your own reading. Because if you see this movie, it’s an experience told through the eyes of Ridley Scott.”– warned the actor.

Napoleon will be released in theaters on November 22. A spectacular mural, the work focuses on the rise and fall of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The film portrays Bonaparte’s ruthless conquest of power through the prism of his passionate and painful relationship with Josephine, the great love of his life.

Author of memorable epics, Ridley Scott evokes Napoleon’s military genius and political strategies while staging some of the most impressive battle scenes ever filmed.