"Tarantino is an expression of an elitist, relativistic and snobbish culture that takes no account of popular taste and feelings," Mr Bondi said in an interview published on Friday in Italian news magazine Panorama. "His vision influences his critical judgements. The results of the festival oblige everyone to open their eyes and do some soul-searching."  Mr Bondi added: "Since the funds come from the state, from now on we want to get involved in the selection of jury members."  The staging of this year's festival cost 12 million euros (£10 million), of which 7 million euros came from the Italian government.  Mr Taratino, who directed the films Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, was the president of this year's jury, which also included directors from France, Mexico and Italy.  There were accusations that he favoured his friends in choosing which films to honour. The main trophy, the Golden Lion, went to Sofia Coppola, his ex-girlfriend, for her film Somewhere, the story of a jaded actor living it up in a Hollywood hotel.  A friend of his, Alex de la Iglesia, won a best director Silver Lion for A Sad Trumpet Ballad. The executive director on Reservoir Dogs, Monte Hellman, won an award for his body of work.  The outspoken Mr Bondi, a former Communist, has previously admitted that he is baffled by contemporary art and architecture. He is unswervingly loyal to the prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, and has in the past written poems in his praise – attracting the mockery  In May he refused to attend the Cannes Film Festival because it screened Draquila, a controversial Italian film that accused Mr  Berlusconi of making political capital out of last year's devastating earthquake around L'Aquila in central Italy.
Quentin Tarantino, who has just completed his stint at the head of the jury    for the Venice Film Festival, has been criticised as an "elitist snob"    by Italy's culture minister.