Tag: The Hateful Eight
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Quentin Tarantino Cancelled His Own Movie — Then Brought It Back
There is nothing worse than when a new, exciting-sounding movie is announced, only to be canceled or fade from existence. Unfortunately, this kind of thing happens all the time. Spider-Man 4 devastated fans in the late 2000s, Stanley Kubrick’s Napoleon biopic never happened, and Kill Bill Vol. 3 has seemingly drifted into development hell. It’s…
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Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight Is More Than a Western
In an acclaimed filmography wrapped in a crimson mask of blood and violence, The Hateful Eight lies as one of Quentin Tarantino’s most audacious works. With almost all the events in this narrative taking place in a single room, his second attempt at a western slowly and meticulously fleshes out the anxiety and doubt of…
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Tarantino to John Wayne: Wintry Western Movies to Watch Before Winter Ends
Typically associated with expansive desert vistas and sun-drenched ghost towns, the Western genre is oftentimes placed within a restrictive category of summer-tinged spaces where personal roaming and political conquest seem never-ending. Although films like The Hateful Eight present the West as a space of cold isolation and cabin-bound claustrophobia in a popular context, Quentin Tarantino’s…
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The Big Gamble Quentin Tarantino Took In Making The Hateful Eight
“The Hateful Eight” is one of Quentin Tarantino’s most divisive films. It also has one of the highest body counts in Tarantino’s filmography. The movie feels more like a stage play in its tight focus on a group of nasty characters trapped in a cabin during a deadly blizzard. While transporting murderer Daisy Domergue (Jennifer…
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‘Tarantino Live’: How Quentin Tarantino’s Movies Are Being Transformed into Theater
All products and services featured by IndieWire are independently selected by IndieWire editors. However, IndieWire may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.Quentin Tarantino’s fans can watch some of his iconic movies come to life in “Tarantino Live: Fox Force Five…
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Tarantino: I Wish I Told Harvey Weinstein ‘You Can’t Do This, You’re Gonna F*ck Up Everything’
Quentin Tarantino admitted in October 2017 that he was aware of Harvey Weinstein’s history of sexual harassment long before the published reports in The New York Times and The New Yorker brought the initial accusations against Weinstein to light and jumpstarted the #MeToo movement. Weinstein launched Tarantino’s career after acquiring “Reservoir Dogs” out of the…
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Jennifer Jason Leigh Reuniting with Quentin Tarantino to Narrate ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Audiobook
Jennifer Jason Leigh is definitely having a big moment, and that may have started up thanks to her Oscar-nominated turn (Best Supporting Actress) in 2015’s “The Hateful Eight.” Now, she’ll be re-teaming with that film’s director to narrate the audiobook for his upcoming novelization of his 2019 film “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” The…
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8 Quentin Tarantino Movies to Stream or Buy on Blu-Ray: ‘Kill Bill,’ ‘Pulp Fiction,’ and More
All products and services featured by IndieWire are independently selected by IndieWire editors. However, IndieWire may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.Quentin Tarantino has had the kind of career stardom that a indie filmmaker can only dream of. The Oscar-winning…
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Ennio Morricone, Oscar-Winning Composer of ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ and ‘The Hateful Eight’, Has Died at 91
When you picture a western stand-off on the big screen, it’s very likely that you can’t help but hear the opening notes of the theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. The sound of a flute and ocarina resemble the howl of a coyote before you hear that famous three-note melody from a…
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Quentin Tarantino “Stormed Out of Meeting” After Universal Pitched iPhone Release of ‘Hateful Eight’
Before Quentin Tarantino permanently severed ties with The Weinstein Company in the wake of the allegations against Harvey Weinstein, Tarantino was shopping around his 2015 film The Hateful Eight to a few other distributors. But one particularly egregious pitch from Universal may have driven Tarantino back into the arms of The Weinstein Company (Tarantino would…