I come to you as a pitiful apostate who has refound his religion. After Death Proof I thought the Quentin Tarantino phenomenon had ended, had sputtered out, had reached its obvious conclusion, which was being sucked directly up its own ass. But I shouldn’t have let my faith waver, for QT still had Inglorious Basterds up his sleeve. So now I am here as a reconvert, with all of the zeal and missionary glee that entails. Which means TarantinoWatch will not be a snotty collection of snide looks at a million projects with which Tarantino will flirt and then abandon but rather a hopeful collection of excited looks at a million projects with which Tarantino will flirt and then abandon (hey, I’m reborn but still practical).
The latest possible project is ‘a Southern.’ At least that’s what QT would call it. Talking at the Oscar nominee luncheon, Tarantino said:
“I’d like to do a Western. But rather than set it in Texas, have it in slavery times. With that subject that everybody is afraid to deal with. Let’s shine that light on ourselves. You could do a ponderous history lesson of slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad. Or, you could make a movie that would be exciting. Do it as an adventure. A spaghetti Western that takes place during that time. And I would call it ‘A Southern.'”
Amistad with balls? I’m in. I’ll add it to the pile of possible QT projects.
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I signed back up too, Devin. That sounds pretty damn great!
I never left. I still stand by Death Proof too. That said, I'm really excited about "A Southern".
Inglorious Basterdz had a handful of great scenes, but that don't make a great movie, and a great movie it's not. And it's funny that that the things that make it a 'Tarantino movie' are the very things that hold it back from being legitimately great. I can't wait to see how he childishly portrays slavery.
Tarantino is a technically talented director but his slavish post-modern referencing/pastiche of film history and cartoon take on subjects has become rather tired.
he's going to remake Rosewood.
alright?
alright?
sweating, fatting, coke-snorting remake of Rosewood. Alright?
I'm all for this. Throw in some blaxploitation, too. Oh, @#3: You're just off, there. Inglourious Basterds didn't just have a handful of good scenes, it WAS a handful of good scenes. Terrific movie. I'm still on the Tarantino bandwagon. Yes, I too liked Death Proof.
All this time I was under the impression Death Proof was supposed to suck intentionally, with a few standout scenes… Pretty typical of the types of movie it was an homage to. For that much, I've always seen it as a success in what it was supposedly trying to do.
Inglorious basterds is in my in opinion only watchable bacause of Christopher Waltz' Landa.
So he is going to remake Posse??! Sweet!
So he is going to remake Posse??! Sweet!
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3664742/Quentin-Tarantino-Im-proud-of-my-flop.html">This isn't new.</a>
That said, that he's still talking about it, especially considering how quick he got Basterds off the ground once he had committed to it, is an encouraging sign.
I thought that Inglorious Basterds was great because it didn't contain the typical Tarantino handicaps. The too-cute hipstery dialogue was kept to a minimum, the actors (Brad Pitt excluded) were not quite as winking, and the style was very traditional. The imagery of the final scene is pretty awesome, too. It wasn't perfect, but I was pleasantly surprised.
Fuck all the Basterds hate. That's the best movie of the year. Tarantino writes for black people better than anybody. I'm stoked on this one. He better do this instead of more Kill Bill nonsense. Oh man, picture Don Cheadle spitting out some Tarantino dialogue. Siiiiiick.
After Inglourious, I'm waiting for QT's next movie with baited breath. Not really surprised with the plot-line mentioned here though – can picture this already! I wish he'd give science fiction a shot! There's no way a space odyssey from Mr. Tarantino would be dull.
I'd just like to thank Chud for consistently using this TARANTINOWATCH image. It's always the first thing I think of before going into the article and the bug-eyed sasquatchian-auraed image always makes me laugh.
"Death Proof" was fucking awesome you chubby beard. And anyone who thinks otherwise are the ones with their heads up their asses.
Give the man funds to do whatever he wants – Inglourious Basterds was so damn phenomenal. Not that I wouldn't have watched anything he did before IB, but I'll be there opening weekend for sure now.
"With that subject that everybody is afraid to deal with."
Really?I hear about slavery all the time.
White Guilt is funny.
Anyone who defends Death Proof because "it was supposed to suck" are apologists. And I hate that term, but in this case, it fits. If you genuinely liked Death Proof that's fine, but I can't take the intentionally shitty argument because that's not what Tarantino was after. If I got to tell Tarantino the genre of his next movie, I would love to see him tackle horror.
After watching Pulp Fiction, I'm not interested in Tarantino's musing on race relations and slavery. He'll just fuck it up with self-indulgent dialogue, and ham-handed cinema technique…then call it an homage to Anthony Mann.
TARANTINOWATCH RETURNS!!!!
"….with balls? I'm in."-Devin Faraci
wasn't rosewood essentially exactly this? speaking of which, I always sort of assumed that Rhames' Mann character in that movie was Marsallus Wallace's great grandfather or something.
I've never been a huge fan of Tarantino. I found Jackie Brown and Kill Bill enjoyable enough, but the rest of his work leaves me cold. Inglorious Basterds however is fucking great.
I'm sure if Tarantino made this movie (he won't) it wouldn't be anything like Rosewood…get a grip, stupid people saying that.
I'll never understand the hatred of DEATHPROOF. Sure there are some long winded exchanges, but I'm starting to think the movie is a great litmus test for how male viewers regard themselves. Faraci, are you another Stuntman Mike?
A blaxploitation adventure epic on the Underground Railroad? Um, yes please!
What is with the Basterds hate? This was easily the best movie of the year! I personally think it is Tarantino's best film. And Death Proof was the shit as well. The guy hasn't made a bad movie, and this ant-Tarantino bandwagon thing is silly. He is an amazingly talented film maker, and writes some of the best dialogue I have ever heard. You guys don't like anymore because he has made some money? Grow the fuck up! On a side note, if Christoph Waltz doesn't when the Oscar, well then I will finally have the proof needed to show my religious friends that there is no god. Long Live Hanz Landa!!!
He'll probably do something along the lines of "The Legend of Nigger Charley" or some of those other Fred Williamson blaxploitation westerns from the 70's with Woody Strode.
It's gonna involve John Brown. Man was a goddamn badass.
Tarantino always said he'd like to do a biopic, and he was his personal favorite historical character.
Maybe parts of BASTERDS were the best film of last year, enough that I'm also back on the QT train, but overall it didn't come together enough to be as magic as his best work. It's a nice idea with some brilliant execution on places, some less than brilliant execution in others.
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