When you think of Quentin Tarantino and Westerns, Django Unchained is probably the first thing that comes to mind. But the film that the cult director made afterwards is at least as good. With The Hateful 8 is Tarantino returned to the Western and yet did everything differently than before. The film takes place in the snow, quite atypically, and instead of long riding scenes through the prairie, there is a tight chamber drama.
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Two bounty hunters enter Minnie’s corsetry – that’s what The Hateful 8 is about
On the way to the mountain town of Red Rock, bounty hunters Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson) and John Ruth (Kurt Russell) meet. The latter has the prisoner Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh) in tow, whose bounty he wants to collect. Because of an approaching snowstorm stop at Minnie’s hardware store.
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Minnie is not present there. Instead, the Mexican Bob (Demián Bichir) holds the fort and, in addition to the newcomers, also entertains the aspiring sheriff Chis Mannix (Walton Goggins), the secretive cowboy Joe Gage (Michael Madsen), General Sandford Smithers (Bruce Dern) and the Englishman Osvaldo Mobray ( Tim Roth). These eight strangers don’t dare step within an inch of each other’s path and soon the tension in the little hut is so thick that every wrong word could be a death sentence.
With the Western, of all things, Tarantino came closer to making a horror film than ever before
One of Tarantino’s absolute favorite films is the sci-fi horror The Thing. The classic had already inspired him with Reservoir Dogs, which sometimes positioned a few figures in a small space and drew its appeal from this. With The Hateful 8 this concept is taken further. The horror does not arise from a monster “among us”, but from the fear of mistaken identities and sudden outbreaks of violence from unexpected corners. Just like in Carpenter’s horror classic The Thing, the hut is covered in snow and there is also a musical reference to the classic: the score by film legend Ennio Morricone includes three pieces that were originally composed for The Thing.
In its own way, The Hateful 8 is also influenced by Reservoir Dogs. From the cult director’s point of view, the circle has come full circle, so to speak eighth film shows references to his first major work. If you haven’t yet recognized the parallels between the films, there is a 15-minute video essay that shows quite well how similar the films actually are, but also what differences there are.
Tarantino shortly before saying goodbye
The Hateful 8 is, fittingly, Tarantino’s eighth film to direct and write. He also announced that he planned to make exactly ten auteur films and finish them when he was 60. After Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, his number 9, that only leaves one film that we can wait for.
Tarantino’s finale as director is said to be titled The Movie Critic and will be set in 1977. In addition, Brad Pitt is said to already be on board. The script is already finished Filming could take place at the end of 2024 start. There aren’t too many details about the content yet. So far, Tarantino is holding back on this.
Until his last film, we can only pass the time with his previous works. The Hateful 8 is available on Netflix in a flat rate.