Quentin Tarantino Talks Being A "Cheerleader" For Violence, 'Kill Bill 3' & Does Surprise 'Hateful Eight' Q&A At Alamo Drafthouse
While you might see some articles comparing Quentin Tarantino's latest to an Agatha Christie whodunit, make no mistake, there is blood spilled in "The Hateful Eight." Lots of it. The director doesn't hold back on the gruesome violence in his latest film, and if that bothers you, he's totally fine if you buy a ticket to watch something else, because that facet of his filmmaking won't be changing anytime soon.
"I’m so unapologetic about it," he told MTV about the carnage in his films. "I’m a cheerleader towards violence in cinema. I have no problem with saying I like violent movies, and I respond to violent movies, and I actually think violence is…in some ways cinema reaching one of its fullest potentials. I have absolutely no hypocrisy or contradiction whatsoever. I abhor violence in real life, and I can love it in genre, and I can love it in stories, and I can love it in novels, I love violent anime, and I always have.”
"I’m not sheepish about it,...