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article2016 Reviews, articleFilm Favourites,Blood, long talks, a suspenseful mystery and a magnificent Samuel L. Jackson. The eighth film by Quentin Tarantino features all of this.
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Mystery/Thriller/Western
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins,
Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Demián Bichir, Bruce Dern and James Parks.
Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Demián Bichir, Bruce Dern and James Parks.
Run Time: 167 min.
US Release: 30 December 2015
UK Release: 08 January 2016
German Release: 28 January 2016
This might be an incredibly violent and gory motion picture, even for Tarantino standards, but underneath all the blood and guts is a masterfully directed piece of art that nudges at the difficult subject of racial and sexual inequality in American society. All of this was wrapped around in a heavy dialogue driven murder-mystery theme that resembled the director’s first film -Reservoir Dogs - heavily.
Quentin Tarantino did influence the way I perceive movies early in my teens. My first movie of his was Pulp Fiction, which was given to me on DVD by my brother as a gift for my 14th birthday. I was confused at first by the non-linear storytelling and all the dialogue, but after watching it a second and third time I became a huge fan of this man’s genius. In fact, I do believe that Pulp Fiction is my most viewed DVD I possess; it has several scratches and the case has gone through hell, but it still works. Following Pulp Fiction, I viewed Reservoir Dogs and Jackie Brown and what I cherished about The Hateful Eight is that Tarantino reverted back to his classic formula.
The story takes place sometime after the civil war and revolves around the two bounty hunters John Ruth (Russell) and Major Marquis Warren (Jackson), who are racing to the town of Red Rock where they will bring their captive fugitive Daisy Domergue (Leigh) to justice. Along the road and caught in a blizzard, the three stumble upon Chris Mannix (Goggins), a man who claims to be Red Rock’s new sheriff. When the blizzard gets stronger, the quartet needs to seek refuge in a recluse cabin, named Minnie’s Haberdashery. In there four unfamiliar faces greet them.
The Hateful Eight is a very old-fashioned western-mystery that incorporated a lot of aspects from a 1960’s movie, including a beautiful looking overture that sets the mood for what to expect. But what truly makes this movie fantastic is the typical subtle style that Tarantino uses to make his point on a socio-political subject, masked in comedy, irony and brutality. In this case he took the subject of female and immigrant treatment in the United States and turned it into an allegoric stage piece, with the usual chapters breaking up the movie. It felt like sitting in an actual theatre and watching a play.
I always was a fan of this director’s unconventional way of storytelling, which is also present in his newest masterpiece. It follows at first a linear plot up to the first half of the film, but after the intermission the second act of the movie begins with a voiceover and the typical flashback scene that breaks the linear storytelling, to explain something that happened in the past.
The dialogues are a fantastic example of Tarantino's writing talent, which are extremely suspenseful and full of analogies on subjects that concern the post civil war era of the US and can be transferred to today’s society. The back and forth between talks was so intense, the movie easily managed to build tension just with conversations during the first half.
Everybody in this ensemble was brilliant, but the actor who stood out the most was Samuel L. Jackson. This guy stole every scene he was in and delivered each monologue with such coldness and passive aggressiveness; I truly believed him to be the former union soldier, turned bounty hunter Major Marquis Warren. It is a shame he didn’t get nominated for an Oscar because this was one of his best performances in years! Kurt Russell made another terrific performance as bounty hunter John “The Hangman” Ruth. He was funny, uncompromising and brutal.
Jennifer Jason Leigh was the perfect choice for Daisy Domergue; she was a nasty and vile human being and extremely funny as well, which is ironic because a lot about her nature should not make you laugh but shudder in terror. I was so happy to see Walton Goggins having been cast in this western, as he has one of my favourite cast members in the TV series Justified, where he proved his worth. Finally, it was great seeing Tim Roth and Michael Madsen back in a Tarantino film and both (especially Roth) delivered impeccable renditions.
Tarantino shot this movie with an Ultra Panavision 70 that makes for beautiful looking, super wide screen scenes of the snowed-in prairies of Colorado and further enhances the feeling of watching a 60’s film. The combination of location and cinematography gives this motion picture a Cabin Feverish feeling that transcends from the film onto the audience, causing paranoia and distrust.
Ennio Morricone, who previously worked with Quentin Tarantino on Django Unchained, composed the music for The Hateful Eight and it is his first western score in 34 years. This also makes The Hateful Eight be the first Tarantino film with an own original composition to date. The film also used several other of Morricone’s scores, most prominently songs he created for John Carpenter’s The Thing. One issue I do have is that although the musical choice was once again fantastic none of it stuck in my mind. It wasn’t something I noticed at first but rather something I became aware of when a friend of mine came up with the matter.
Verdict: I loved everything about The Hateful Eight, it is an old-school Tarantino that makes perfect use of plot-driving dialogues, includes mind-blowing performances by its terrific cast and a message that, even though making you laugh at first, shocks you by the end due to the impact of the director's statement. The beautiful super widescreen transports the audience into the snowy hills of Colorado, into the close-quartered cabin with the rest of the characters and makes for a more personal movie experience. The only thing that let me down was the score, even if it was fantastic. I will give The Hateful Eight a 9.5 out of 10 and implore anyone who hasn’t seen it yet, to go to the cinema and watch it!
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