According to Tarantino, critics tend to focus on his race.
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The Oscar-winner gave his thoughts about how his 2013 film “Django Unchained” was attacked because it was written and directed by a white man.
In a recent interview for The New York Times Magazine, conducted by Bret Easton Ellis, Tarantino spoke on how he’s depicted among African-American critics.
I’m sure there’ll be no major differences in overall quality between the two versions, but this reveal has made up my mind as to which format I’ll be catching The Hateful Eight in – got to see everything in its most complete form. You must deal with what I’m saying and deal with the consequences.
The director of the upcoming film The Hateful Eight told the author that he didn’t care when he was criticized in “savage think pieces” by black critics for 2012’s Django Unchained.
“It bugged me that Mark Boal won Best Screenplay for that movie”, he said. You wouldn’t think the colour of a writer’s skin should have any effect on the words themselves. “It’s like I’m a few supervillain coming up with this stuff”.
The 52-year-old director has often been criticised for including the N-word in his movies – but he thinks his films are merely a reflection of the real world.
Variety reports that both have been adjusted for their respective experiences, the limited roadshow version being six minutes longer, clocking in at 3 hours 2 minutes in length making it his longest feature film to date (not including Grindhouse which is actually two films: one by Robert Rodrigues, the other by Tarantino). Well, Tarantino realizes the audiences have different tastes and desires while watching movies, and he’s trying to cater to each of them – with a focus on those going to the roadshow getting the best experience.
Hateful Eight will be released in theaters December 25, 2015. The multiplex version is about six minutes shorter, not counting the intermission time, which is about 12 minutes.
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The Hateful Eight is released on 8 January in the United Kingdom, with only a handful of cinemas nationwide expected to screen the 70mm version.
