"The Hateful Eight" (2015) Directed by Quentin Tarantino

“When you get to hell John, tell them Daisy sent you”.

Ever the Cinema fan and Master Craftsman, the premieres and special initial screenings of Tarantino’s latest film were an event in themselves. The film was shot in 70mm Ultra Panavision being both the widest angle lens possible and a nod to films of cinema’s past and where available, The Hateful Eight was projected in this format and nowhere more so than his own cinema, The New Beverly, in Los Angeles. Adding to the pomp and ceremony on opening night(s) and special screenings around the world, The Hateful Eight was also an event cinema night with live music before curtain up and an actual Intermission halfway through the three hour run time but as Samuel L Jackson’s character “Major Marquis Warren” states so eloquently just past the half way point of the film:

“Let’s slow it down. Slow it way down”.

At just over three hours this is a long, epic of a western, the second western of Tarantino’s career following Django Unchained and even the third if you include Kill Bill Volume 2. Ever the cineaste, Tarantino is often at pains to acknowledge and even proclaim the number of his film’s (this was proclaimed to be the “8th Film by Quentin Tarantino”) when it is in fact his 9th (again if you include the two volumes of Kill Bill) and could even be classified as his 10th if you include his unreleased first film My Best Friend’s Birthday. Being a myopic fan of the master I am not one to argue with him but he has however stated that he intends to complete a trilogy of westerns before he retires and indeed will retire when he reaches his tenth film, so I’d rather he ceased numbering his films and simply continued making breath taking, beautiful and sublime films rather like The Hateful Eight here.

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The above opening paragraphs are taken from my spoiler free review of "The Hateful Eight" originally penned and published nearly a decade ago, transferred to my Medium blog site on 6th January 2023 and which can now be read in full and for free via my Substack blog site and original updated article linked immediately below. I've also linked my career opus blog articles on Quentin Tarantino too:

https://ramblingmusings666.substack.com/p/the-hateful-eight-2015-1d4ba4fe6c5a

https://ramblingmusings666.substack.com/p/the-genius-of-quentin-tarantino-7d8df84138ee

https://ramblingmusings666.substack.com/p/the-genius-of-quentin-tarantino-vol-2-a4b299a510c0

This spoiler free review is also integral to my 7 volumes of "essential film reviews collection". Currently only available as individual e-books on Amazon and priced at £4.99 per volume, however should you have an Amazon Kindle "Unlimited" package you can read each and every volume for free:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C4HZSTTH?binding=kindle_edition&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tukn

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