Even if Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful 8”, which will soon disappear from Prime Video subscriptions, did not receive the praise of “Django Unchained”, the overlong chamber piece is a real gift for every Western fan.
While “Django Unchained” took a very postmodern look at the Western genre and thought from point to point, “The Hateful 8” is much more decelerated and – in the best sense of the word – more challenging. Quentin Tarantino’s The famous snow western is available on Amazon Prime Video until October 12th.
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That’s what “The Hateful 8” is about
Somewhere in snowy Wyoming, a few years after the end of the Civil War: A stagecoach makes its way to the town of Red Rock. On board are the grim bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell), his prisoner Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and two men who boarded on the way: the ex-soldier Marquis Warren (Samuel L. Jackson) and Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins), who is supposedly the sheriff of Red Rock.
However, due to a violent snowstorm, the group is forced to seek refuge in a lonely cabin. Bob (Demian Bichir), also known as “Marc the Mexican”, the obscure Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth), the cowboy Joe Gage (Michael Madsen) and the old southern general Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern) are already hiding there. before the weather. Tensions quickly increase in the group – and soon everyone has to fear for their lives…
Exceptional and uncompromising
Anyone who has seen “Inglorious Basterds” can clearly remember the opening, in which Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) investigates a French dairy farmer to find out whether he is hiding Jews in his house. “The Hateful 8” can be brilliantly compared to this magnificent scene – only stretched to a running time of almost three hours.
The focus here – as with every Quentin Tarantino film – is the dialogue. But never before has the cult director with the striking jawline celebrated dialogue sequences as extensively as he does in “The Hateful 8” – until the obligatory eruptions of violence finally occur, which turns the finale into a real bloodbath transform, as we are used to from Tarantino.
In the official FILMSTARTS review, which crowns “The Hateful 8” with 4 out of 5 stars, author Björn Becher comes to the following conclusion: “With this western consisting of two very different halves, Quentin Tarantino proves once again why he is one of the most extraordinary and uncompromising filmmakers of our time – although he doesn’t make it easy for his audience either.”
Anyone who has patience will be rewarded
Yes, you definitely have to be patient in order to fully appreciate the quality of “The Hateful 8”, but the magnificent images by cameraman Robert Richardson and the score by THE Western composer legend par excellence, Ennio Morricone, are enough to make Western lovers happy *make your heart beat faster. “The Hateful 8” is particularly exciting because Tarantino’s development is made very clear here.
“The Hateful 8 is the most political film to date from a director who his opponents like to accuse of only being interested in his cinematic worlds and trivializing real problems.”says the criticism. Never before has Tarantino dealt with unequal power relations between the sexes, violence by authority and the oppression of minorities in such a mature and nuanced way – all against a simmering post-civil war backdrop.
“The Hateful 8” tightens the tension when the whodunit plot becomes more and more condensed and not only includes one of the best flashbacks ever, but the extreme brutality is also unleashed mercilessly. The cast is also in top form here, which, in the wake of the juicy excesses of violence, underlines once again that Tarantino is simply an outstanding actor.
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This is a republication of an article that previously appeared on FILMSTARTS.
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