Quentin Tarantino on the Western Genre

[@diegojames8678]

I wish i could drink a beer with quintin and talk sergio leone

[@mr.newmanthadreamer8434]

Life goals man, you and me both

[@bryansteele832]

I think he said it beautifully. The western is fascinating because it's about as old as film itself. From "the great train robbery (1903)" to the "the hateful eight (2015)". Through all of those years it's different yet familiar, and all of it can be enjoyed and appreciated.

[@c.c.lilford2916]

1:22 That quote sums up what I love about the genre so much.

[@clitcrusader4897]

That's a weird reason to love westerns but I have to agree because Tom Waits as profile pic.

[@RossardJames]

@@clitcrusader4897 Why is that weird? Westerns serve as a fascinating view into their era's culture. Whether it's early American Westerns, Spaghetti Westerns of the 60's or as Tarantino mentions the post-modernist ones of the 70's.

[@Whaddayamean13]

Westerns are mythology for Americans. The Cowboy is the Western God. In a lot of ways the superhero is the new cowboy. They move with us and reflect back who we are at a given time. You have the old John Ford cowboys which grew into the Clint Eastwood types of cowboys. Superman in 1938 became The Death of Superman in the 90's. Batman of the Golden Age of the 40's became The Dark Knight Returns. Just an interesting comparison I thought of.

[@coach3155]

"Johnny Guitar" is pure FIRE.

[@spinnact]

This is fantastic, thank you. Any idea who this interviewer is, or where one can find it?

[@CW-dl2dd]

jack jack jack Sounds like Dan Rather for some reason

[@jimyates4812]

@@CW-dl2dd Yes, it is Dan Rather from his "Big Interview" series

[@MariRSS45]

Hello, I'm doing a monograph about Tarantino and I desperately need to know when and where this took place!!! Do you happen to know??? =D This interview it's perfect for what I need hahaha

[@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment]

His Dan Rather interview.

[@spb7883]

1:35 - more than *gangster films* , too?

[@Rustin_Cohle_Solos]

Nah bro, The Godfather itself slams the westerns in terms of ruling influentially.

[@luishenriquezanolla2513]

Which western actor of 1950s he mentioned besides John Wayne and Randolph Scott??

[@onetrickpony381]

rory calhoun

[@eliegbert8121]

rory calhoun

[@hamburgler9839]

Westerns rule. Gotta agree bub

[@minqwenopinyana2327]

Anyone know where to get the full interview?

[@5easy]

So Django is Obama...

[@Pantano63]

Tarantino once said that Obama was the coolest US president of his lifetime lol

[@Contra7311]

No doubt

[@jonfee5081]

@@Pantano63 that the same thing that the dad from get out said

[@jangoescoricky9393]

no

[@EdNorty]

Wow, I guess so!

[@Rwienemann2944]

Tarantino is a genius!

[@NoBody-kv3yd]

He showed how gritty a western can be. I loved Django and H8. Both, out there and a bit violent, but people eont go see a Tarantino movie for the scenery or the usual cup of tea. They want bloody, dirty, mean, gross and above all, real. John Wayne wasn't real. He was fictional in every way. He played heroes and saviors. Same with Clint Eastwood. He played undefeatable gunslingers. But what he did was add what those old movies couldn't. The gore of that era. When you're in a gunfight, it's not clean. Its bloody and raw. And that's what Tarantino does best.

[@VijemaVati]

Mark Woollon Speaking of Corbucci, correct me if I’m wrong, but his 1966 “Django” was also considered a very gritty, and violent picture that it was considered to be one of the most violent films of that time, that also proved how cold and unforgiving the violence of those times could be, right?

[@dinitha11]

@@markwoollon Well said. Tarantino's two westerns just doesn't have the emotional weight or gut punch of The Great Silence which is a masterpiece and one of the greatest of all westerns. I actually prefer The Hateful Eight over Django Unchained simply because it is much more contained, restrained, caustic and mature.

[@PWS859]

@@markwoollon this is actually why Django very well may be my least favorite film Quentin has ever made.

[@Johnnysmithy24]

Django Unchained was the exact opposite of real. It was so cartoony and over the top, it almost seems like a video game brought to the big screen

[@Johnnysmithy24]

People exploding in blood like a balloon, while rap music plays, yeah no... Leone did a far better job making you feel the Wild West. If you want reality, watch “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” That’s about as real and mature as westerns can get. Ps: If you think undefeatable gunslingers like Clint Eastwood are unrealistic, watch no further than Bub Munden, he makes Clint Eastwood look like a todddler and he was *real*

[@peterdixon399]

Culpepper cattle company,,, great cowboy movie

[@geraldking4080]

The Killer Inside Me...All the Pretty Horses...Deadwood

[@rickjensen2833]

The ballad of buster scruggs is now one of the greatest western of all time. I was born 1962 and seen things.

[@christofrip1723]

John Ford is ten times the director Quentin Tarantino will ever be

[@michaelkaminski8339]

Somebody hearing Tarantino say his films are a reflection of today compared to old movies being a reflection of their decades can hardly come to the conclusion that we are evolving as a species. Devolving, yes, perhaps. Make movies great again lol.....or a tad less violent and vulgar. Is the egg following the chicken or vice-versa?

[@JohnMiller2]

Tarantino has been quoted to saying that he wants his movies to be a spectacle and an enjoyable experience. Sure that could mean that he simply reflects todays obsession with violence but it could also mean that he can deliver a serious and dark subject to peoples eyes while without making them look away in terror. Say in Django Unchained when a black man in devoured by dogs, that's flat out horrible and overkill but it's almost necessary for us to understand the reality of the severity of the slavery that took place in America. I think that the over the top violence sets the expectation of the film right away so the viewer knows what they are in for. The scene with the dogs would probably make most look away in horror but because the audience is invested in the violence already it makes it bearable to watch, it's only when we see Mr Shultz being appalled that we really remember the true horrors of the scene and thus makes the viewer question it's own values and creates an inner conflict. In short, i don't think the violence is there just for show. Look at films like Pulp Fiction, there isn't nearly as much splatter as in Django, i think it's because the splatter drives home the feeling of how horrid and insane the western as a genre really is.

[@anonymousperson8487]

Everything Tarintino did turned into a shit show

[@omarboulah1228]

Tarentino's work is nothing but a remembrance of movies seen. Remakes depreciated without originality or art to respect. Sorry but truth is hard to hide.

[@omarboulah1228]

@Chi Rungo neither of yours. Free to express my opinion.

[@adamant5550]

You've literally described every filmmaker ever lol

[@omarboulah1228]

@@adamant5550 I think last part of my commentary is also worth having a response. The matter is simply I am surely a little bit older and Tarantino's movies

[@miketrotman9720]

I used to think something like this: That Quentin was at best a film fetishist, not a filmmaker. I don't think so anymore. I now believe he has a savant's understanding of genre, which is to say of story at its essence. I believe what he does in every film is to put his love of film, of genre, front and center in his work. It's a way of expanding our own love and appreciation of film, especially the forgotten, minor, and niche works. Quentin is the St. Paul of low culture: He understands the greatness of these "lesser" works and puts it on par with all the works of high culture. Quentin is endlessly celebrating all the talents-names forgotten even by us older fans-who made these great stories, these riveting moments on the screen. Quentin has learned what really is to be learned from genre, which is how to tell a story with real values, real stakes. And how to do it with clarity, immediacy, and subtlety that very, very few filmmakers can match. He's a true master.

[@omarboulah1228]

@miketrotman9720 To be honest, to me, art needs only to please whence talking entertainment industry. Remakes can be better than the original, Cecil. B. Demille shows it, but others don't. After all, it could also be a matter of age