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In reply to the discussion: Quentin Tarantino shuts down interviewer over questioning about violence [View all]BlueIndyBlue
(96 posts)91. Thanks for the rant!
I saw the movie on New Year's Day. I am an African-American female and probably not Tarantino's target audience. But, I must confess to loving his movies. I love the style of his movies and have seen Pulp Fiction many times.
I thought the violence in D'jango was appropriate to illustrate the brutality of slavery. It showed how ingrained in the minds of whites of the time the image of people of color as not human. How else could one person treat another human being that way. I saw the movie with a theater full of white folks and when it ended, people filed out in silence. Hopefully there were some discussions about the issues the movie raised on the way home.
Samuel L. Jackson was shafted by the Oscars for not getting a nod for his performance. I have always loved his characters in his films. He has made me laugh and shake my head. But this movie made me totally loathe his character. I lost Samuel L. Jackson into the person of the "house slave". Unfortunately, we still have quite a few real-life examples of "house slaves" today.
I have encouraged people to see this film. This doesn't equate D'jango with a history book but depictions of the horrific violent institution of slavery is never going to be easy to see or atone for.
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Quentin Tarantino shuts down interviewer over questioning about violence [View all]
joeybee12
Jan 2013
OP
He could have answered the question honestly instead of sounding defensive about it.
randome
Jan 2013
#2
I don't like movie violence but Kill Bill was so over the top, I couldn't take it seriously
tavalon
Jan 2013
#97
I push the envelope a little with my daughters but I try not to do that too much.
randome
Jan 2013
#24
I think you're making a mistake not seeing it--the violence in this movie is actually important--
Moonwalk
Jan 2013
#86
Whitewash History? Sheesh, after Inglorious Basterds attempted to rewrite the Holocaust?
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#111
Agreed. The interviewer is entitled to ask, but he's not obliged to answer. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#82
Tarantino is making whites talk about race privilege. He's not over-rated at all, imo
RainDog
Jan 2013
#7
I just heard about it when the Oscar nods came out. Damn this movie sounds confusing
Number23
Jan 2013
#55
Good for him. The question itself is weaponized, it is a passive aggressive way of accusing him
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#15
He is so good he ruined a generation of directors who can help but copy him.
Exultant Democracy
Jan 2013
#113
Tarantino is similar to a pornographer/panderer--would anybody see his films WITHOUT the cartoonish
Romulox
Jan 2013
#37
The only way to understand Tarantino is to remember that he worked in a video store.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#40
I taught film studies, but not Tarantino. My students, still, had a familiarity with
ancianita
Jan 2013
#49
Thank you, too! I'm really sorry to hear about Jackson. Samuel L. Jackson truly did get shafted.
ancianita
Jan 2013
#106
Just saw it today. GREAT film. Will probably go see it again before it's out of theatres.
NYC Liberal
Jan 2013
#61
A monkey sells what he knows is popular, a monkey puts out there what he knows will bring
2on2u
Jan 2013
#76
The man is an artist. He's so forthcoming about his craft and his process. I think
Ed Suspicious
Jan 2013
#79
Read this interview with Kerry Washington before you pass any knee-jerk judgement...
Moonwalk
Jan 2013
#87
Actually, what's upsetting most of the right-wing media is that this movie is about a black man...
Moonwalk
Jan 2013
#90
I don't like a lot of Tarantino's movies but he's a talented guy and smart as a whip
tavalon
Jan 2013
#95
He is the rightwing dream using every single NRA soundbyte and making millions.
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#110