A stagecoach driver played by james parks makes it nine, but hes not particularly hateful, so i guess he doesnt. As a realization of tarantinos vision, the hateful eight is one of 2015s best movies and a standout in the directors filmography. Thats the hateful eight themselves, though in addition to those parts, there are several other supporting characters, namely a calamity janetype stagecoach driver called judy, who qt notes in. Quentin tarantinos the hateful eight deserves to ride. A stagecoach comes upon major warren with a driver named o.
The plainsman 1966, another man, another chance 1977, apache uprising 1965, ride to hangmans tree 1967, virgin cowboy 1975, buffalo girls 1995, the shakiest gun in the west 1968, guns of a stranger 1973, the grand duel 1972, the hateful eight 2015. It was also the ultimate examination of roleplaying in both life and arta concern that runs through all of tarantinos movies, starting with reservoir dogs, about a gang of robbers tearing themselves apart trying to figure out which of them is secretly a cop. And, not just for this year, but as the worst movie of the first fifteen years of the 21st century. The hateful eight opens with a stagecoach being pulled by one white and five brown horses. In its extended and intended form, quentin tarantinos eighth but really ninth feature film begins with an overture. Jody domergue is the secondary antagonist of quentin tarantinos 2015 film the hateful eight. Quentin tarantinos the hateful eight is now streaming on netflix with a major.
James parks isnt a bad actor, but he does give the least memorable performance in the hateful eight, because hes given very limited material in the minor role of o. Inside the hateful eight live reading the dissolve. Jackson is a character played by james parks in the hateful eight. The lyrically brutal basterds was a revenge movie about revenge movies and viewer identification. A bounty hunter and his prisoner are forced to take shelter from a blizzard with several mysterious men in the hateful eight. The hateful eight 2015 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
The plot is a mashup of a paperback western and agatha christie, as it most of the action takes place on a stagecoach traveling the wyoming countryside, and at a way station called minnies haberdashery, in fact, almost all the action takes place at. Today, december 30th, with just two days left in 2015, i saw the worst movie of the year. The hateful eight is excessive in every way imaginable. James parks to navigate the mountainous terrain to red rock during. The hateful eight by quentin tarantino quentin tarantino.
In the second chapter when four characters are getting to know each other in the carriage to red rock, the camera sits facing major marquis warren and chris. With the exception of ruth and the stagecoach driver, everybody in the hateful eight has some kind of secret that theyre hiding, some part of their back story that doesnt check out, and some reason to hate all the other characters. To save daisy, he and his men take over a haberdashery, knowing that ruth will pass there on his way to red rock, where daisy is to be hanged for. The hateful eight is a terrific minute movie being stretched out in an attempt to make it a much longer western epic. Once the hateful eight i count nine, but the stagecoach driver isnt particularly hateful are trapped by the blizzard, the scripts true genre reveals itselfnot a western at. Jackson james parks brave a wyoming snowstorm to deliver the murdering daisy domergue jennifer jason leigh to justice at red rock. Six horse judy is a character played by zoe bell in the hateful eight. The leader of a gang of outlaws, jody sets out with his three other gang members to save his sister daisy, who has been captured by john the hangman ruth. Watching quentin tarantinos hateful eight is three. No matter how bad this blizzard gets, we still gotta feed these horses, and take a squat from time to time. The prestige stagecoach driver 2006 known for the hateful eight stunts 2015. The hateful eight turns the stagecoach into a stage, the saloon into a stage, and the occupants into performers telling tales that serve their purposes, such as they are. In the hateful eight, where did ob go once he, john ruth.
Jackson talks the hateful eight, his incredible career and quentin tarantino duration. It was used as a public conveyance on an established route usually to a regular schedule. With the inexcusably selfindulgent the hateful eight, tarantino. Quentin tarantino outdid himself once again with last years the hateful eight, a western thats really an agatha christiestyle whodunnit that. Regardless of how hateful eight lives on, the crowd loved the show they saw tonight especially the handson onstage narration and direction from tarantino. Across the snowcovered plains of wyoming, a lone stagecoach makes its way. At the end of the song, the script called for john the hangman ruth kurt russell to grab the guitar and smash it to pieces. The driver is trying to move his team quickly to a stagecoach stop to wait out an impending blizzard. The hateful eight contains the traditional tarantino values of racism, violence, and controversy but sets itself apart with brilliant cinematography and classic, mysterious storytelling. Quentin tarantino gets theatrical in the 70mm western the.
It is an homage to the giants of the western genre, with a soupcon of. Quentin tarantino goes overboard in the hateful eight. The unusual use of 70 mm cameras provides a panoramic view of a snowy mountain area. Jackson james parks and another bounty hunter who paid for a private ride. I dont usually do worst movies of the year lists, but if i did, i would put the hateful eight at the top. In the hateful eight, the marilyn equivalent evil twin, really is daisy domergue who could be played by thurman, the stagecoach prisoner of bounty hunter john ruth most likely madsen. The hateful eight is set in the west a snow laden wyoming to be precise perhaps a decade after the end of the civil war. The passengers, bounty hunter john ruth and his fugitive daisy domergue, race towards the town of red rock where ruth, known in these parts as the hangman, will bring domergue to justice. In the hateful eight, whether or not for nostalgic or throwback reasons to 1970s bmovies, there were many times where i was told backstories. This once pretty white lady maybe before the trip, maybe years ago, wears a.
The hateful eight 2015 directed by quentin tarantino. In addition to the stage driver or coachman who guided the vehicle, a shotgun messenger armed with a coach gun might travel as. The hateful eight sometimes marketed as the h8ful eight is a 2015 american western thriller film written and directed by quentin tarantino. But the hateful eight really begs the question, is too much of a good thing really wonderful. In addition to setting the tone, this threeminute sequence signals to us infilm that the hateful eight wants to be treated like no work of studiobacked. Quentin tarantino is a scholar of old movies with a particular antiquarian fetish for the ways they used to be made and consumed. Spent horses were replaced with fresh horses at stage stations, posts, or relays. How one hateful eight scene takes tarantinos sexualized. In addition, tarantino and the weinstein company have certainly done their best to promote the hateful eight as a true cinematic event.
Ruth is bringing daisy to red rock to face the hangman for some really rotten crime. Its clear that not a word can be trusted from any of the eight main characters. The hateful eight is a 2015 western and the eighth film written and directed by quentin tarantino six or eight or twelve years after the american civil war, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry wyoming landscape towards the town of red rock. Certain scenes feel like they exist just to exist, circling around and around without building up the tension as. The hateful eight is a gloriously grotesque oddity made by a talented freak conjuring up some obscure meaning thats for him to know and us to find out. At one point, the englishman, called mobray, proposes they divide the room between union men and ex. And a black man demonstrates that hes the smartest guy in the room as he turns this western yarn. Why do they call the stagecoach driver in the hateful 8. James parks to navigate the mountainous terrain to red rock during the dead of winter, but theres a blizzard on their heels thats threatening to delay the trip. Six or eight or twelve years after the civil war, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry wyoming landscape. The hateful eight is bold, gorgeous, verbally clever, morally repellent, and, in some way i am still struggling to put my finger on, possibly somehow evil. The hateful eight movie news and cast updates tv guide. The stagecoach was a closed fourwheeled vehicle drawn by horses or hardgoing mules.
Yes, in a purely superficial reading, this film by quentin tarantino seems to be satisfied just to put many despicable characters in the same space for a few hours until their natures lead them to mutual destruction, but a more careful look points to an ambitious intention behind the narrative constructed by the filmmaker to a greater or lesser extent, the filmography of tarantino constantly. The main cast as the title suggests havent forgiven or. Certain scenes feel like they exist just to exist, circling around and around without building up the tension as well as they would with a better editor. Its passengers are bounty hunter john the hangman ruth kurt russell and his captured quarry daisy domergue jennifer jason leigh, who he is. For most of the movie, this group, along with the unlucky stagecoach driver o. There were too many moving parts for the outlaws plan to have been effective rather than just laying in wait. Jackson, kurt russell, jennifer jason leigh, walton goggins, demian bichir, tim roth, michael madsen, and bruce dern as eight strangers who seek refuge from a blizzard in a stagecoach stopover some time after the american civil war. In some ways, the hateful eight doesnt quite feel like the kind of quentin tarantino film were used to. Stagecoach driver, could you come down here and join us. Years after the civil war, bounty hunter john the hangman ruth kurt russell and his coach driver o.