Comments on: Quentin Tarantino Planning ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Spin-Off ‘Killer Crow,’ Says He “Hates” John Ford

By: Broomhilda

Broomhilda — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

Django was easily one of the best films of 2012, if not the best. It was a visceral, entertaining, ironic, and thought-provoking western that broke new ground. The performances were incredible. I saw a packed, late night screening and the audience, which was made up of a mix of ethnicities, broke out into rapturous applause when the film finished. Django is both a critical and financial success and is already gathering heat on the awards circuit. Tarantino haters need to face the fact that QT will go down in cinematic history next to the likes of Kubrick, Kurosawa, Wilder, Allen, and Hitchcock.

By: David

David — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

Tarantino is right on. And Im ure alot of Native Americans would disagree with both the writer of this article and stephenM on whether Fords movies especially "The Searchers" was a critique on racism. You have your opinion but unless your at least half native American it really doesnt count for much in this particular conversation. Same as I don't feel whites have anything to say about whether or not quentin disrespected the african american community in this latest movie.

By: StephenM

StephenM — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

I love Tarantino's movies, and most of the time his opinions of other movies are quite interesting, but in this case he's way off. He doesn't seem to have seen John Ford's The Sun Shines Bright or Sergeant Rutledge or Cheyenne Autumn, or for that matter thought very hard about Judge Priest, Fort Apache, The Searchers, or Two Rode Together, every single one of which is a critique of racism. And half his other movies are critiques of other sorts of prejudice. . . . . . . When The Birth of a Nation came out in 1915, John Ford was about 19 years old. And yes, he acted as an actor in the film. But let's not pin the racism of that film on a man who would go on making movies for another 50 years and profess many, many times his own abhorrence of prejudice–it's unfair, inaccurate, and simply bad movie criticism.

By: m

Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

Slowly going from fav of my generation to the point where I don't know if I want to watch as badly. You know when a coach out coaches himself? That is what Tarantino does to himself, Tarantino really likes himself some Tarantino!

By: Max Myers

Max Myers — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

Tarantino is, for me, the greatest filmmaker to have emerged in the last 20 years. Don't like his art, simple, don't watch it.

By: rob

rob — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

dear quentin: please stop. just please stop. you are not edgy or interesting or nearly as smart as you wish you where.

By: Lars

Lars — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

Bah! QT is always talking about sequels to this and that which never come to light. I'm still waiting on the Vega Brothers, Quentin!

By: Lars

Lars — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

Bah! QT is always talking about sequels to this and that which never come to light. I'm still waiting on the Vega Brothers, Quentin!

By: Lars

Lars — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

Bah! QT is always talking about sequels to this and that which never come to light. I'm still waiting on the Vega Brothers, Quentin!

By: BillD

BillD — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

QT, You are TRIPPING!
I know of course you want the press to make a big deal that you are dissing John Ford.
You are smoking crack though, John Ford kicks your ass in every single way.
I enjoyed Pulp Fiction but dude you are no John Ford, not even in the same league. Sorry bro.
You know it and it probably pisses you off, Mr. Ego man.

By: james

james — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

Jamie Foxx should give Clint Eastwood his hat back. It's too big for his pointed head.

By: Zware

Zware — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

Uh his he serious? Did he watch Django? Where he reverted every white person to a stereotype, and killed them all like "zombies," not to mention somehow be offensive to black people as well (the n-word is uttered over 100 times). Tarantino is a hack who is at his best when he's stealing other superior artists source material and commercializing them, then he has the balls to call John ford out? Tarantino couldn't and hasn't directed one film as good as anything Ford has done, go F— yourself and learn how to do something original and tonally consistent

By: DG

DG — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

Also it's pretty fuckng redundant to hear him taking up issue with another filmmakers work based on moral grounds. His work does the EXACT same thing, he just manipulates the audience ahead of time. This more than anything is what I find shaky about about his movies and his peers (Eli Roth) movies, the notion that you can show any manner of terrible thing happening to a person as long as you really make the audience hate them first. I'm not saying every movie needs to have some kind of standardized moral compass to guide it or even any moral compass at all (Django does not) but if your movie doesn't, don't critize others on those grounds. Also, last thing, all the mountains scape cinematography in Django is gorgeous and Christophe Waltz was amazing in it. That is all.

By: hey

hey — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

What the fuck is up with Tarantino's breathing? He sounds like he's going to die in that interview.

By: DG

DG — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

I'm getting pretty tired of hearing this dude talk. Django wasn't the worst film ever but it did absolutely nothing his previous movies haven't already done. Dude is a good writer, a little showy but witty, I just want to see himdosomething different. No more genre revenge stories, get out of the comfort zone a bit.

By: PaulRevere2013

PaulRevere2013 — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

This movie is disrespectful to both black and white Americans. Quentin Tarantino produces nothing more than pornography. Don't pay to watch it, if you must see it download it for free.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

Tarantino is crazier than a shithouse rat. He's also a genius. It's nice to see a perfect combination of the two. I love this guy.

By: rufus

rufus — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

Quent's entire catalog isn't worth as much as Ford's jockstrap. Ever tried to sit through the painfully boring scenes in "Death Proof"? Tarantino has a gift, but like Stephen King, he hasn't ever grown up enough to edit himself. So many of his scenes come across as self-indulgent, bloated crap (Kill Bill would have been a fantastic single movie instead of two flawed, overly-long visions of excess). Tarantino needs to give specific examples of his objections to Ford's depiction of Indians rather than a generic condemnation and that stupid complaint about Ford appearing in BOAN. What a conceited idiot (the same fool who opined that he might give up directing because of the move to digital in theaters). I enjoy (most) of his movies, but he is like a talented kid who has been turned loose in the candy store with no one to tell him when he's pooping in his pants. If he were directing "Stagecoach", he'd digress during the scene in which Indians attack the coach to show the backstory of several members of the tribe.

By: SAMPFFFFFF

SAMPFFFFFF — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

Apologia is ancient Greek for "defense". I think you meant apology.

By: JP

JP — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

I like some of Tarantino's films, but in most of his interviews, he's insufferable. Here, he's just plain ignorant. Really, John Ford just killed off Native Americans like they were zombies? I'll have to give "Fort Apache," "The Searchers" and all of Ford's pictures another look, because apparently that's all Ford intended to show – any ambiguities or complexities in those films must've been illusory, unlike the subtleties of "Django Unchained."

By: John Ford

John Ford — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

I don't like him either…..

By: Whodatninja

Whodatninja — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

Although one may not agree with Tarantino's point of view, you have to admire the balls to call out sacred cows on their past b.s. and shortcomings. Tarantino surely has a enough weight as an Oscar winner, Oscar nominee, acclaimed filmmaker and popular culture icon to be allowed to voice his opinion…volatile as it is.

By: Drof

Drof — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

I love John Ford and Hate Tarantino. I think Tarantino's movies do more to stir racial tension than anything Ford directed or acted in.
It's a bologna statement from a purveyor of video game caliber entertainment. Tarantino can go fuck himself.

By: Ryan Oliver

Ryan Oliver — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

While I don't always agree with motormouth Tarantino – even though he is one of my top three filmmakers – it must be pointed out that he said that he hated John Ford as a person, he said nothing about the quality of his films or his filmmaking, he only commented on racist undertones in his film and Ford being a Klansman in "Birth of a Nation." You can hate the filmmaker all you want, and still like SOME of their films. I despise Spike Lee, but I think "Do The Right Thing" and "25th Hour" are undisputedly great. And I hate, hate, hate Michael Bay with every inch of my soul, but I can't help but enjoy "The Rock" and, to some degree, "The Island."

By: Rayne

Rayne — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:28:27 +0000

Mr. T is correct about John Ford's racist oeuvre. There is no question that Ford was a racist and to think otherwise is naive and misinformed. T is a provocateur with post-modern cinematic style both intentionally and unintentionally. Spike Lee has made some of my favourite films but he has to chill – for anyone to say they hate a film without even seeing it undermines their own argument. We need T. to challenge the mainstream and academic circles so that American cinema can create a revisionist historical approach to American History. T. films are not meant to be seen as historical reproductions of a period but rather a creative thought experiment on slavery that is rarely shown in film. Django is simultaneously both entertainment and art.