1. Overall, It's Confirmation Of The Worst Parts Of Tarantino's Work
And so it is, then, that The Hateful Eight, to my mind at least, is a damning indictment of the worst parts of Quentin Tarantino, film-maker; a confirmation that there are indeed some serious moral conundrums at the heart of Tarantinos work; ones that become accentuated when his natural talent isnt as quite as clear to see. Of course, his actual craftsmanship is undoubted, and on a technical level at least, The Hateful Eight is flawless. But that much is obvious in Tarantino by now, and that any great director approaching his tenth film should have their craftsmanship cultivated perfectly is pretty much a given. But The Hateful Eight adheres to the idea of Quentin Tarantino as a problematic film-maker, a man whose messages and ideologies seem to get murkier with age. Tarantinos moral sensibility is all over the place in his latest picture, and though its also a given that most great artists are likely to be less than perfect people, it remains that without the flowers, there is only dirt. The Hateful Eight doesnt make Tarantino a bad director, and nor does it lessen his importance as a serious, relevant artist. What it does do, however, is allow doubts to creep in; doubts that have always been present in the directors work but have often been hidden by his frequent moments of brilliance. Theres something larger to say here; copy for another article entirely about the Artists own responsibility for the messages drawn from their work. We wont go into that now, so lets just say that Quentin Tarantino owes us some flowers. What did you think of The Hateful Eight? Share your hot take down in the comments.
