Now THIS is exciting news.

Cracker Funk

Cracker Funk

EDIT: Removing link, cuz dudes are reporting problems.

Anyway, Tarantino's next movie is a Western, set in the South during America's slavery era, and our hero is a slave that frees himself, then sets out to free his wife. Will Smith is the current front-runner for the lead role.

Awesome!
 
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http://www.moviehole.net/201140621-will-smith-set-to-star-in-quentin-tarantinos-new-western-django

http://www.awardsdaily.com/2011/04/tarantinos-southernwestern-called-django-unchained/


How're those links? Do they cover the same info as the link you had CF?

I am as excited as I could be about this. I love me some Tarantino, but I just don't know about the whole idea. Although, I guess if anyone could make it work, it's him.

Personally I'm more excited for him to get to work on Kill Bill Vol 3 :D
 
This should be interesting. I have a feeling it'll be very similar to "The Good, The Bad, The Weird". Really does transform the story. Beautiful, sketchy dialogue, and meticulous violence.

Sounds a little like Tarantino, no?

Gotta say, I'll be glad to see him do a Western. Is there anything he hasn't tackled Genre wise?
 
Papertwinproductions said:
...Is there anything he hasn't tackled Genre wise?
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How about sci-fi? I think he could actually pull off something along the lines of "2001" or "Blade Runner".

Anyhow, this is awesome news. Personally, i'll be looking forward to this far more than "Kill Bill Vol. 3", that always smelled a bit funny to me.
 
mad_hatter said:
How about sci-fi? I think he could actually pull off something along the lines of "2001" or "Blade Runner".

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Holy cow. ofcourse!

I may take a little flack for this. But I never was a fan of "Blade Runner". Lightyears ahead for its time, it was beautifully created, heavily stylized (Which I adore), and it posed the age old question of "Existence". All factors which would usually combine for a well earned "Fist pump" and a stamp of approval.

Yet, still, I couldn't take to it.

Perhaps it's potency was a little less, be it years before my time.

I appreciate its acheivement, massively. Just never could take to it.
 
Papertwinproductions said:
Holy cow. ofcourse!

I may take a little flack for this. But I never was a fan of "Blade Runner". Lightyears ahead for its time, it was beautifully created, heavily stylized (Which I adore), and it posed the age old question of "Existence". All factors which would usually combine for a well earned "Fist pump" and a stamp of approval.

Yet, still, I couldn't take to it.

Perhaps it's potency was a little less, be it years before my time.

I appreciate its acheivement, massively. Just never could take to it.
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I was just talking with a friend, a few days ago, about movies that age well, vs. those that don't. The first movie we brought up was "The Shining" -- I'm sorry, but it doesn't age well. Neither does "Blade Runner". Another Mel Gibson movie that DOES age well -- "Road Warrior". Still Awesome.

I believe Tarantino can take on any genre he wants. Because, though he will work the conventions of that genre into his movie, in the end, it's a Tarantino Movie, and that is practically a whole genre in itself.
 
Cracker Funk said:
...Tarantino can take on any genre he wants...
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True, that.

Now that I think about it, "2001" is almost exactly how I see a Tarantino sci-fi; a three hour film, most of it being nothing more than pictures set to classical music. The rest would just be talking heads. Almost sounds rediculous, but if Kubrick could do it over four decades ago, Tarantino could pull it off in the 21st century for sure.

It'd also be interesting to see a Tarantino horror picture, more horror than "Death Proof" ended up being. But for now, I'll happily settle with a western.
 
Papertwinproductions said:
Gotta say, I'll be glad to see him do a Western. Is there anything he hasn't tackled Genre wise?
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He hasn’t made a comedy even though there are elements of humor in
his films.
He hasn’t tackled a romance or romcom even though “Jackie Brown”
had an element of romance.
He hasn’t tackled a musical.
He hasn’t tackled a sports film.
He hasn’t tackled a mystery.
He hasn’t tackled a fantasy.
He hasn’t tackled a sci-fi film.
He hasn’t tackled a courtroom drama.
He hasn’t tackled an epic.
 
directorik said:
He hasn’t made a comedy even though there are elements of humor in
his films.
He hasn’t tackled a romance or romcom even though “Jackie Brown”
had an element of romance.
He hasn’t tackled a musical.
He hasn’t tackled a sports film.
He hasn’t tackled a mystery.
He hasn’t tackled a fantasy.
He hasn’t tackled a sci-fi film.
He hasn’t tackled a courtroom drama.
He hasn’t tackled an epic.
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I'd say the "Kill Bill" franchise fell under the "Mystery" genre.

He wrote "True Romance", but never directed it. Which was a Romance, all beit violent.

The rest he hasn't tackled. I'm not a massive Tarantino fan, but the thought of his style in a Courtroom film, is mouthwatering. I can imagine it to be just the one location, and his zaney, eccentric characters entering the court every ten minutes with new evidence in the form of wacky, violent stories...which ofcourse all intertwine.

I honestly don't think he'll attempt a Sci-Fi or Fantasy. From his movies, it's evident he likes to challenge reality, and twist an already existing way of life to his own.

I can't see him creating an entirely new world.
 
I've not seen a smidgen of reality in any of Tarantino's films. There was more human truth in Avatar than Kill Bill.

As for him 'tackling a Western' as far as I'm concerned this will be just another Quentin Tarantino movie. The location, catalyst and retribution might change (Reservoir Dogs= Warehouse, failed heist, lots of shooting one another..... Inglorious Basterds= WWII, the Nazis, killing Nazis) but the films are all the same. Same characters. Same dialogue. Same basic plotline.

I'm about as excited about the prospect of Tarantino tackling a 'new' genre as I am about Transformers 3...
 
NickClapper said:
I've not seen a smidgen of reality in any of Tarantino's films. There was more human truth in Avatar than Kill Bill.

As for him 'tackling a Western' as far as I'm concerned this will be just another Quentin Tarantino movie. The location, catalyst and retribution might change (Reservoir Dogs= Warehouse, failed heist, lots of shooting one another..... Inglorious Basterds= WWII, the Nazis, killing Nazis) but the films are all the same. Same characters. Same dialogue. Same basic plotline.

I'm about as excited about the prospect of Tarantino tackling a 'new' genre as I am about Transformers 3...
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See, I can be the same with him. I didn't see "Inglorious Basterds" until it was shown on Sky. Yet, I know it will be a quality piece of work, even if it's "Just another Tarantino". Which it will be. You're asbolutely right.

For me, I won't run to the picture-house to see his movies. But I know, if I sit down, I'll enjoy the movie. Not so much that I'll be cartwheeling to the front-row, juggling a popcorn and a two litre bottle of Coke. But I'd enjoy it.

(I think this arguement could be had with just about every British Drama, though. I can spot Ken Loach from a mile away)

Anyway, It's got a massively tough task in topping "The Good, The Bad, The Weird". I don't think it'll be beaten, to be fair.
 
Papertwinproductions said:
I'd say the "Kill Bill" franchise fell under the "Mystery" genre.

He wrote "True Romance", but never directed it. Which was a Romance, all beit violent.
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In that case I would say that "Natural Born Killers" would fall into the
"romance" genre, too. Personally I would classify "Kill Bill" as an action
film with many elements including mystery (the solution of a crime)
and, of course, martial arts.

So there a quite a few genres he hasn't tackled. I look forward to his
western.
 
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