If there’s anything left for Quentin Tarantino to prove in his career, it’s that he can turn major historic events that weren’t really that cool and flashy into BANG WHIZ CINEMA. Next on his agenda? The underground railroad.
Yes, if you’re tired of movies like the Color Purple, or Roots, or any of those things that portray slavery as not being epic, without Mexican stand-offs, or characters that launch into mind-bending monologues, strap yourself in muthafuckers. You’re going to get Quentined. Fully Quentined. So come correct, with an ensemble cast and one or two forgotten throwbacks from ’60s and ’70s cinema, and the flashy lights.
During the never-ending press tour Quentin is doing for the Weinstein company, he let loose a number of interesting facts. The first being that both he and Brad Pitt don’t smoke pot when they’re working on movies. Which is good. There was an old rumor going around Hollywood that Harrison Ford was going to do Hollywood Homicide with Brad Pitt, but refused to on the grounds that Brad Pitt was a huge pothead. Which makes me happy. Because I imagine Harrison Ford calling out anyone the same way he calls out terrorists in almost all of his movies: gruff and angrily. And that Quentin Tarantino would love to work on a Western, more along the lines of what he’d call, “a Southern.” I want his drugs.
“Let’s shine that light on ourselves. You could do a ponderous history lesson of slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad. Or, you could make a movie that would be exciting. Do it as an adventure. A spaghetti Western that takes place during that time.”
Fuck yeah, Quentin Tarantino. Fuck yeah.
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