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Quentin Tarantino has often turned violence into art, but there's usually a rhyme or reason for why he uses those graphic details. His 2015 western thriller, The Hateful Eight, stands out as one such example. Set in the late 19th century, it follows a bounty hunter looking for shelter during a heavy snowstorm. However, it happens to be a place filled with bigots.
Tarantino's screenplay is ripe with subtext about their bigoted views, as it gradually reveals layers of their evident or concealed hatred. Still, whether it's the graphic language or the gore, it all feels quite visceral to experience, to the point you feel like part of their world, sharing the same congested space, where you're facing what the characters are.
Perhaps to achieve that, Quentin Tarantino filmed The Hateful Eight in extreme cold weather. It allows us to experience the chilling brutality up close. Otherwise, Walton Goggins, who was part of the cast, says that Tarantino shot in such freezing weather to conclude the production sooner rather than later.
During a recent interview with GQ magazine, The White Lotus star reflected on his popular characters and projects, which include the Quentin Tarantino film. While speaking about one of the scenes from The Hateful Eight, he shared details about the filming process.
"The stage was the coldest that any one of us had ever been in our entire lives. It was colder than the entire state of Colorado, and we shot it on that stage once we were at that portion of the production schedule in Hollywood. [During that time], Quentin said, 'I'm gonna make it this cold so that I shoot faster.'"
Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight is one of his standout projects
Whenever someone talks about Quentin Tarantino, they often talk about Palme d'Or-winning Pulp Fiction or his debut, Reservoir Dogs, if not for the Kill Bill duology. Despite those classics, The Hateful Eight stands as one of his boldest works, as it captures a part of history through his unique flair and working discipline.
Walton Goggins, who played one of its hateful characters, spoke about it during his GQ interview.
"When you meet Chris Mannix, he's in the snow, and he's trying to talk his way out of this stagecoach, and he does. Then, this kind of political diatribe, and he ends it by [saying], 'Well, you done got me talking about politics.' But, he's a despicable guy," he said
He further spoke about Mannix's overall arc:
"There is no such thing as a harmless racist, but this guy, he's never really been exposed to anything. He's just regurgitating ideas in a culture in which he was raised. He doesn't know anything about the world, and over the course of this experience, coming up in this moment, he sees the error of his ways."
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The actor believes Quentin Tarantino was trying to depict what it takes to change the heart and mind of such a person. During the conversation with GQ, Goggins also spoke about how much he admired working with other actors from his cast, which included Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Bruce Dern, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Madsen, and Tim Roth.
Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight is currently available to watch on Netflix US.
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