Here is part three of six of the first Travis Bickle on the Riviera video essay series, Tarantino Goes West.
The videos in this series will cover Tarantino's latest film, The Hateful Eight, as well as it's cinematic, literary, and historical precedents. Ranging from cowboy novels of the turn of the 20th century to the horror films of the 70s. The series will try to contextualize Tarantino's film in the history of the western and how the film argues that the western is a narrative that has been built on some spectacularly vile and racist ideas.
This third episode continues a two-part exploration of the cast of the film, with the roots of the characters Joe Gage, Oswaldo Mowbray, Senor Bob, and Daisy Domergue. Some of the topics covered in this episode include John Ford vs Sam Peckinpah, the emotional second leading men of Howard Hawks films, gay subtext in the western, David Cronenberg, Paul Verhoeven, the careers of Eli Wallach, racial caricature in the western, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and the deep relationship between The Hateful Eight and Reservoir Dogs.
This is something I've wanted to do with the show for a while and it is only now possible thanks to the support of our Patreon backers. This first series will be made available to them a little early in thanks for their support. We hope to continue making videos like this and we hope you enjoy this project and you can support us at the new level to make more of these happen. Prospective topics for future series include: Suspiria, Django Unchained, Death Proof, Kathryn Bigelow, and the early films of David Cronenberg.
- Sean Witzke , September 2016
References used in creating this episode:
- The Hateful Eight: A Screenplay by Quentin Tarantino
- 10,000 Ways To Die by Alex Cox
- From Shane To Kill Bill: Rethinking The Western, by Patrick McGee
Video clips include (listed as they appear):
- The Hateful Eight (2015), dir. Quentin Tarantino
- Under California Stars (1948), dir. William Witney
- Interview with David Milch, from Deadwood s1 dvd set
- Breeders (1986), dir. Tim Kincaid
- Kansas City Trucking Co. (1976), dir. Joe Gage
- Howard Hawks interview with Peter Bogdanovich
- Red River (1948), dir. Howard Hawks
- El Dorado (1967), dir. Howard Hawks
- Reservoir Dogs (1992), dir. Quentin Tarantino
- City on Fire (1987), dir. Ringo Lam
- Django Unchained (2012), dir. Quentin Tarantino
- Jackie Brown (1997), dir. Quentin Tarantino
- Inglourious Basterds (2009), dir. Quentin Tarantino
- From Dusk Til Dawn (1996), dir. Robert Rodriguez
- Shoot the Living, Pray for the Dead (1971), dir. Giuseppe Vari
- My Darling Clementine (1946), dir. John Ford
- Wagon Master (1950), dir. John Ford
- Rio Bravo (1959), dir. Howard Hawks
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), dir. John Ford
- The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), dir. Sam Peckinpah
- Brannigan (1975), dir. Douglas Hickox
- Ten Little Indians (1965), dir. George Pollock
- Major Dundee (1965), dir. Sam Peckinpah
- The Specialist (1969), dir. Sergio Corbucci
- Machete Kills (2013), dir. Robert Rodriguez
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), dir. John Huston
- True Grit (1969), dir. Henry Hathaway
- True Grit (2010), dir. The Coen Brothers
- Track of the Cat (1954), dir. William Wellman
- McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), dir. Robert Altman
- The Magnificent Seven (1960), dir. John Sturges
- How the West Was Won (1962), dir. John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall
- The Good, the Bad, & The Ugly (1966), dir. Sergio Leone
- The Treasure of Sierra Madre (1948), dir. John Huston
- For a Few Dollars More (1965), dir. Sergio Leone
- The Big Gundown (1966), dir. Sergio Sollima
- Escape From New York (1981), dir. John Carpenter
- Kansa City (1996), dir. Robert Altman
- Eyes of a Stranger (1981), dir. Ken Wiederhorn
- Miami Blues (1990), dir. George Armitage
- The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), dir. The Coen Brothers
- Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994), dir. Alan Rudolph
- Single White Female (1992), dir. Barbet Schroeder
- Margot at the Wedding (2007), dir. Noah Baumbach
- Georgia (1995), dir. Ulu Grossbard
- eXistenZ (1999), dir. David Cronenberg
- Flesh + Blood (1985), dir. Paul Verhoeven
- The Wild Bunch (1969), dir. Sam Peckinpah
- Django (1966), dir. Sergio Corbucci
- Sukiyaki Western Django (2007), dir. Takashi Miike
- Deep Red (1975), dir. Dario Argento
- Kill Bill vol. 1 (2003), dir. Quentin Tarantino
- True Romance (1993), dir. Tony Scott
- Duel At Silver Creek (1952), dir. Don Siegel
- Santa Fe Passage (1955), dir. William Witney
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974), dir. Sidney Lumet
Songs featured:
- Howard Shore - “Genius in a Game Pod” from eXistenZ
- Howard Shore - “Original Marway Tissue Architechture” from eXistenZ
- Howard Shore - “Umbycord” from eXistenZ
- Howard Shore - “Trout Farm” from eXistenZ
- Michael Gibbs - “Motorcade Theme” from Hard Boiled aka the music in the City on Fire vhs trailer
- Ennio Morricone - “Consegna Delle Armi” from Tepepa
- Ennio Morricone - “Canzone Lontana” from Il Serpente
- Ennio Morricone - “Il Tramanto” from The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
- Ennio Morricone - “Paranoia Seconda” from Cat O’Nine Tails
- Basil Poledouris - “Night Fires” from Flesh+Blood
- Basil Poledouris - “Water (The Undoing” from Flesh+Blood
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Posted by: mateor | 2016.10.04 at 18:55