Quoted from rendevous I was looking forward to his next film, despite the title. Barring the debacle that was Death Proof, I've always enjoyed Tarantino movies. There are very few writer directors around of his skill. Now, if he could just stay behind the camera and well away from the front of it, everybody would be better off.

I genuinely could not agree with this post more. Was really looking forward to a 'pure' Western, but didn't liked the title either. And Django went rapidly downhill after QT decided to appear on screen

But this does suck... but that means that the script may be online somwhere? :O

I've been reading up on this leak and it smacks of throwing toys from prams when a photgrapher is passing.

There's no copies online and not even any script reviews. Seems the biggest the leak got is agents ringing Tarantino people looking for parts for their actors. Which you don't have to get a leaked copy of a script to do. All that's required is an eye on the news. Hyperbole.

I do recall talk of KB3, a movie about the Vega brothers and a TV series based on Inglorious Basterds. Sounds more like promo than plug pulling.

Looks like the leaked script has inevitably made it's way online - Gawker have put it up.

Yeah, I have the script. Looks OK so far. If anyone has any problems getting it then give me a shout.

Thanks for the info, Pia. I checked it out and apparently it comes under Tarantino Presents, he simply endorsing the film.

Reminded me of Reservoir Dogs, very contained and after the first chapter or so, very tense and typical Tarantino. It's basically one long scene with huge stakes. It's a shame he's shelving it.

Can anyone e-mail it over to me?  Thanks.


--Steve

Quoted from SteveUK Looks like the leaked script has inevitably made it's way online - Gawker have put it up.

Correctamundo.
Here be the link...

http://defamer.gawker.com/here-are-plot-details-from-quentin-tarantinos-leaked-1507675261

Happy Reading,
E.D.

Read about half the script. Some thoughts:

- his gift for dialogue is on full display
- not that he needs to worry about budget, but he shows how great story telling can be done with less. I mean based on the first half of the story, this could be shot on no budget.
- he has an instinct for creating simple scenes that hold our attention. The opening scene lasts over 30 pages. And there are only 2 events. First, the stage picks up the stranded black bounty hunter. Then they pick up Chris, a red neck who claims to be the new sheriff. 33 pages for that! And we know little about the main characters except what's on the surface. No arcs or flaws or inner needs. And yet the story completely holds our attention. The tension builds along with the growing suspicion that there is more going on than we see and we'll soon find out.
- through page 55, no blood, no gunshots, limited violence. It's all about building situational tension through the character interplay
- it's clearly a  homage to the spaghetti westerns, but with the QT flair for dialogue. The old spaghettis were far less talkative. It works here because the dialogue is so good the characters jump alive.

The whole thing would've shot on 70mm? Wow. Looks like he's following PTA again (!!) - just like he raised his game after There Will Be Blood, by his own admission.

Huge Tarantino fan, but really didn't dig Django - thought it embraced his worst self.

Will have a read on the script - thanks for the link, Dustin.

I loved it. Officially disappointed by Tarantino's decision not to go through with it.

First and foremost, I was surprised by how restrained it was, both in terms of narrative and tone. The story is told in chronological order with the exception of one chapter and the tone is consistently dark, foreboding, and at times even disturbing. Tarantino's trademark humor is still there but it doesn't dismantle the more serious moments the way I think it does in both Basterds and Django and a lot of it seems to come out in just how clever and well-crafted the dialogue is rather than in the form of obvious one-liners. For once, I felt safe to fully invest in the tension at hand and the first three chapters are so harrowing, it pays off in a way Tarantino's films usually don't, given how sporadically they can change.

I also loved the stripped down feel of the script. The first three chapters read like it could've been written for the stage. The dialogue is some of the best Tarantino's written in years. A lot less cute, a lot more formidable, especially when you imagine lines being delivered by Michael Madsen and Samuel L. Jackson (it's easy to figure out who's supposed to be who). That and the minimal use of location definitely recall Reservoir Dogs. RI is a masterpiece and it'd be a stretch to say The Hateful Eight comes close but it does have an eerie, claustrophobic feel that the former does not, given where the story is set.

I won't say much more than that for those who haven't read/finished the script yet. I thought it was excellent though.

Sometimes I wonder if QT is just attention starved. The Miley Cyrus of directors.

Or maybe QT is just having fun with us. Inserting kind of an April Fool's joke in the middle of a script. "Gotcha!"

He does these interviews complaining about the leaking of a script...all of which draws attention to the script...which seemed to be lacking before his interview. So everyone is reading it now.

And now I presume he is waiting for the shocked reaction to his scene where the black bounty hunter has the white assassin suck his Johnson.

But that scene has absolutely no value beyond shock. It's poor craftsmanship. There is nothing else to call it. It's like a writer who has run out of ideas. It takes us right out of the story, because it's so thoroughly preposterous and pointless. Yes, I get that the character is trying to provoke a reaction from the general, but it doesn't justify the scene. In fact, even the shooting of the general into the fireplace comes across as beyond silly to me.

QT did a great job setting up a story filled with tension, and as James perfectly puts it, foreboding. But it's one thing to be able to set up a tense interplay, and QT is the master at that, to being able to construct a well thought out story. He has created well thought out stories in the past, but that does not seem to be the case here.

I found that half way into the story I was starting to lose interest anyway. It was time for something to shake up the story and give it a jolt. That's normal for a script...it reaches a point where it's time to reboot things.

But a forced c@ck sucking scene did not really do the trick.

There does not seem to be a protagonist. I'm not saying there always has to be, but without one the risk is that a story will wander, which is exactly what is happening here. I suppose the black bounty hunter is the closest thing, but there really is not a lot of reason to care what happens to him. Being black in a racist world is not enough. And after the c@ck sucking, how many people will care what happens to him? I mean we understand that the assassin deserved no sympathy,but torture porn does not exactly endear an audience to a character.

So at the midpoint, the only thing driving the story is a bit of mystery...who is going to try to free the prisoner? And since we don't care about the prisoner, that's pretty weak.

QT has certain abilities that are unique in the business. So I'll always be eager to check out his work. And I love that he feels no compunction to follow convention.

But maybe he could benefit from conventional thinking sometimes. Maybe some structural concepts could help in stories like this. Maybe he wouldn't be forced to resort to shock tactics to try to rebuild momentum in the middle. I don't know. This script needs to be rethought.

Because one loves his past work should not mean they automatically love ALL future work. I'm a big fan of QT, but every script has to stand on its own. The same laws of gravity apply to him as they do to everyone else. He doesn't walk on water.

I loved this new script through the set up. But then it came off the tracks for me. No doubt the c@ck sucking will come out on film the way he envisioned it. I have no interest in seeing that, however.

Quoted from KevinLenihan I have no interest in seeing that, however.

Too late.

Dustin, are you even capable of adult conversation? You're perpetually like the kid giggling in the back of the class.

Quoted from KevinLenihan Dustin, are you even capable of adult conversation? You're perpetually like the kid giggling in the back of the class.

Says the guy that feels the need to declare his lack of interest in seeing a blow job.