Quentin Tarantino Defends Violent Movies

Quentin Tarantino Defends Violent Movies

With Quentin Tarantino’s latest movie “Django Unchained” making a killing at the box office, and quite possibly becoming the director’s biggest success in terms of revenue, it can also be one of Tarantino’s most controversial films and that’s saying something seeing how his latest movie was about WW2.

In an interview on NPR, Quentin Tarantino was asked if violence in movies, particularly in “Django Unchained” has something to do with the growing violence experienced in society, and especially in incidents like the Sandy Hook massacre.

With the movie showing gruesome deaths, violent beatings, and cruel torture techniques, “Django Unchained” is an almost sadistic story about slavery and revenge in 1800’s America.

However, when it was suggested that movies like his are one of the reason for the surge in violence the director became quite upset.

“I think it’s disrespectful to their memory, actually, to talk about movies, I think it’s totally disrespectful to their memory. Obviously, the issue is gun control and mental health.” Quentin Tarantino said when asked if violent movies seem less “fun” after incidents like the Sandy Hook Masscare.

"I've been asked this question for 20 years -- about the effects of violence in movies related to violence in real life. My answer is the same 20 years ago. It hasn't changed one iota. Obviously, I don't think one has to do with the other." Quentin Tarantino concluded.

Posted by Kade Quinn on Monday January 07 2013, 6:04 AM EST. Ref: Huffington Post. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Entertainment, Featured News. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0