Quentin Tarantino Talks About Movie Violence In An NPR Interview

Quentin Tarantino Talks About Movie Violence In An NPR Interview

Quentin Tarantino answered a number of difficult questions about movie violence in an interview with Terry Gross of the National Public Radio recently.

The director of “Django Unchained” reportedly felt annoyed with the interview, which had a light start before it started to move into the topic of violence in movies. Quentin Tarantino was apparently surprised in the change in the tone of the interview.

Gross asked Quentin Tarantino if he had experienced losing interest in movie violence following the Sandy Hook tragedy. Tarantino said that talking about movies will disrespect the memory of the victims of the tragedy. Quentin Tarantino initially had a pleasant time in the interview before he laughed at the beatings in the film, which he described as “Spaghetti Western” beatings.

Gross then asked what the director liked about the beatings, to which he answered that it was fun. Gross asked if there were instances when Tarantino would not have fun making the movie or being a part of the audience. The interview continued to be tense, until the Quentin Tarantino said that he may watch a kung fu movie after the Sandy Hook tragedy since the movie was not connected with the Sandy Hook tragedy.

Gross noted that Tarantino sounded annoyed. The interview was wrapped up with the director giving his thoughts about violence and movies. He indicated that the effects of movie violence in real life have not changed in the last twenty years.

Quentin Tarantino said that movie violence does not have any effect on violence in society since the main issue is mental health and gun control.

Posted by Kade Quinn on Saturday January 05 2013, 4:19 AM EST. Ref: USA Today. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Entertainment, Featured News. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0