Now That was a Nice Hanging: The Hateful Eight as Parable?

The opening of Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight conjoins the iconic landscape of the Western, Christianity’s chief symbol the crucifix, and Tarantino’s oeuvre. The film gives the crucifix so much screen time that one wonders what its significance might be. That the film climaxes with the lynchi...

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Main Author: Walsh, Richard G. 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2017
In: The journal of religion and film
Year: 2017, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-20
Further subjects:B Tarantino myth parable violence crucifix Jesus films
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