Director compares accomplice flag to Nazi swastika as new film,The Hateful Eight, highlights racial tensions after civil warThe film director Quentin Tarantino has said he considers the accomplice flag to be the American swastika, or that it’s “about damn time” people questioned its area in the American south.
His latest film,The Hateful Eight, is set a few years after the American civil war and puts the highlight on strained race relations as a black Union soldier (Samuel L Jacksons Maj Marquis Warren) is thrown together with former accomplice soldiers – Walton Goggins as a South Carolinian sheriff and Bruce Dern as a general. Related: Quentin Tarantino faces $100m copyright claim over Django Unchained Related: Quentin Tarantino accuses Chicago police of 'institutional racism' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com