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Might seem odd I guess but Hateful Eight was basically a one room play...and he's pretty good at doing varied caricatures from German to the deep South. I'd be more concerned if he was doing James Bond or Star Trek.

New play to star Sasha Baron Cohen. I can’t help but think how Tarantino casted a fellow avowed Zionist who’s getting a substantial amount of pushback recently to star in his play. Maybe I’ll be eating my words, but between the confounding apperances where he calls Paul Dano “weaksauce” and then doing things like this, he’s really trying to kill the good will toward him.

Never mind the antisemitism, but it looks like "casted" has made it to the Criterion Forums.

The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2026 5:39 pm he’s really trying to kill the good will toward him.

There's good will toward Tarantino? I would think with all his bad behavior & scandalous reports over the years that that has long been gone. But I would have thought the same of Trump & Musk too by now & they still have plenty of minions still propping up their cults. There is one common feature of people with narcissistic personality disorder, they are not capable of self-reflection or remorse and therefore do not alter their behavior, so this should be no surprise.

I think most Tarantino fans wouldn't want to be friends with the guy but still appreciate his work

The Curious Sofa wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2026 6:15 pm Never mind the antisemitism, but it looks like "casted" has made it to the Criterion Forums.

Love that a comment regarding their shared politics is followed by the lowest type of internet repartee: pointing out a typo. Good one!

Tarantino’s thing since the beginning has been “annoying turd who makes (mostly) great movies”, and that gets very hard to justify when he actively refuses to make movies in favor of doubling down on the “annoying” and “turd” parts.

therewillbeblus wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2026 6:33 pm I think most Tarantino fans wouldn't want to be friends with the guy but still appreciate his work

That's the rub, many people with NPD end up producing some of the best works in any field. The ability to disassociate yourself from the opnion of others or society as a whole can produce unique and transformative art...or allow you to commit the most heinous of crimes.

The Narrator Returns wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2026 6:43 pm Tarantino’s thing since the beginning has been “annoying turd who makes (mostly) great movies”, and that gets very hard to justify when he actively refuses to make movies in favor of doubling down on the “annoying” and “turd” parts.

I love his films very much and could accept those elements of his personality if he solely stuck to making films the last few years. His inability to make a 10th and arbitrarily final film has set him off into some sort of purgatory of side projects that are nowhere near as satisfying as his films. His podcast and guest appearances on numerous other podcasts have made him stick around as a media figure giving his opinion rather than a filmmaker. But I suppose he was always annoying with cameo apperances on sitcoms!

Never forget how he talked on BET promoting Django Unchained

It’s funny that this downward slide seems to be motivated by him making the perfect farewell movie one movie too early in his dumbass plan. If he’s gonna insist on being a noxious public personality rather than a director, he might as well count Kill Bill as two movies and call it a day.

The Narrator Returns wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2026 6:43 pm Tarantino’s thing since the beginning has been “annoying turd who makes (mostly) great movies”, and that gets very hard to justify when he actively refuses to make movies in favor of doubling down on the “annoying” and “turd” parts.

Another feature of NPD is that they get almost as much of a boost to their ego from negative publicity as positive, what they don't like is to be ignored/forgotten because it means they don't matter anymore.

The other thing is that there'll be at least some critics and fans arguing that he ruined his perfect run with at least some of the films following Jackie Brown, citing Death Proof or The Hateful Eight or Django Unchained as exhibits of his decline. I was always puzzled by his insistence on ten films only especially when his fear of getting mixed notices has already come true not once but a couple of times over. I'd actually like to see him adapt more works by others but then he's thinks himself too precious for that as well. He's doing himself no favors with this ten film threshold and all those side projects feel like tacit admission on his part that he knows he's kind of dug himself in a hole there. That self inflicted pressure didn't need to be there.

Finch wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2026 7:33 pmThat self inflicted pressure didn't need to be there.

That's a bingo!

The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2026 6:40 pm

The Curious Sofa wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2026 6:15 pm Never mind the antisemitism, but it looks like "casted" has made it to the Criterion Forums.

Love that a comment regarding their shared politics is followed by the lowest type of internet repartee: pointing out a typo. Good one!

Yes, because when you "can't help" but think the only reason for two major cultural figures to work together is their "avowed" Zionism, that definitely points to a sober and rational political analysis.

The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2026 5:39 pm New play to star Sasha Baron Cohen. I can’t help but think how Tarantino casted a fellow avowed Zionist who’s getting a substantial amount of pushback recently to star in his play. Maybe I’ll be eating my words, but between the confounding apperances where he calls Paul Dano “weaksauce” and then doing things like this, he’s really trying to kill the good will toward him.

So apart from being married to, and having children with an Israeli woman, how is Tarantino a zionist?

Genuinely curious here, because I feel like I may be missing out on some relevant info?

I've always been hot and cold on Tarantino. While all of his films have flashes of brilliance, the only ones I outright love are Jackie Brown and Inglourious Basterds. He’s on safe ground talking about exploitation cinema, but his takes on wider film history often fall flat and his recent habit of slagging off widely admired actors isn't doing him any favors (though Ridley Scott is snapping at his heels on that front).

Trying to whip up outrage over Sacha Baron Cohen’s casting in Tarantino’s new stage play is nothing less than antisemitism. As a Jew, Baron Cohen has simply used his platform to condemn the terrifying rise of antisemitism since October 7. To my knowledge, he hasn't made public comments regarding the geopolitics of Israel or Gaza since then. Effectively demanding that a Jewish actor be blacklisted simply for speaking out against anti-Jewish hate proves that people are masking blatant bigotry as political activism.

And when I read "casted" I know exactly from which echo chambers someone gets their knowledge of film terminology from and that is also where they parrot their politics from.

Marwood wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2026 8:09 pm

The Elegant Dandy Fop wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2026 5:39 pm New play to star Sasha Baron Cohen. I can’t help but think how Tarantino casted a fellow avowed Zionist who’s getting a substantial amount of pushback recently to star in his play. Maybe I’ll be eating my words, but between the confounding apperances where he calls Paul Dano “weaksauce” and then doing things like this, he’s really trying to kill the good will toward him.

So apart from being married to, and having children with an Israeli woman, how is Tarantino a zionist?

Genuinely curious here, because I feel like I may be missing out on some relevant info?

This asshole literally did a photo op with the IDF

Marwood wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2026 8:09 pm So apart from being married to, and having children with an Israeli woman, how is Tarantino a zionist?

Genuinely curious here, because I feel like I may be missing out on some relevant info?

I'm sure this thread will be shuttered here momentarily. But without making implied judgement on the topic, Tarantino lives in Israel and has openly spoken of being a Zionist. His words, not mine.

The Curious Sofa wrote: Thu Sep 10, 2026 8:10 pm And when I read "casted" I know exactly from which echo chambers someone gets their knowledge of film terminology from and that is also where they parrot their politics from.

This a genuine question, not an argument: where does "casted" come from?

Maybe from someone whose native language isn't English and who doesn't know the proper past tense for To cast.

i would assume sofa is referring to gen z/tiktok spheres where the term is widely (mis)used, but this being enough to write someone's opinion off (plus the notion that Cohen has "simply used his platform to condemn antisemitism") also tells me all i need to know about sofa's echo chamber.

while we're being pedantic, "from which echo chambers someone gets their knowledge of film terminology from?"

Acknowledging Zionism isn’t anti-Semitic. Disappointing to see immediate jumps to that generalization.

Seems like QT’s slipping into post-Jackie Brown limbo again, except with The Last One hanging over him. When you’re suddenly the world’s foremost Beaudine scholar, the yips are in full effect. All the Cliff Booth trailers give me a DC show-on-The CW-feeling.