It was meant to be Tarantino's "origin" story of the KKK.

Kind of makes sense, hence the problem with the eye-holes , one that was obviously rectified.

Anyone else notice how QT likes to do some parallels with his own movies?

Among other things as well.

First of all, loved it but I definitely felt the editing was a bit off so I definitely felt the absence of Sally Menke. It made me feel more appreciative towards her contributions to Tarantino's films. And now that I think about its missing the requisite foot fetish shot/dialogue moment and the POV trunk shot. They may be there but I'm having a hard time remembering them. Everyone is fucking aces in this thing. I don't mind the directions it goes

Loved how the blood squirts out in this movie, love the final Auf Weiderzen, actually loved the Tarantino cameo and how he goes out, loved the "klan" scene, loved that James Remar plays two characters, loved everyone basically and there's just a lot of love here. There's definitely something a little off but I still loved the damned thing. Also, liked the sprinkling of names from previous Tarantino movies(Schultz=Paula Schultz from Kill Bill, Koons(A name off one of their bounties, I think)=Captain Koons from Pulp Fiction). I think this fits in somewhere in the middle of Tarantino movies for me. Looking forward to seeing it again.

I don't know why but the name "Tuttle" racks in my mind. Is that from something or just a name he used? Cuz my only connection is Brazil. That name just sticks out cuz it's a weird name to me. Unless it's a connection to Frank Tuttle, the director. And I've no real knowledge on that guy's work but I bit QT does in some form. So maybe they are connected.

Can't think of a Tuttle in previous Tarantino movies but I wouldn't be surprised if he got from the director. I've never heard of Frank Tuttle until today. Gonna have to look him up.

I understand that. I wonder if it really is that or the director?

It's probably the director:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0878338/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Loved the film but i was, surprisingly, underwhelmed by Richardson's cinematography. It was completely boring and not in line with his past work.

That lynch mob scene was hilarious. Loved that.

I just love that screenshot.

Frank Tuttle made three great crime movies with Alan Ladd: THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942), an early noir; LUCKY JORDAN (1942); and HELL ON FRISCO BAY (1955), co-starring Edward G. Robinson and notable for being shot on location in color and widescreen.

But there was a more overt reference to an obscure director in DJANGO UNCHAINED. Dennis Christopher plays DiCaprio's lawyer in the film and his character name is Leonide Moguy, which is the name of a Russian-born director who worked in Italy, France, and briefly in Hollywood. I'm guessing his film, WHISTLE STOP (1946), a not-so-classic noir with Ava Gardner and George Raft, was QT's inspiration for using the name. Here's his IMDB page:

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0595804/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

Saw this last night and enjoyed the heck out of it. I was actually a little sleepy going into it and it was a 10:10 showing so I brought a mountan dew in with me, but I really don't think I needed it. Great fucking flick.

Was the role played by Dennis Christopher originally going to be played by Kevin Costner? I seem to recall hearing that his role was split over several characters, so I am guessing it was the lawyer and Walton Goggins' character(I would have liked to have seen more of this one, Goggins is so friggin awesome as an evil redneck).

You'd be incorrect.

Costner was cast as Ace Woody. A mean son of a bitch. Costner dropped out. Russell came in. Then Russell for some damned reason went out. Russel would have been a fucking amazing addition for that role cuz the shit coming out of that fucker would have been like sweet candy from Russell. Russell dropped out...so later that character's shit got merged w/ Goggins' character.

On Goggins' character, I don't think the film makes evidence of it but I feel it does in the sense of it's production. I wonder how much of that guy was cut.

I just saw the film and I read this thread up to your post, wondering if anyone thought the same thing as I did. .I fully understood what Tarantino was doing with his pre-Klan Klan. I thought the first couple of lines about the issue were hilarious. It was the next ten repetitions that hammered it into the ground. But that's just a quibble.

I agree and I will add Jackson. I thought those were the two best performances in a film filled with great performances.

Couldn't agree more.

As much as I enjoyed seeing this today I consider this my least favorite QT movie (yes I like Death Proof)

Waltz, Jackson, and DiCaprio were all fantastic

Saw it last night. Wow, it was totally different than I thought it was going to be, but in a really good way. I'm not sure where I'd rank it with QT's movies, I need to watch it a few more times, but damn was it awesome. Really looking forward to getting this one on bluray.

What the hell is Tarantino going to do next?

Retire.
Well, maybe not next, but soon.

I really enjoyed it. It was long, but I was never bored. Waltz was excellent, as was Sam Jackson & Leo. I also laughed at the use of for the soundtrack.

Goggins' was pretty much reduced to a glorified cameo. I'm sure there's more to him in that 4-hour cut of the film that QT was talking about. The same with Zoe Bell's "Tracker" character.

I agree 100% with that spoiler.

There was also the talking in another language so not to alert the others scene.

Just a little point I found interesting.

I used one of those internet inflation calculators which said $12,000 in 1859 would be $296,000 in 2011.

http://www.westegg.com/inflation/

Tarantino said that he made the numbers artificially larger to raise the stakes, relative to his $300 price of a slave that is.