Quentin Tarantino talks about the brilliance of Jordan Peele's Get Out and theorizes why the movie made such an impact. Taken from History of Horror podcast.
What Does Tarantino know about making a great Movie? His hole career as been based upon plagiarizing other filmmakers. He's never made a great Movie.. Ok movies maybe?(I quite like Kill Bill vol.1) but never great Movies
@DEATHbySHATNER Is Quentin Tarantino You're Favourite Director? I'll never understand why Tarantino is in some people regards hold up in such high esteem and he's like some messiah of cinema My Top 10 Director's Better Than Quentin Tarantino 1) Martin Scorsese 2) Ken Loach 3) Edgar Wright 4) James Mangold 5) Wes Anderson 6) Taika Waititi 7) David Fincher 8) Guillermo del Toro 9) Hideo Nakata 10) Christopher Nolan
To be honest I knew it was a bunch of white slave masters from the trailer... and Quentin is saying we don't know what's going on but we know the black servants are strange lol... I knew they were mind controlled instantly lol.
@@TheKomentor not sure. But maybe when he’s done making his final film he’ll do a podcast and break down classic movies. The guy was born for this stuff.
@@Berkmugga There was news in June this year that he was going to start a podcast called The Video Archives Podcast from July onwards. I wonder what happened to it.
Careful what you wish for. His book Cinema Speculation goes very deep into his film critic mind. Took me like 5 months to read because I had to see a lot of the movies he writes about.
If he's going to stop at 10 movies, he should do a podcast. Movies, film makers, actors, careers. Go deep on some, explain why some budget movie is secretly great, etc.
I saw this movie twice, and the second time, I had to pause a scene because I was asking why the cinematography was making me feel weird. And then I realized that everything in the home is in shades of black skin colours, from the colour of the wall, to the dark wood for the staircases and furniture, to the oven buttons that had been painted in a shade of dark copper as well as almost everything in the kitchen - you don't quite catch it because there are very few elements of green and few other colors, like plants in the kitchen, and since it's so well done it's hidden in plain sight. There is a moment when the main character is walking up the stairs soon after entering the home : if you pause there you'll immediately see it. His skin is the same colour as the the wood almost to a T and you realize exactly why you had this feeling from the moment he gets in the house. It's a complete masterpiece!
@@ptolemeeselenion1542 lol you're reaching.. i guess its true they say when you want to like a thing, youd go to length to prove how its so good 😂 that movie sucks period
@@alypha737 If you didn't catch the subtleties and couldn't care less for the nuances of colour theory and the relationship between colour theory and race in films, then this film was not made for you.
He’s gonna write plays, books and pretty much anything involving writing so he can be at home for his kid and all that. I for one am hoping for him to get like a series deal with like Netflix or something to see if he’ll do inglorious bastards show or something
So far it’s kind of looking like Get Out was lightening in a bottle. Peele’s following efforts haven’t measured up even close. Let’s hope he gets it right with NOPE.
It's literally AMAZING how articulate and QUICK Tarantinos response was to the interviewers question.Theres no "pause, ummm, uggh," but straight flow of brilliance. He would be like the EMINEM of movie talk lol
I firmly believe Get Out will be a classic movie that will never die out in our minds, it was a really genius movie. Honestly hope in the future they don't try to remake or reboot of the movie like they do with all these other classic horror movies and fail.
How? The message is so specific. I don't even think it applies to normal black people, just athletes and marketable black entertainers for white profit. Notice how black stars are encouraged to date and marry white people or else they get blackballed in the industry? Originally, Eartha Kitt wanted to marry Harry Belafonte but she ended up married to a white executive in the industry instead. Same thing with Minnie Riperton and Diana Ross.
I also believe that Jordan Peele is the black Alfred Hitchcock of our generation. His movies are brilliantly made with suspense, thrilling plot twist that keeps you on your toes, so yeah Get out and many more of his films will be classic.
@@keishamorris5571 Afro-Surrealism- Jordan Peele, Donald Glover, Micheala Coel, Kendrick Lamar, Ava Duvernay, Ryan Coogler, etc. Like in the turmoil era late 70s/early 80s Black people created Hip Hop culture, I believe the turmoil of the aughts will be known for creating Afro-Surrealism in film and music, but this time its happening alongside our brothers & sisters in the United Kingdom.
I just love listening to this guy talk about movies! He is so damned passionate. But because he has been so passionate all his life, and he is so driven and intelligent, he has directed that passion into reeeeeaaaallllyyy knowing and understanding the medium with amazing breadth and depth. So he passionately delivers real insight when he speaks. It makes me smile.
For me, the scary moment was the bingo scene. It was all visually telling the audience the overall point of the film and you become fearful for the main character who's oblivious to the who situation.
Exactly! I felt the exact same way, that was the true horror moment for me in the whole movie, not the pictures. Not one person that I spoke to about Get Out brought up the pictures. Ever.
Also Daniel Kaluuya is a fantastic actor and his writing was great. Like, he was just a regular guy, who happened to be black, not any kind of stereotype. And then this shit just happens to him, for literally no good reason. Which rhymes with audiences cos of what happens in the news every other day.
@@rnw2739People like you can not STAND when a black actor or actress gets to shine. You love watching films in which black people are portrayed as downtrodden slaves or harmful members of their community through gangster films, but when you watch a film of a black superhero, or a black lord of a great house (house of the dragon) you can’t stomach it. And god forbid they get an award for it.
So perfect...I loved it because after seeing so many films, 1) I didn't know where it was going and 2) the pay off was satisfying. I think it's great when some stories end badly/realistically, but so glad it had a /*SPOLIER*/ happy ending...I would have been devastated. And agree he needs to have a podcast and share his wealth of thoughts on film!
His point about the confidence in Peele is so true. I watch a lot of horror and mystery movies. When watching Get Out, you can tell that you won't be left guessing. It's hard to explain but I felt like I just needed to stay strapped in and I'd get a nice delivery.
I just respect what he says because you can tell he just loves and cares about movies. Movies were his escape as a kid and his legacy as an adult and a lifetime of watching and either enjoying or not enjoying so many films molded him into the best film maker of all time.
@@jamessummers5936 ah okay, I thought he directed or wrote it for some reason. Still, he had a part in the worst horror movie I’ve ever seen. It also most definitely did not “create empathy across racial groups”
My favorite part about Get Out is that it dose a reverse uno twist that completely subverted my expectations as to wtf was going on in that community.... and it was all done intentionally. Truly brilliant writing and directing from Mr. Peele.
Love this movie. My favorite part I didn’t catch until the 2nd time around when the maid/grandmother is apologizing for unplugging Chris’s phone and her demeanor goes from gracious, to terror and struggle, and back to gracious again after “no, no, no, no, no ,no….” The 2nd time you watch the film you realize the grandmother and the body’s rightful owner are wrestling for control. Haunting…
If you've seen Get Out only once, you need to watch it again knowing the movie's secrets. You can catch all the little things you didn't notice before, like the irony of the dad's talk about how he feels about deer.
I remember seeing it at the movie theater and the collective experience was unreal. We were all connected as an audience. At the end, when we realized that the police officer ends up being actually the TSA guy, we all screamed:”YEAH!!!”, and clapped as if we all living through the character rejoice that we wouldn’t be victims of injustice.
0:28 this is why i hate when ppl say "no one asked for this" when a movie is announced. No one asked for Pulp Fiction, Terminator, Parasite, Fight Club, Heat, Fargo, but ppl still loved them. If a movie doesn't interest you it simply means that the movie is not for you
@@bagman817right but that's just an illogical statement made from a personal point of view with zero factual relevance based on obvious box office returns. So I think his point stands, regardless of the film. You are not everyone. And obvious as that should be, it is not. Lack of self awareness
Quentin was raised on Black Cinema because his mum dated a lot of black guys and they would take him to watch Blaxploitation movies at Black Cinemas. He’s probably the only director that can reach into multiple audiences.
Jesus, for an interviewer to turn to a white man and say you get black people so what did they think with this film - to get such an awkward, precarious, easily embarrassing question and then knock it out of the park right away with a convincing response, this just may be the most impressive moment I’ve ever heard from Tarantino.
@@stevowilliams8279 I wasn’t impugning the question itself. I was saying it’s a precarious question for a white person to answer - without presuming an expertise on the black experience. It’s not an easy thing to navigate without sounding presumptuous or pat or nauseating. But Quentin was ready for it with a convincing, solid answer. And being an expert on black cinema does not automatically make one an expert in speaking about black people’s experience. It’s a separate area.
Yeah, that was a disgusting tone-deaf question, to be honest. "You get Black people, don't you?" But fortunately, Tarantino saved the day with a reasonable answer.
Thanks for posting! I've been waiting to hear him talk about this film. Now I am just waiting to hear him talk about Luca Guadagnino's version of 'Suspiria' which apparently moved him to tears. Get Out was my favorite film of 2017 and Suspiria was my favorite film of 2018.
Not really. Millions of people have the same taste and opinions he does. He's just famous and has a platform where he can be very loquacious about film.
I went tot he movie not having seen a trailer and having no idea what I was in for. Saw it opening night. Was such a fun ride seeing how the story unfolded and the theater was confused and we all got it at the same time. Very collective experience.
I’ve watched NOPE about five times. Jordan is a master director! Get Out was a great movie. I didn’t care for Us so much. I feel like it’s lacking something in the ending to really tie it together. NOPE is one of those few movies I could put on over and over like No Country for Old Men, GoodFellas, and Gone Girl.
I wonder if Quentin spoke to actual black people about Get Out. Because when I first saw it in theaters, hardly anyone responded like that when Chris found the photos. The “oh!” moment came during the auction scene. I’m black and saw it in a theater with a bunch of other black people and when that scene came up, I heard reactions ranging from “Huh?! Uh-uh!” to - and I kid you not - “Nah they really gonna buy this nigga like a slave??” That last reaction even got half the theater to laugh unintentionally which is what I think Jordan Peele wanted in order to catch them further off-guard.
It was a fine movie. It handled the topic better than most movies but it wasn’t an incredible movie. I had heard so much going into this movie expecting a masterpiece and i saw an original movie that was solid.
I really like 'Get Out'. I love those movies where you keep wondering wtf is going on - not in a confusing way, but a scary kinda way. That moment when the gardner is running straight at the camera is creepy af, and I love it. Wasn't a big fan of 'Us', tho.
He exposed the transactional nature of the relationships between white girls and black guys. You couldn't make a Get Out movie about black women and white men because both parties are more careful and studious and want stability when they venture out their own pool.
A lot of people write off Peele whenever he's mentioned alongside the likes of Eggers and Aster but I personally think he's as good of a director as them, if not better. Get Out and Us are phenomenal films. Really looking forward to Nope.
Get out is a master class, in the level of both the witch and hereditary, probably more tongue and cheek but arguably better in many aspects. Although I didn't liked he second film, I think it was a bit pretentious for me, the same thing you could say about the lighthouse, but William Defoe is a heavy hitter. Probably I need to watch it again, but honestly I prefer to be watching the sketch show, and that also speaks about his range.
Peele has a wider appeal to his work that Eggers and Aster don't imo. That's not to say those guys aren't excellent, but their work is much more an acquired taste.
There’s another part that doesn’t get touched on often, it wasn’t just the message, it was it happened at the right time. Something about this movie just tapped into the zeitgeist. Like If this movie dropped in 2013 it most likely doesn’t have anywhere near the cultural resonance it had. Kind of like how the watchman tv series has been said it came out about a year too early.
It burned brightly and quickly as went away. Who mentions it anymore? It was lid, directed, "paced" and framed like many of their sketches, so i kept waiting for a comedic twist, cause it kept telling me it had one. The comedic relief didn't help to diminish that expectation (It was unintentionally funny tho). -The twist could off been pulled of only by a black director, otherwise it would be racist propaganda. -Every white person's evil, no other race matters but black. What did EVERY white character want? To be black! xD The Oscars are a massive circle jerk, but come on now, giving a slasher with ZERO subtlety of racial tensions it tried to tackle an award?! It has as much validity as Obama's Nobel peace prize 30 days in. One of THE most overrated films ever.
@@4Everlast You're really not seeing the forest through the trees with this take. Seems like a personal thing tbh especially with the "every white person is evil" thing 😂 that's like being mad that all the rednecks in Wrong Turn were evil.
@@4Everlast I would say that about 'black panther' for sure, but I thought 'Get out' was really good, and quite unique. As for issues with subtlety - phuk me, what is 'blatantly the case' is too subtle for half the people I talk to; the 'white characters wanting to be black' was about appropriation (but you knew that right?) ; the reality of things re the issues in question 'is' a phuking slasher movie ... what better genre to make the point! "no other race matters but black?...where, wah...? what you talkin bout Willis?
@@brigwood7658 It messed with my head from the beginning, as it was framed and lid just like most of their comedy sketches, and feeling the mystery is behind the corner i was 100% sure the twist is comedic, and it ruined the damn thing for me, the tone was unique but it didn't feel right, not even the moment the guy with the hat starts cracking telling him to "get out" it felt borderline comedic, and the "funny" cop didn't help the tone, I kept looking for Peel to pop from around the corner, now ok, that one might be on me, but tonally it was, awkward. Appropriation with zero subtlety as i said, they didn't want anything cultural, they wanted a black body as it's superior, they kept hinting at it with the finese of an elephants fart. At first I expected a lot, knowing it got an oscar for the screenplay, but by the same standards the Nolan's should drown in them by now, as this compared to 90% of their stuff is child's play in terms of depth and complexity, but if you got racial undertones the award is guaranteed(Crash, Green book etc.) Then again, fuck the awards, the audience loves it, must be good, thennn you remember all the horse shit audiences loved and payed good cash to see... I think my point is, maybe I was expecting to much? I don't mind Peel, nor this movie, it's just overrated by any standard (it's hovering around an 8 on most sites)i mean come on now. Well yeah, in the movie only black matters, all whites are evil bastards are they not?! What other race do you see? Ain't there more then black and white folks in the world/America? Cultural appropriate's happening left and right not just white-black. It would be solved easily but putting justttt one bad black guy and one single good white guy, nothing else needed. WTF do you think would happen if the roles were reversed? If it was a white guy coming into a house of wealthy black folks? Exactly. I mean i might be analyzing it to much, but got damn, a movie people say is an 8/10 has to be inspected by a fine toothed comb.
It's really not. That show key and peele was creative in itself , if you go back and watch it now. You can sew certain horror elements in his sketches that he chose to make comedy, but could of easily went dark lol.
I'm sure Q had more to say about the movie, but at the end of the day the movie is actually scary AF for lots of Black people. Peele was able to braid together the traumatic historical memory of America's treatment of Black people with excellent deployment of horror movie tropes. You leave that movie ACTUALLY shook about being the only Black person in all white folks' situations. Which many of us rightly already have but Peele made that feeling more visceral and slightly less irrational, even though the premise is still a movie construct.
Also Get Out wasn't the setup to the Get Out Cinematic Universe. It told its story and was a complete movie on its own without having to watch a disney+ show, read a comic book, etc.
Normally when you watch a movie, you can point to other examples as clear inspirations for any given scene. I mean Tarantino built a massive career on this artform. But with Get Out its trickier. There are creepy family movies and there are brainwashing movies, but there are things going on in this movie that are completely unique and when you watch it, you feel the power of that. You don't know where this fucking movie is going or what its trying to do. There's no blueprint for it. Its a true masterpiece. I just think of Us in comparison, which is great, but does not have that same originality that Get Out has. It does a lot of fun stuff, but I'm not getting the same suspense I feel from Get Out.
Yes, it's like when you grow up in a dysfunctional family and them date someone in a healthy family and realize, "I never knew that this is what I wanted. I need this." A good mystery writer walks the reader thought the process of discovery.
Its kinda weird to hear him talk about "black audiences" in this way, but he's right. That's essentially how I felt about Get Out when I saw it in theaters. It was like a new lane of of where films could go that were made for me, were discovered. A lightbulb of sorts.
@nickxero2740 because he's talking about it *from* the black prospective. And he only touched on a small part of the experience because he cannot have the experience.
@nickxero2740 They didn't victimize anything, they said it was weird to hear a non Black person talk about this. Not that he isn't allowed to, or that he shouldn't. You just got mad and just jumped to conclusions
@nickxero2740 Hard disagree, "weird" is not exclusive to negativity. It's just not what he was used to, and that in no way means he had an issue with it. He quite literally agreed with him in the original comment.
He is a good director not a genius though. His own politics really comes through in his movies and the more successful he gets the more it will start to dominate and get to a point where his films could become unwatchable. There was another director out there who had a few great hits in his first few movies but the moment he started to gain power control of the projects the quality started to drop to a point that his films became unwatchable.
dude, those last 20 minutes were so so cringy and stupid, i mean how in the world could you even bold ur words. wtf. What could've beeen a true classic fell flat in that horrendous scape scene.
I hope in tarantinos post film days he becomes the next Andre bazin and sparks a new renaissance for cinema. Make it cool broadly to love film and good movies.
"THERE IS A GENUINE MYSTERY" - QT. Yes, yes and 100 times yes. Is there racial satire and over-looming tones of observance on the culture of racism? Yes. But the crux of the film is powered by this STORY.
Observance on the culture of racism... Yeah where it made all the white people into evil bodysnatchers and the black ppl as the heroes or victims, yeah genius work there hahaha goofy take son
Nah, it’s more like any black person could have wrote the movie, but it’s a perfect way to let other races know what it feels like to be black, especially dating or socializing in non-black spaces.
@@redfacegaming7727 Then you understand. What’s the issue? This is basically how being black is. People will get you wrong most of the time, especially if you don’t fit a stereotype.