Tarantino Speaks a Little on His “Western”

Quentin Tarantino has been saying for years how he wants to do a Western, and, save for the spaghetti Western style of KILL BILL VOl. 2 and the small role he played in SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO, that goal has yet to be achieved.   However, that isn’t stopping the auteur from talking about the project and divulging what his vision for it could be.   While lunching with Rush & Molloy of the NY Daily News, Tarantino had this to say about the vision for his “Western” project:

I’d like to do a Western. But rather than set it in Texas, have it in slavery times. With that subject that everybody is afraid to deal with. Let’s shine that light on ourselves. You could do a ponderous history lesson of slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad. Or, you could make a movie that would be exciting. Do it as an adventure. A spaghetti Western that takes place during that time. And I would call it ‘A Southern.’

This would certainly be somewhat along the same lines as his idea to make a feature film adaptation of Elmore Leonard’s 40 LASHES LESS ONE, a project that Tarantino has been talking about since all the way back in 2000.   Nothing much has come from that project being on his plate since 2007, so it could very well be dead in the water.

Tarantino is a man who likes deciding between any number of projects, but the idea of him doing a Western has to come to fruition soother rather than later.   Some were speculating KILL BILL VOL. 3 might be next on his plate, but I don’t see that coming to be for a few years, especially if it follows the intended storyline of Vernita Green’s daughter coming after The Bride for revenge.

Of course, this news from The NY Daily could just be Tarantino spit-balling ideas.   That’s something he likes to do, also, and it wouldn’t surprise anyone to never hear about this slavery Western idea ever again.   Time will tell.