Quentin Tarantino visits the American west in his latest big-screen production The Hateful Eight. The movie, set shortly after the Civil War, tells the story of eight strangers brought together by happenstance during a blizzard.
In this special edition of SIU Reviews, film critics Simone Becque and Jason Hedrick take different perspectives on Tarantino's eight film.
Jason Hedrick is a doctoral student specializing in Performance Studies in the Department of Communications at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He is also Technical Director for SIU's Marion Kleinau Theatre.
Simone Becque is a doctoral candidate in the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts at SIUC. She is currently working on a dissertation about architectural space and the American television sitcom.
The Hateful Eight is currently playing at a theater near you.
