The Hateful Eight

Quentin Tarantino arrived in San Diego today with The Hateful Eight in tow. Literally, he and the actors playing the titular octet all flew into town on a private jet, as seen here (see more via the same Twitter):

- Tarantino revealed that he used 70 mm lenses previously employed for Ben-Hur and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. He shot and will release the Western in the large format and told the crowd regarding the lack of film projectors left versus digital: "We've already ceded too much ground to the barbarians." He also called digital nothing but "HBO in public. You're just watching television in public."

- The filmmaker, whose last feature was the Western Django Unchained, said that he can't call himself "a Western director" until he's made three of them. So, he's going to make another. 

- Ennio Morricone is composing an original score for The Hateful Eight, which will be his first Western score in 40 years. 

- And here's the new official poster for the movie, which hits 100 screens in 70 mm presentation with an intermission on Christmas Day:

The Hateful Eight