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Nas Defends "Django Unchained," Calls Quentin Tarantino "One Of The Greatest Filmmakers"
By: hiphopdx.comPosted On: 01/18/2013 4:21 P
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Nas defends the film "Django Unchained" and praises its director Quentin Tarantino.
Nas defends the film "Django Unchained" and praises its director Quentin Tarantino.
Over
the past few weeks, famed director Quentin Tarantino has raised the ire
of critics and filmmakers alike over the excessive use of the n-word in
his latest picture Django Unchained. However, in a recent interview
with MTV, one of Hip Hop's finest has come to the director's defense.
The
legendary Nas discussed the controversy surrounding the film, saying
that the film is truthful to its Southern antebellum setting in the
usage of such harsh language. He also said that Tarantino is one of this
generation's greatest filmmakers and deserves the right to express his
art anyway he sees fit.
"A movie about slavery and you don't hear
the n-word? That don't make any sense," he said. "I didn't see what the
big fuss was about. It's a movie, movies by [Tarantino], why should we
be surprised if the movie is raw? He's one of the greatest filmmakers of
our generation, and we don't go there to see anything less than
rawness, so if it's gonna be language or goriness...he's an artist, and
artists have to express themselves and that's just what he's doing."
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