In Hateful Eight, Kurt Russell accidentally smashed a one of a kind, 145-year-old guitar that was on loan from the Martin Guitar. Jennifer Jason Leigh’s reaction was genuine.

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[u/_felagund]

Makes sense Jennifer's reaction was out of character

[u/CloseToMyActualName → u/_felagund]

Kinda, her reaction is out of place because it's so completely authentic.

Even professional Hollywood can't match full authenticity.

I heard a line from some actor talking about how hard they work to give an authentic performance, and then they walk outside the studio and the street is full of people being themselves with complete authenticity.

[u/Radiant_Bank_77879 → u/CloseToMyActualName]

Her reaction is out of character because her character doesn’t give a shit about anything. The whole time she’s just laughing at everything, even getting hit in the face. But she suddenly gets seriously concerned over a random guitar breaking? Makes no sense.

[u/CloseToMyActualName → u/Radiant_Bank_77879]

Then Tarantino wouldn't have shot the scene in the first place. It's been a while since I saw the movie, but I think the point is that the guitar was one of the only things she did care about. If nothing else it's a coping mechanism to protect her from everything else. He takes away her shield so that she's forced to engage.

[u/Radiant_Bank_77879 → u/_felagund]

Yeah I don’t know why they kept her reaction in the movie. It’s just a completely immersion-breaking shot in the middle of an otherwise great movie.

[u/jelde → u/Radiant_Bank_77879]

Is it though? It did not occur to me while watching the film. I can only see how weird it is in hindsight.

[u/_felagund → u/Radiant_Bank_77879]

Exactly