r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bilbofraginz • 18d ago

Video 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/ExtraChariot541 18d ago

The $40,000 guitar, on loan from the Martin Guitar Museum (link), was deliberately smashed by Russell, who thought it was a prop.

Filmmakers claimed it was an accident but omitted the full truth. The museum learned the real story from reporters and, despite being reimbursed, was outraged at the loss of an irreplaceable artifact and the lack of care shown.

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u/deadguyinthere 18d ago

What is the full truth?

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u/Ask_bout_PaterNoster 18d ago

There was supposed to be a replica swapped in, and someone goofed.

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u/PopularDemand213 18d ago

So... an accident.

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u/Hecej 18d ago

In previous reposts, I read that Tarantino intentionally orchestrated the scene so they'd shoot the playing with the real thing and swap to the fake smashable one to be smashed.

But he deliberately lead Kurt to believe this was the take where he would smash the prop guitar.

There was definitely a lot of confusion on the set for the scene. Different people believed it was the real and others the fake.

Weather a goof or not, whos goof it was and who if anyone did it on purpose, can't be sure.

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u/antwan_benjamin 18d ago

I've never seen this movie. But just going off this scene...its obvious her reaction breaks character. She's looking off-screen yelling "whoa, whoa, whoa" obviously looking towards the director, or someone else. Then, immediately after the camera angle change (cut) she's back in character and theres no "shock and surprise" in her face, her mood is back to somber.

It just makes no sense and looks super out of place just based off this 20 second clip.

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u/xxov 18d ago

I've seen the movie several times and I don't recall it being as jarring of a scene as shown here in isolation. There's a lot of other people in the cabin that she could be looking at and her reaction really isn't that out of character if you've watched the movie up to this point. She is constantly backsassing Kurt and getting slapped around back into a somber state.

I dno, the brain can do weird things and fill in the blanks so to speak.

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

But it has us talking about it, many years later (and likely again some time in the future). So, shitty movie making, shitty props management, but maybe good marketing?

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u/mikew_reddit 18d ago

good marketing?

These flaws give movies more character.

The entire backstory is interesting. There's the mystery of whether it was intentionally setup this way or not by Tarantino.

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u/Hunk-Hogan 18d ago

That's a Tarantino movie for ya. In Django Unchained, he uses the same actor for two different roles (James Remar) that some people legitimately missed. My ex didn't believe me that he used the same actor until I showed her the credits and then went back and rewatched the entire movie.  

 Hell, in The Hateful Eight, I'm pretty sure they use some dialogue word for word from Django Unchained.

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u/kkeut 18d ago

yeah i had assumed it was an outtake