Quentin Tarantino: Confederate flag was the 'American Swastika'

I mean, Ive always felt the Rebel flag was some American Swastika.

Well, its about damn time, if you ask me, the director added.

I really was coming more from a mystery angle, creating a little Agatha Christie thing.

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That was what got me putting pen to paper.

Obviously, I knew I was going to deal with the Civil War.

And suddenly theyre all blaming each other for the apocalypse, but the apocalypse is the Civil War.

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