“Tarantino wanted to get a genuine reaction out of her”: Martin’s in-house historian claims director deliberately let the rare, antique Hateful Eight Martin be smashed by Kurt Russell

There’s been a new development in the tale of Hateful Eight smashed Martin.

You may recall that in Quentin Tarantino 2015 western, one of the climatic scenes is when the 145 year old Martin acoustic – worth something in the region of $15,000 – that Jennifer Jason Leigh’s character Daisy Domergue plays, is snatched out of her hands by John ‘The Hangman’ Ruth, played by Kurt Russell. Russell declares “music time is over” and smashes it in front of her – and our – eyes.