Bryan Alexander

USA TODAY

CANNES, France — Quentin Tarantino loves Django Unchained so much, he wants four hours of it out there.

The director told an audience at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday that he's mulling the idea of a special four-hour mini-series of the 2012 Oscar-winning American Western.

"I have about 90 minutes' worth of material with Django," Tarantino said. "It hasn't been seen. My idea, frankly, is to cut together a four-hour version of Django Unchained.

"But I wouldn't show it like a four-hour movie. I would cut it up into hour chapters. Like a four-part mini-series. And show it on cable television. Show it like an hour at a time, each chapter."

"We'd use all the material I have and it wouldn't be an endurance test. It would be a mini-series. And people love those," Tarantino said.

The movie concept would be too much.

"People roll their eyes at a four-hour movie. But a four-hour mini-series that they like, then they are dying to watch all four parts. That's how I thought it could work," he said.