Quentin Tarantino - The man and his movies

Every one of us has at some point been in awe of this man's movies. In fact, the legend goes that in 1994 the most commonly asked question in the US was, 'Have you seen Pulp Fiction?' :D. From Reservoir Dogs to Death Prooof, the man has carved a cinematic style for himself that is hard to not fall in love with.

This thread is to celebrate Quentin Tarantino's Cinema as the world awaits with bated breath his next movie in production 'Inglorious Bastards'

Imdb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/

Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino

Biography: http://landofmovies.blogspot.com/200...s-profile.html

Comprehensive Tarantino Sites:

Everything Tarantino: http://www.everythingtarantino.com/

Tarantino.info: http://www.tarantino.info/

You know there is a poll up there right?!

Pretenders, move aside! The Master is back!! :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

Aarambame Asaththal!!

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Quentin Tarantino angers Germans with film about slaying Nazis

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...ing-Nazis.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/...secondworldwar


'Inglorious Bastards' - shooting to start in October-November, to hit Cannes 2009 (hopefully)

Confirmed cast: Brad Pitt and Mike Myers.

Leaked Script? - http://www.imagenetz.de/fc95247f7/in...cript.pdf.html

My favourite, in order:

Pulp Fiction
Reservoir Dogs
Kill Bill 2
Kill Bill 1
Jackie Brown
Death Proof

Kannannn, Thanks and :notworthy:

A small contribution from my side. His interview to charlie rose where he speaks at length about Kill Bill. Kinda old one though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb6hAu2rFMQ

Thanks for the script link kannann. Looks sort of genuine :? Just skimmed through the document :)

Ok, here's my list in the order:
Pulp fiction
Kill Bill Vol 1
Reservoir dogs
Kill Bill Vol 2
Death Proof
Jackie Brown
His room in the Four Rooms :P

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Originally Posted by ajithfederer

A small contribution from my side. His interview to charlie rose where he speaks at length about Kill Bill. Kinda old one though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb6hAu2rFMQ

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Thanks very much, ajithfederer! (Though I realise that my chances of seeing anything of tomorrow morning are nil, sitting right in the middle of this video.)

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Originally Posted by ajithfederer

A small contribution from my side. His interview to charlie rose where he speaks at length about Kill Bill. Kinda old one though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb6hAu2rFMQ

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Superb interview Feddy!! One of the two people I always like to hear speak (other being Kamal :D). As I have said before, his love for movies is contagious. The way he goes hyperbole here when describing De Niro here (3 parts):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2Vg6up_IS0 (Part I)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0u4POopKo0 (Pat II)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERaqk2W7Vo0 (Part III)

I agree with Thilak about the last part, where his comparison of Keital and De Niro is not much favourable and could have been avoided.

The Pulp Fiction one referred to is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqTxs2nxmh0
(The show is also available in the special features of Pulp Fiction DVD set)


The reference to dialogues in Charlie Rose show reminded me of this extract from Iconoclasts here:
http://entertainment.timesonline.co....cle1454042.ece

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To me, writing the dialogue is so easy, I actually feel sort of a fraud for taking credit for it, even though I’m protective of it; I feel like it’s some sort of God antenna.

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About the car chase in Death Proof:

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It’s cool, also, because I’ve never done a car chase before, and if I’m gonna do it, it has to be one of the best in the history of cinema.

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Originally Posted by Nerd

His room in the Four Rooms

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Aha!! Your least favourite room :D (I actually agree)

I voted for Death proof, easily the oddest tarantino narrative of all his films. The homocidal Paraphilia = Slasher theme, death proof car - slashing weapon. Stuntman mike - slasher, the genre's mandatory badass. How to make it interesting other than few cheapthrills with jump cuts, or shrieks from car crashes? Ensemble of tarantino-lines, spouted by Tarantinoesque characters (no surprise there). He develops them well, that you grasp any extra detail of the character (normally you wouldn't give a f-ing A in the genre). Though Mike is a stuntman in profession. So his actions are for the effect, no room for devaluing with a Rosenbaum rhetoric. But He has his weakness (expectedly a Tarantino villain), for example, he's a wimp without his car in full flow, and ravens on helpless girls on the opposite wheels.

The film has two mutually exlusive incidents(!) - the successfull first assault in texas with horror crash of girls, while the second attempt in Tennessee backfires - the ensuing en garde from the ladies, and the final coup-de-grace. The parts are sandwiched by a brief discourse between two cops (the sheriff and his accent is such a relief, for a moment you think he's kidnapped from a Coen's film), that's the leeway to purported Mike's condition. And, It's dopy to get started on Tarantino's idea of feminism, I wouldn't get there. Better seen as a progressive slasher film with a progressive denouement, in a Taratinoesque universe. You are more than likely of enjoying it.

It also has one of the best choreographed car chase. The final chase - locales, the cars, and the reactions is perverse Tarantino, with an intercourse symbolism. Some may find it amusing. Also, some of the reactions by the ladies (all related to filmmaking, another 'key' ingredient), is very flimsy in deed. The change of Rossario dawson's character is like the transformation of her barefoot outside the car window, to her boot axe-kick to the skull. :lol2:- Tarantino's 'natural born killer' mark II. You know, I could go on. unadulterated style. :lol:

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Pretenders, move aside! The Master is back!! :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

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Dude, I'm sorry, but Tarantino is the biggest pretender of all!!!!!!!

I'm really sorry, but Tarantino is the most ridiculously overrated film-maker of all time!!! His films may have some style, but he freely copies from other films - especially films from the far east... and then he claims that he's just doing a "homage"... His films may have style, but seriously lack substance... "Pulp fiction" and "Kill Bill" were full of crap... (although Samuel L Jackson in "Pulp Fiction" performed well... but that's because he's a talented actor...

I don't mean any disrespect... but come on man... Seriously...

Tarantino's films are nothing but cheap trash aimed at brainless teenagers who think things like blowing a man's head off, swearing (particularly using the n-word and the f-word), quoting passages from the bible, etc... are "cool"...

Seriously... there are so many other film-makers out there who have much films so much better than Tarantino's rubbish... Can't believe or understand the reason he's glorified as if he's some kind of genius...

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Originally Posted by kannannn

Confirmed cast: Brad Pitt and Mike Myers.

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Is he confirmed? He doesn't get it right on screen. I hope QT replaces with somebody else or makes him fit.

He is good film maker! his scripts/ and movies on the whole are highly Entertaining!
My Fav films :

Kill Bill 1

Reservoir Dogs

Pulp Fiction


OST's in his films also just rock :D

I agree that Reservoir Dogs was a good film, but one good film doesn't make him a genius.

I didn't like Pulp Fiction or Kill Bill. Those were mediocre.

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Originally Posted by Bipolar

I agree that Reservoir Dogs was a good film, but one good film doesn't make him a genius.

I didn't like Pulp Fiction or Kill Bill. Those were mediocre.

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:thumbsup: & :hammer:

UngaLukku pidichchaa :thumbsup:, ungaLukku pidikkalenaa :hammer:??

Ennayaa nyaayam idhu...

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Originally Posted by Bipolar

UngaLukku pidichchaa :thumbsup:, ungaLukku pidikkalenaa :hammer:??

Ennayaa nyaayam idhu...

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If you don't like, that's fine. :D
Take it easy, Bipolar.

LOL :D LOL.. Just joking man...

Lots of my friends are big fans of Tarantino, Kubrick, Allen, Lynch, Cronenberg, Scorsese, Spielberg, etc.

I think most of their films are okay, I just don't feel that they can be called "geniuses"...

I guess I am the odd one out...

Bipolar, you call him many names but 'pretender' is surely not one of them. You just need to watch an interview to see him bubbling with passion about film-making, bursting with ideas, energy, film-history which he seems obviously struggling to channelize.

Thanks for the Charlie Rose interview Feddy. It was awesome. I have never seen such an elaborate Tarantino interview. Only sound bytes here and there. One of the best interviews ever. No false modesty but the humility of a well read person. He could talk about struggling to tame the flow of his ideas and yet not come across as supercilious.

The explanation of the dialogue writing process and the approval-as-a-viewer of his work in Kill Bill (action v dialogue direction) are among the best parts of the intreview.

I downloaded the Charlie Rose interview that came after Pulp Fiction. Hope to watch it tonight.

Have seen only four

1) Kill Bill 1 (Awesomest...more later)
2) Kill Bill 2 (actually I was one of those who was a little disappointed with KB2 after KB1. And thought it was damn clever of Miramax to have split this into two movies. But still it is number 2 because as QT says, you can't really separate out KB1 when watching KB2)
3) Pulp Fiction
4) Reservoir Dogs (very reluctant vote....I saw it once, didn't find it engrossing at all)

Curiously the above is also the chronological order in which I saw the films. Expectation and all that.

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Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram

You just need to watch an interview to see him bubbling with passion about film-making, bursting with ideas, energy, film-history which he seems obviously struggling to channelize.

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Well... yes, I saw an interview with him a long time ago... yes, he certainly seems to have a lot of passion for film-making... but that doesn't make him a great director...

I'm surprised you rate Reservoir Dogs at the bottom of your list... it's the only film by Tarantino that I liked... I haven't seen Death Proof... but even my friend, who's a big fan of Tarantino, said that the film was disappointing... so I don't think I missed anything by not watching the film.

I agree that some aspects of his films are good, but seriously, when I watch a film, I look for a plot that keeps me engrossed... Reservoir Dogs had such a plot, but I felt that his other films were completely lacking in substance...

I guess it's a matter of varying tastes...

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Originally Posted by Bipolar

Well... yes, I saw an interview with him a long time ago... yes, he certainly seems to have a lot of passion for film-making... but that doesn't make him a great director...

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Sure doesn't. I was only objecting to the choice of the word "pretender".

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Originally Posted by Bipolar

I'm surprised you rate Reservoir Dogs at the bottom of your list... it's the only film by Tarantino that I liked... ...when I watch a film, I look for a plot that keeps me engrossed... Reservoir Dogs had such a plot...

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Quite boring for me. I couldn't get interested in he heist, it going wrong, what happened to the colourful characters....when that is the case the gore sticks out like a sore thumb...or ear in this case.

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I guess it's a matter of varying tastes...

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..which brings me to Kill Bill 1.Which IMO is one of the finest films made.

I watched it in a lonesome balcony in Regal Cinema: South Bombay. (weekday afternoons are for grad students). Recommended by a classmate who was shocked I dind't know the name Tarantino.

It was a ride from the word go. From the epigraph to punchline.
The close-up shot of the bride being shot in mid-sentence is peerless in its abruptness. Great scene after great scene packed with great line after great line. I grew restless about the fact that I was a two hour commute away from starting a conversation about the film with my recommender.

The music, the pacing, the execution of stunt sequences apart, it was easy to be interested in the characters (mind you the film keeps you under wraps on what is it that she is avenging, or to be be precise what is it that led to the assault, which she is avenging).

The craft aspects, the chapterization, the distinct look,feel (pacing) of each of the chapters all apart, what I enjoyed was the nonchalance in terms of plot. (I guess this is what put lot of people off). A notepad and ticking off people is throwing the "what-next" of plot based storytelling at the viewer:D

The dialogues are not showy (as style over substance detractors imply) but really flesh things out. Eg. the conversations with Hattori Hanzo present so many shades of his personality. And some that just gasp at the inexplicability of it all "what she lacked in age, she made up for in madness".

Every subsequent viewing has not been about discovering new things. It has been about reliving the thrill of the intial viewing. It heads the list.

Here's a funny short on cracking QT's films. (brazilian with subs)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=op4byt-DtsI

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Originally Posted by Prabhu Ram

Quite boring for me. I couldn't get interested in he heist, it going wrong, what happened to the colourful characters....when that is the case the gore sticks out like a sore thumb...or ear in this case.

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You don't have to. That's the point :D

All heist movies in noir settings more or less follow this three part plot structure - a motley crew planning the heist, the actual heist and finally the comeuppance of the characters. What Tarantino does - and does beautifully - is to turn this plot structure on its head and instead present us with a simple narrative on human behaviour when their trust and honesty is stretched to the most demanding limits. And he does this by doing away with the dramatic elements. The heist sequence is obviously the pivotal and most dramatic element of any heist movie!! In an act of supreme bravery, Tarantino chops out the heist sequence out of the narrative and cleverly relies on just dialogues to keep the viewer hooked. Now even the dialogues are nothing if they don't get the Tarantino treatment. Look at the opening diner tip sequence, where the swirling camera adds to the heady effect or the surreality of Tim Roth's rehearsal of his police encounter story to know what I mean.

Another reason RD works for me is because of the way Tarantino thrusts the brutality of violence on the viewer without even showing it. Most violence occurs off screen and still the potency and might of the characters' acts bursts out of the frame incessantly. In fact, the violence completes the virility of the all male group as I see it. Tarantino often compares the violence in his movies to moneyshot. If that's the case, RD is a porn fest!!

Started reading the supposed to be leked script of Inglorious bastards. It is heck interesting and i finished reading 17 pages in less than 10 minutes. I had to stop myself from reading further :oops:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0y-Q...eature=related

Tarantino in Desperado :rotfl:

He definitely knows how to tell a story!!!.

Tennessee Hillbilly- Lt Aldo Raine-Inglorious Basterd

Revisited few scenes of kill bill 1

The whole sequence of crazy 88

Uma thurman travel via flight,licy liu travelling in the car with her people,the bride travelling in the yellow bike,the licy liu gang walking in to the club, and then the fight sequence!

Three soundtracks in this sequence and the way the sequence is picturised and choreographed :notworthy:

It gave me goosebumps and i dont remember any sequence in any film as entertaining as this whole sequence.

Green Hornet - the soundtrack that plays when she is the bike in the yellow suit. Just out of the world :clap:

Anime soundtrack is sublime, haunting and ironic for the circle of "revenge".

Yeah...I that is a beautiful piece.
Another haunting one is the overarching piece: Lonely shepherd (comes first when Hattori Hanzo is making the sword), is also great. Flute and trumpet (?) playing the tune. :clap:

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Green Hornet - the soundtrack that plays when she is the bike in the yellow suit. Just out of the world :clap:

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absolutely :clap:

http://www.asiaarts.ucla.edu/081128/...arentID=101273
Maggie Cheung
November 28, 2008: News Bites

By APA Staff

Maggie Cheung joins Tarantino, Hollywood remakes The Host, and Sammo Hung fights monkeys. All this and more in the latest edition of News Bites.

Maggie Cheung to join cast of Quentin Tarantino's Upcoming Film

Maggie Cheung, one of Hong Kong's most respected actresses, has accepted a role in Quentin Tarantino's new film Inglorious Bastards, where she plays a cinema owner. Her lines will be all in French. According to The Hollywood Reporter: "Two story lines... converge: One follows a group of prisoners-turned-soldiers whose mission is to take down a group of Nazis, and the other follows a young Jewish woman who seeks to avenge the death of her parents by this Nazi group." Inglorious Bastards boasts the largest cast of characters of any of Tarantino's films to date. With Brad Pitt, Samuel L. Jackson, Diane Kruger and Mike Myers on board, Inglorious Bastards is currently filming in Germany and France. Hopes are that the film will be completed in time for release at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2009. --Kristie Hang

It's getting better and better :D

wow!wonderful storyline !

happened to know that its michael madsen who was first offered the role of vincent vega but he turned it down and paved way for travolta!

wow...madsen would have rocked if he had played that role - pch - pulp fiction would had been even better

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stori...399763/1/.html

Quentin Tarantino's World War 2 epic to open in August
Posted: 02 January 2009 1257 hrs

LOS ANGELES : Controversial - that’s the word which comes to mind when one mentions the name Quentin Tarantino.

And it's no different this time round as the film director will give audiences his take on World War II, in his soon to be released film titled, “Inglourious Basterds”.

And no, if you’re wondering, that isn’t a spelling error.

The director’s oddly spelled epic stars several A-list Hollywood actors including Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger and Christoph Waltz and is set to be released on August 21, it was announced on Wednesday.

Production for the film started in Europe in October 2008.

The story begins when Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hands of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Waltz) and manages to narrowly escape to Paris. There, she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema.

Shosanna’s plan for revenge soon converges with German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark (Kruger), and US Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Pitt), who organises a rebellion group of Jewish soldiers, also known to their enemy as “The Basterds”.

It has been reported that Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” borrows from what are known as Spaghetti Westerns or Italian-made films from the 1960s and 70s that combine brutal violence and lyrical, fairytale-like qualities in a twist from Hollywood cowboy movies.

The film in itself, however, draws inspiration from the 1978 World War II movie “Quel maledetto treno blindato,” also called “The Inglorious Bastards,” from Italian director Enzo Castellari.

This will be the first film that the 45-year-old has directed single-handedly since his martial arts epic sequel, “Kill Bill: Vol 2”, in 2004, which grossed a whopping US$152 million world wide.

The American film director’s last project was a combined feature in 2007, called “Grindhouse”, made with director Robert Rodriguez.

While some critics may come down hard on Tarantino’s supposed trivialised and stylised violence, the director has a rather devoted fan base and has received numerous awards.

With “Inglourious Basterds” poised to be ready in time for the Cannes Festival this year, fans can only wait and see if Tarantino can strike gold once again with his latest film. "Pulp Fiction" not only earned him the Oscar in 1994, it also the snagged the Palme d’Or at Cannes.

Jointly presented by The Weinstein Company and Universal Pictures, there is no official date at the moment for the international release of “Inglourious Basterds”.

Inglorious Bastards Trailer (High Quality)

Guys, The trailor is out :notworthy:

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Inglorious Bastards Trailer (High Quality)

Guys, The trailor is out :notworthy:

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Thanks Feddy.

Pitt :sigh2: :banghead:

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Originally Posted by thilak4life

Pitt :sigh2: :banghead:

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My thinking also same-yA!

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Originally Posted by ajithfederer

Inglorious Bastards Trailer (High Quality)

Guys, The trailor is out :notworthy:

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Dialogues, score (sollavE thEvai illai) and I liked Pitt in those two minutes.

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Originally Posted by thilak4life

Pitt :sigh2: :banghead:

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My thinking also same-yA!

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I had similar feelings of Uma Thurman in Kill Bill. Was surprised in the end.

Would still give the benefit of the doubt to QT of course. His casting has always been inspiring. But likes of Eli Roth (:hammer:) or Mike Myers in a film where you'd normally expect Tim Roth or Steve Buscemi. To hire Pitt is uninspiring, because QT is much more interested in "untapped charisma" of Madsen, Travolta, and likes. Rourke would do too. :P Pitt is damn boring in comparison. It's just me...

Nerd/Thilak: The accent did not work for me.. but again it is just a 2 minute trailer. Pitt is usually pretty trustworthy in the hands of decent directors.

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Nerd/Thilak: The accent did not work for me.. but again it is just a 2 minute trailer. Pitt is usually pretty trustworthy in the hands of decent directors.

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It's not just accent, the demeanor is not interesting.