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Independent Contemporary Auteur
Pat Lucey
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Quentin Tarantino
Born March 27th, 1963 in Knoxville, TNAttended an acting class for two
years.Never attended film school, but
cites working as a video rental store clerk as an inspiration tomake films
Tarantino met Lawrence Bender at a Hollywood party in early 80s, who encouraged him to write a screenplay.
BACKGROUND
Violence and Gore play a big part in Tarantino’s films, similar to Exploitation films he saw when younger
Music is important to Tarantino, who says he’d listen to music in his bedroom and create scenes which correlated to the music
Quotes as saying his films areDramas, though filled withdark comedy
His films have paid tribute toblaxploitation, Japanese martial arts, and spaghetti westerns
Themes
Has always directed AND written his filmsTarantino always has a small
acting role in his filmsFrequent acting collaborators
in his films include Zoe Bell, Tim Roth, Harvey Keitel and Samuel L. Jackson
Non-Linear Storylines
Methods/Trademarks
FILMOGRAPHY: Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Tarantino’s feature length debutCrime film that depicts the events
before and after a diamondheist gone wrong
Cost approximately 1.2 million to make, ending up making over 20times its budget at box office
Become a classic of independent cinema and later on a cult hit
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vayksn4Y93A
A dark comedy that depictsintersecting storylines of Los Angeles mobsters, fringe players, small-time criminals, and a mysterious briefcase
Another critical and commercialsuccess. Made on a budget of 8.5 million dollars, wound up making over200 million worldwide.
One of the biggest hits in independent film history
Cemented Tarantino’s place in HollywoodWon awards for its screenplay at both Academy and Golden
Globe AwardsTrailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZBfmBvvotE
FILMOGRAPHY: Pulp Fiction (1994)
A flight attendant gets caught in a plot between the police and an arms dealer.
Tarantino’s homage to Blaxploitation,specifically films such as “Foxy Brown” and “Coffy”
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7HkBDNZV7s
FILMOGRAPHY: Jackie Brown (1997)
A former assassin seeks revenge on her former squad after they try to kill her and her unborn child
Tarantino’s homage to Japanese martial arts film
Originally set as 1 featurefilm running over 4 hours,decision was made to divide it up into 2 films
Features excessive amount of violence and goreTrailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sbKt3ptUJo
FILMOGRAPHY: Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2 (2003/2004)
A psychopathic stunt man stalks young women before murdering them in staged car accidents using his "death-proof" stunt car
1 of 2 films released simultaneously asapart of “Grindhouse”, a double featurecollaboration with Robert Rodriguez
Pays tribute to the exploitation and slasher film genres of the 1970s, most notably the giallo genre
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mICGcg5-pM
FILMOGRAPHY: Death Proof (2007)
A German-American war film thattells the story of two plots to assassinate Nazi Germany's political leadership
Made over 300 million dollars at theworldwide box office
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AtLlVNsuAc
FILMOGRAPHY: Inglorious Bastards (2009)
The film follows an African-American slave named Django and an German bounty hunter who team up to free Django’s wife from slavery
Pays homage to spaghetti WesternControversial for its use of the
n-word and the excessive amount ofviolence and gore
Tarantino’s highest grossing film todate with over 400 million made at thebox office
Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUdM9vrCbow
FILMOGRAPHY: Django Unchained (2012)
Tarantino’s Next Film to debut in 2015Tarantino’s 2nd WesternShooting in 70mm, Super CinemascopeTeaser Trailer: https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7kM5XJKDcQ
FILMOGRAPHY: The Hateful Eight (2015)
Quotes as saying he’ll retire from film at 60, or after his 10th film so he can focus on writing novels.
Says he would love to work with actors Johnny Depp and Michael Caine
Revealed earlier this year that heis contemplating making a science-fiction film.
Future
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino
IMDBhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/?ref_=nv_sr_1
Recent Interview (October 2014)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3PmDOhhLns