Biography● Quentin Tarantino was born on March 27, 1963, in Knoxville, Tennessee.● Tarantino loathed school, choosing to spend his time watching movies or reading comics rather than studying.● Tarantino eventually landed a job at Video Archives in Manhattan Beach, California.● During the time he worked at Video Archives, he wrote the scripts for True Romance and Natural Born Killers.● Tarantino loved storytelling, but he showed his creativity in unusual ways. "He wrote me sad Mother's Day stories. He'd always kill me

and tell me how bad he felt about it,"

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● A Tarantino film can be distinguished in many ways:Violence, wit, humor, incredible dialogue, non-linear plots, references to pop culture, and homage to genres http://www.shortlist.com/cool-stuff/virals/every-pop-culture-reference-in-tarantinos-movies

● First movie directed by Quentin Tarantino● 6 men are hired to pull off a heist● Go by aliases (Mr. Blonde, Mr. Blue, Mr. Pink, Mr. Orange, Mr. Brown, and Mr. White)● Heist goes wrong when alarm is pulled and police are waiting for them● Pop Culture References - Pam Grier, Lee Marvin,

Donald Trump, Do the Right Thing, The Lost Boys,and many more

Pulp Fiction● Widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time● Nominated for 7 Oscars and won Oscar for Best Original Screenplay

○ “Prologue - The Diner”○ “Vincent Vega and Marsellus Wallace’s wife”○ “The Gold Watch”○ “The Bonnie Situation”○ “Epilogue - The Diner”

● Pop Culture references - Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Monroe, The Beatles, Buddy Holly, A Flock of Seagulls, Kool & The Gang, Madonna, Ringo Starr, Ed Sullivan, The Brady Bunch, Cops, The Flinstones, Psycho, Batman, The Good The Bad & The Ugly, The Graduate, A Clockwork Orange, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Rock Horror Picture Show, The Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, Robocop, and many more.

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● Begins with a Klingon proverb: “Revenge is a dish best served cold”● First scene starts with “The Bride”, who is pregnant, and is shot by BILL on the day of her

wedding.● Wakes after 4 years in a coma

● “The Bride” will not rest until she has her revenge

● Takes place in Western Europe, 1941

● Follows a Jewish girl named Shosanna - family is killed by “The Jew Hunter” .

● Adopts the alias, Emmanuelle Mimieux, and opens a movie theatre in Paris.

● She is approached by a German soldier who is interested in her and her theatre.

● He wants to premiere a movie of him in her theater, (Nazi Night.)

● Knowing “The Jew Hunter” and Hitler will be there, Shosanna sees her chance for revenge.

● Follows The Inglorious Basterds, a team of Jewish American soldiers who take no prisoners. They have one mission - Killing Nazis.

● Takes place in pre-Civil War Southern America● Django is being transported somewhere by The Speck Brothers. They are stopped

by Dr. King Schultz - kills the brothers and frees Django● Dr. Schultz needs Django to help him find and kill The Brittle Brothers.● Dr. Schultz then helps Django find and rescue his wife, who is being held at a

plantation called Candyland

Interesting Facts● One of the names carved into the bat carried by The Bear Jew in Inglourious Basterds is Anne Frank. ● He has claimed he likes to leave 20% of the movie ‘unseen’ (for example, not showing you what is in the suitcase in Pulp Fiction) “so the movie

is really yours”. ● Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained are the first two parts of a movie trilogy based on revenge, with the third movie rumoured to be

called Black Crow. ● Due to his hatred of racism, he has claimed Calvin Candie, the central villain in Django Unchained played by Leonardo DiCaprio, is the only

character he’s written that he’s hated. He’s said: “I hated Candie and I normally like my villains no matter how bad they are. I can see their point of view. I could see his point of view, but I hated it so much. For the first time as a writer, I just f*cking hated this guy.”

● Tarantino was thanked in Nirvana’s In Utero, though his name was spelt differently. In turn, Tarantino thanked Nirvana on the Pulp Fiction soundtrack and add included ‘RIP Kurt’.

● The majority of his movies contain a scene involving women’s feet and has said in an interview that he enjoys filming feet. ● He famously dislikes brand placements in films and creates imaginary brands to replace them in his own. These include the infamous Kahuna

burger, as well as Red Apple Cigarettes, G.O. Juice, Jack Rabbit Slims and Teriyaki Donuts. ● Mr Blonde’s (Reservoir Dogs) real name is Vic Vega, which is the same surname as Vincent’s in Pulp Fiction. ● His friend Robert Rodriguez scored the soundtrack for Kill Bill for $1. In return, Tarantino directed a scene in Rodriguez’s film

Sin City for the same fee. ● A paramedic was kept on the set of Reservoir Dogs to ensure that the amount and consistency of Mr Orange’s blood loss was

realistic. ● The ‘Bad Mother F*cker’ wallet seen in Pulp Fiction actually belonged to Quentin. ● Over 450 gallons on fake blood were used in the two Kill Bill films. ● He has won equal amounts of awards for Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained; five for each film. ● At the end of Pulp Fiction , Jules says he wants to become a "drifter." In Kill Bill Volume 2, Samuel L. Jackson appears as a piano-playing drifter,

called Rufus.

Bibliography● http://www.biography.com/people/quentin-tarantino-9502086● http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/113658/Quentin-Tarantino● http://www.npr.org/2013/01/02/168200139/quentin-tarantino-unchained-and-unruly