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