Quentin Tarantino has a very interesting style of movie
directing. I viewed 3 films from
different time periods in his career, and they all have very similar
styles. The movies I watched were Pulp
Fiction from the early stages of his career, Kill Bill vol. 1 in the middle of
his career, and Inglorious Basterds from his more recent films. I noticed a lot
of trends in the way he directs his films. These trends being, he almost always
separates his movies into chapters, he usually starts each movie with violence
and explains why this is happening later, and mid-career he decided to start
using foreign language.
In Pulp Fiction he started the movie with 2 of the
characters executing a man for their boss, then he ended that chapter, and
created different chapters for the later developments in the story. Pulp Fiction had excellent actors who played their roles perfectly. In addition to that, this movie had excellent editing , which is another one of the many talents Quentin Tarantino has to offer Hollywood.
In Kill Bill, he started the movie with the main character
showing up at someone’s house and having her kill the resident, and then ended
the chapter. Later, he explained why the main character was knocking on
people’s doors and murdering them. Tarantino started using foreign languages in
this film. Instead of having characters only speaking English, he had some of
his characters speaking Japanese as well. Since this movie had a high frequency of action, the shots used were very short, due to the camera having to change angles every time a character does a ninja flip or falls off a balcony.
In Inglorious Basterds, the movie began with the execution
of Jews hiding in the floorboards of a home in France. The chapter then ended,
and later in the movie he connected how this event was significant to the plot
of the story. Foreign language was a huge theme in this movie. It had
characters that spoke French, German, and English. This film had a lot of dialogue leading up to the scenes with the most action. It would really do an excellent job setting the scene, and letting the viewer get a better understanding of the characters before any significant action would occur.
Another popular theme in Tarantino’s movies is revenge
fantasies. Tarantino makes films about some of societal’s most infamous events
taking place against races or other groups, and he allows these people to be
able to see ultimate revenge against their perpetrators. In the movie Kill Bill
vol. 1, he allowed the main character to get revenge against the people who
killed her unborn child, and tried to kill her. In his film, Inglorious
Basterds, Tarantino allowed Jewish people to see revenge against the Nazi’s, by
having a group of Jews invade Nazi Germany, and beat, mark, and kill Nazis.
Tarantino has had a great effect on Hollywood with his
films. His films use special effects to the best of their abilities with all
the violence that takes place in the films. But, knowing how to use special effects
is a great talent and it is what separates directors like Tarantino from
directors like Michael Bay.
Tarantino has won many awards throughout his long career. He
has won 2 Academy Awards, 2 Golden Globes, 2 BAFTA awards, a Palme d’OR, and he
has been nominated for an Emmy, and a Grammy. Quentin Tarantino has accrued 608
million throughout his career at the box office, and averages about 70 million
per film.
This is a real good start, but there's so much more to say about Tarantino's influence and style. Good choice of films, but include some more details and specifics from the movies that portray this. Showcase the editing; what about his treatment of violence? What criticisms do people have of Tarantino? Keep it going.
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