A young Quentin Tarantino described the film in an interview: “The real test of time is not the opening Friday. It’s how this movie will be thought of 30 years from now.” It just so happens. pulp fictionThe film that made Tarantino America’s most famous director virtually on its first day of release was released 30 years ago last fall. This triggered the Video essay by YouTuber Dodford aboveThe film tells the story of how Tarantino became a film director, and is largely constructed from Tarantino’s own words, providing a completely non-linear story that people still associate with Tarantino. It is compiled based on a chronological table.
As Tarantino’s body of work grows, so does his work, even with its fragmented timeline and obsession with pop culture and graphic violence that the media tended to exaggerate in the early days of his rise to fame. now appears to be less defined. “They thought it was much more violent than it actually was,” he says of the public reaction to his first feature. Reservoir Dogs in charlie rose The interview that inspired this video. He could see that as evidence that he understood the film form, which derives its power from what it doesn’t show as much as from what it actually shows.
Tarantino began developing that understanding early on, through a childhood full of movies and a stint as a video store clerk in Manhattan Beach. But contrary to popular belief, the video archive did not make him an expert on film. That’s why I was hired. ”It was during that period that he started working on my best friend’s birthdayhe intended it to be his first film. Although he was unable to complete the work after three years of work, he noticed a clear artistic development when comparing the amateurish early scenes with the more effective later ones.
This failed project turned out to be “the best film school one could have” and prepared him for the opportunities that came his way. After writing and selling the script for true romancehe was in a position to tackle Reservoir Dogs‘ was finally made into production thanks to the interest of Harvey Keitel, who plays Mr. White. When the picture gained attention at Sundance and became an indie hit, Tarantino stayed in Europe, ostensibly to work on his next script and to find a way to break his “terrible sophomore curse.” d had many secondhand experiences as a disappointed movie fan.
The result of those efforts is an anthology of crime stories. pulp fictionat first incredible, the box office potential seemed to have little promise. But you get the feeling that Tarantino knew exactly what he had because he knew his audience so well. It’s not that he commissioned intensive market research; as he once said, “It’s me. I’m the audience.” And so he has continued to operate for the past 30 years, and as he often said, “It’s me. I’m the audience.” As we move forward, we’re getting closer and closer to completing what will eventually become a 10-film oeuvre. Of course, actually stopping there risks disappointing his many fans who are hoping for more. But as fans of Tarantino’s films know all too well, when filmmakers hang on to their craft for too long, they run the far more terrible danger of letting themselves down.
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