Rewatched Pulp Fiction

And on a separate note, I know all the QT fans on the board. Check out the 15th anniversary dvd packaging for Dogs....

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How cool is that?
 
Great movie, but how many more times does it have to be released with new packaging ...sheesh, it's as bad as that Apocalypse Now thing.

First we've got different box art for each character, now this...
 
Holy S!!

That is a great packaging and i too am a sucker for slick presentation.

A turd is automatically aesthetically appealing if you wrap a little red bow around it.
 
The word you guys are looking for is "appropriation" - not homage, not plagarism, appropriation. He is the best AMERICAN filmmaker today, period. Why? Because he appropriates from everybody: French, Hong Kong, American... god knows who else. Where did he get his ideas for those long tracking shots of moving subjects, long conversations about whatever from: Godard. Watch Breathless (1960), it's all there. The rest you guys should be able to figure out. There are probably others who had influenced him the same way, but hey, he keeps talking about Godard!

The most original aspect of his style is the non-linear, non-3-act structured plot. That mostly came from the fact that he was an aspiring novelist before he set his eyes on film. This is where I personally respect him the most.

He is the best AMERICAN filmmaker today. He APPROPRIATES like a master.

And Jean Luc Godard was / is not some avant garde, obscure European filmmaker, his style revolutionised Europe and have had a huge impact on filmmakers across the planet, ie. Tarantino. If you are not at least somewhat familiar with Godard's work, you should not be participating in a critical discussion of QT.
 
chromeboy007 said:
The most original aspect of his style is the non-linear, non-3-act structured plot.
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More than once, he has credited this to Kubrick's The Killing.
 
Jeremy Ordan said:
Great Filmmakers:

John Ford - DEAD
Orson Welles - DEAD
Quentin Tarrantino - ALIVE
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Please insert word "American" between "Great" and "Filmmakers". In fact, insert "American" before "Filmmaker" every time you use the word "Filmmaker". Then your arguement is 100% valid.
 
oldenarm said:
Park's SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE. The latter is a great teaching film for aspiring makers... notice how every single shot pulls double, triple, quadruple duty.
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Care to explain? I can only give one example. The shots where the protagonist walks up the stairs to see the organ dealer. The frame gets smaller and smaller as he walks higher and higher up. Right there and then I realised that he was going to get in trouble. Any other examples?

Interesting how QT hasn't caught on the Korean thing yet.
 
chromeboy007 said:
Please insert word "American" between "Great" and "Filmmakers". In fact, insert "American" before "Filmmaker" every time you use the word "Filmmaker". Then your arguement is 100% valid.

Otherwise, it stinks, like my asshole.
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You're kidding, right? European, Asain, American, whatever...Ford, Wells and QT are all fantastic filmmakers. I'm so sick of the this whole label "American Filmmaker", as if Americans are somehow more inept at making movies than the rest of the world.
 
Chromeboy007

Tarantino is the most original filmmaker working today.

Have you even seen his films ? Why don't you enlighten us instead of repeating soundbites?

Go on:

Start with Dogs and take us to Kill Bill 2


(Don't give us any bullshit about using a backstory from the City on Fire and dont whine about Kill BIll paying tribute to Asian cinema

Go on, tell us all about it. Or have you even seen them ?

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And don't tell people their opinions stink like your fahina. If you want us to respect your opinion, then start by mellowing out and not sounding so prentencious like some film student Euro cinema wannabe.

Respect others and youll get the same in return

Ill be waiting on you to enlighten us about Tarantino
 
One of the best parts of watching Pulp Fiction after Kill Bill #1&2 is realising that the TV pilot Mia Wallace was in becomes the Kill Bill films. Fox Force Five becomes the Deadly Viper Assassin Squad. Fun little parallels can be made off that concept.
It's just a silly thought my cohort Mike and I have about how Mia's pilot was recycled into a film. Like an early draft of the script could have had The Bride telling B.B. the old carnie joke that Mia tells Vincent in Pulp Fiction.
 
The Machinist said:
Speaking of Park.

How about a big ol' Happy Birthday for Mr. Chan Wook Park.

He's 43 years young.
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Wow, 43 huh.. I'm sure he's got plenty of great movies left in him yet.:)
 
FourStarCinema said:
You're kidding, right? European, Asain, American, whatever...Ford, Wells and QT are all fantastic filmmakers. I'm so sick of the this whole label "American Filmmaker", as if Americans are somehow more inept at making movies than the rest of the world.
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you are correct... they are great filmmakers. However, the original poster talks like nothing exists outside the US, and I felt that that needs to be addressed.
 
John_Hudson said:
Chromeboy007

Tarantino is the most original filmmaker working today.
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What makes you say that? Can you back it up? Let's hear it from you after I'm done.

When Dogs came out there is this whole debate about how he uses nothing but dialogue to advance his plot, or just talking for the sake of talking, like the opening scene in Dogs. Madonna's "Like a Virgin" and tipping have nothing to do with the plot. There is a 15 min (or could be longer, I don't remember) dialogue in Breathless, made in 1960, between the 2 leads, about essentially nothing. Breathless was considered as groundbreaking as it broke alot of conventional rules. At the time when Dogs came out, Tarantino was the only Americam filmmaker who did that. It was considered to be ground breaking here. I wonder where he got the idea from

Much of Tarantino's films are filmed on location, with notable exception such as Jack Rabbit Slim from Pulp and the big restaurant fight scene in Kill Bill... I love the mall sequences from Jacky Brown. All of the French New Wave, and much of European cinema, was filmed on location. This isn't a very strong point, but it is a point neverthelss.

And those long long tracking shots, like Jules and Vincent walking and talking in Brett's apartment, and Butch getting out of his car a block away, walking back to his apartment to retrieve his watch, where did he get these ideas from? Godard is famous for his long tracking shots. Again, just about every scene in Breathless was shot with long tracking shots.

Those exaggerated blood squirts in Kill Bill... have you seen ANY modern Japanese movies?

Have you seen ANY Godard???

Let's hear an original opinion from you for once.
 
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