Quentin Tarantino is an absolute
favourite director of mine purely due to his fearlessly bold and offbeat
approach to the crime action genre. An array of fake blood dominates every
scene as well as an endless stock of outrageous caricatures and whilst his
films seem to jump through scenes of complete surrealism, he still manages to
keep a consistently light yet unique humour throughout.
Now, let’s start with some prime examples of this blunt signature
humour.
- Reservoir Dogs, (1992): *inserts
entire Madonna discussion between Mr Brown, Blonde, Orange, Pink, White
and Nice Guy Eddie*
Yeah, that’s pretty much all I need to prove my point.
What interests me the most that
how he translates his personality into his films, unlike some directors who
remain nameless throughout each and every film because their only concern is
that the camera doesn’t jerk. However, Tarantino is still able to adapt himself
into his more modern cinematic creations such as Inglorious Basterds (2009) which may
not have similar stylistics to his previous work but is as wonderfully shocking
and upfront gruesome as always, if not more.
Even Sin City (2005), in which he was a
guest director, had the grit of Tarantino written all over it and is a true visual
interpretation of a comic, a still-shot of any scene could easily be printed
onto paper and sold as a comic in stores, unlike the polished American marvel
films, some of which I do enjoy, but don’t stand a chance against the technicalities
of Sin City’s opening scene.
However his classics such as
Jackie Brown (1997) and Pulp Fiction (1994) have such a recognisable and iconic style to them
that they can never really age and even what may be considered as his least successful
(particularly after the 2nd film, despite my own acclaim) film, Kill
Bill (2003, 2004), will still have a devoted Tarantino audience (population: me + many) in
the 3rd instalments upcoming release next year along with a new
creation; Django Unchained (2012).
Please note, that whilst I am
quite obviously a fan, if you haven’t watched any or even all of his films, my
recommendation could not be more serious.
On a second note, if my word is
not good enough… then maybe Brad Pitt can convince you…
