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| 02-24-10 06:54am - 5415 days | Original Post - #1 | |
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PinkPanther (0)
Active User  Posts: 1,136 Registered: Jan 08, '07 Location: Oakland, CA |
Why I Like Tarantino Otra Vez I always enjoy looking at the extras on DVD's of Tarantino's films, and I used part of my winnings from the PU raffle to get the DVD of Inglourious Basterds. There are numerous things in there that reinforce why I like Tarantino so much. He hired Rod Taylor to play Winston Churchill. Taylor was amazed that the great Tarantino wanted him and came out of a casting meeting to talk to him when he returned the call he got. More than that, Tarantino did a mini-Rod Taylor film festival for his young film crew before the guy got there, so instead of just being some old actor doing a bit part, he was being greeted by all these 20-something German & French kids, who he had no expectation of knowing his work at all and who had been primed as to just who was going to be working with them and why they should be honored. Then when his work was wrapped, Tarantino led the crew in giving Taylor a standing ovation in appreciation of his work. Then Tarantino went and visited him in his dressing room to talk movies - bearing a chilled bucket of premium Australian beer that had to be specially flown in because it's not sold anywhere but Australia. Tarantino and Brad Pitt talked about the first screening they did in Germany. Pitt was talking about having some trepidation about what the reception would be. Tarantino was a little more aware of the reality for young Germans - they had been inundated with guilt about the Holocaust since they were babies, so it wasn't anything new to them for Germans to be targeted in WW II films, but the dark humor of the film made it a release for the German audience and people were howling laughing at the movie like no other audience had because they realized that it was a WW II movie that they could actually enjoy - plus it had a number of great young German actors that were getting their first exposure in a film with world-wide distribution and big-time American actors, so they could have a lot of pride about their guys holding their own in that company. He gave similar treatment as Taylor to the director of the original Inglourious Bastards, who had one line in the movie - but again, when they wrapped his part, Tarantino led the crew in giving him a standing ovation. That kind of thing is really rare - at best other directors would probably personally express their appreciation to these kind of people on set - but involving the whole crew - nah, no fucking way! His respect for language in the film is also rare - having French people playing French people, having Germans playing Germans, having Americans playing Americans - and one of the key reasons why is language - because he understands - and really uses in the film - the fact that language is really particular and that even if everybody is the same color, the way people pronounce words, the words that people use, tell a lot about where they are or are not from. He talks about how films where everybody talks English and language isn't even used authentically blow all of the suspense of how tricky it really is to get by speaking a different language than your own. The guy likes the movies he likes - super-violent ones - and makes the movies he wants to - super-violent ones with long dialogue-heavy scenes in between. But he's an extraordinarily generous guy as an artist and in dealing with other artists and his audiences, when it comes right down to it. I hope he continues for quite a while, whether or not he curbs or gets over his taste for super-violent films. | |
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| 02-24-10 12:07pm - 5415 days | #2 | |
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exotics4me (0)
Active User  Posts: 664 Registered: Jan 12, '07 Location: USA |
I'm with on you these Tarantino movies and enjoy most of his movies enough to see them that at the theater then buy the DVD as well. The funny thing is, I was never a big fan of Pulp Ficton, but have liked everything else I've seen by him. The Kill Bill movies are easily in my top 25. Do you ever watch any animated movies? I've found that Afro Samurai has a Tarantino vibe to it. Really violent, enjoyable series. My first time I jacked off, I thought I'd invented it. I looked down at my sloppy handful of junk and thought, This is going to make me rich. - Chuck Palahniuk | |
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| 02-24-10 02:08pm - 5415 days | #3 | |
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messmer (0)
Disabled User  Posts: 2,582 Registered: Sep 12, '07 Location: Canada |
Well, you guys have better nerves and stomachs than I. :-) I gave up on enjoying "Inglourious Basterds" after that very first sadistic scene where the German played cat and mouse with the French farmer. I did watch the rest of the movie but was glad when it was over. This is not an attack on Tarantino and his skill as a film maker, so don't pile on me, just blame my overly sensitive nature when it comes to graphic violence and sadistic mind games. | |
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| 02-24-10 05:38pm - 5415 days | #4 | |
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PinkPanther (0)
Active User Posts: 1,136 Registered: Jan 08, '07 Location: Oakland, CA |
That first scene in Inglorious Basterds was sadistic? In what way? It showed the Gestapo at work - and the Gestapo were sadistic - but the scene itself was not sensationalistic in any way - it refrained from showing anything - and I was glad it did. Exotics - I don't watch much animated stuff - I lose interest too easy somehow. Pulp Fiction is amazing - I can watch it once a month and enjoy it. | |
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| 02-24-10 05:51pm - 5415 days | #5 | |
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slutty (0)
Active User Posts: 475 Registered: Mar 02, '09 Location: Pennsylvania |
I totally agree PinkPanther, I thought IB was definitely one of the best movies of the decade. Although I like Jackie Brown and Reservoir Dogs a bit more. Tarantino is definitely a talented filmmaker, and his depth of knowledge of movies is pretty insane. Bunny Lebowski: I'll suck your cock for a thousand dollars. Brandt: Ah hahahahaha! Wonderful woman. We're all, we're all very fond of her. Very free-spirited. | |
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| 02-24-10 06:40pm - 5415 days | #6 | |
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messmer (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,582 Registered: Sep 12, '07 Location: Canada |
Well, I must say it was brilliantly done, PP. There was indeed no overt sadism in the scene but such a sense of menace that it made me shudder because that's exactly how the Gestapo worked. They were masters of intimidation and psychological terror. I would give Tarantino an A+ for achieving this in his film but what made the scene so great made it so emotionally bad for me. Same as the long scene in the cellar later on. Brilliant, but I didn't have a nerve left after that one! :-) | |
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| 02-25-10 06:03pm - 5414 days | #7 | |
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PinkPanther (0)
Active User Posts: 1,136 Registered: Jan 08, '07 Location: Oakland, CA |
It's like that sometimes - I can't watch slasher films anymore - watched them when I was a kid, now I just can't deal with it - not that anything horrible like that has happened to me or anybody I know but it just gets me in a way that is as far from enjoyable as I want to get. I find that I need to find material that's as inoffensive as I can late at night - like after 10 PM - Frazier re-runs are perfect and are always on. I wouldn't watch Tarantino's friend Eli Roth's films on a fucking bet! | |
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| 02-26-10 10:24am - 5413 days | #8 | |
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messmer (0)
Disabled User Posts: 2,582 Registered: Sep 12, '07 Location: Canada |
Never could watch slasher films, or shows/movies where a woman is being raped or where a child gets killed. Instant channel switch when it comes to all of the above. Just like you I prefer my late night fare light and emotionally undemanding. :-) | |
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| 02-27-10 12:50am - 5413 days | #9 | |
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james4096 (0)
Suspended Posts: 132 Registered: Mar 02, '09 |
I feel this is important in film too. So I wonder how you, Panther feel about the scene at the end. I'll try not to spoil anything, but SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!! You know the one in which a certain French character gives her final speech to a crowd of Germans in English. That bothered me a little bit. I know that we could all come up with valid explanations as to why, but I think Tarantino put it in their for the viewers. | |
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