Analysis Of Quentin Tarantino's Film-Making Techniques

Quentin Tarantino is wildly known as an ‘auteur’ who has strong personal characters in his movies. Using Micheal Rennett’s concept of the ‘director as DJ’, people can easily define Tarantino as an DJ, for his ability to mix and match different source materials and make them his own. So, there are plenty of films which influence Tarantino’s film-making style a lot. As we all know, Tarantino’s use of ‘violence aesthetics’ is one of the most prominent characteristics in his films. And ‘A Better Tomorrow’, directed by Hong Kong’s legendary filmmaker John Woo, was the film which influenced Tarantino’s use of ‘violence aesthetics’ the most, gave Tarantino the grand new idea of ‘eastern violence aesthetics’ and deeply shaped Tarantino’s film-making style. ‘A Better Tomorrow’ is an 1986 Hong Kong action movie produced under a tight budget and remained unknown before it went on the screen. It illustrated the story about the brotherhood among Sung Tse-Ho, Mark and Kit and their own frustration, defeat, repent and revenge. The film stormed the theatre soon because Woo sought to break from the clownish kung fu films that were …show more content…
Tarantino is deeply influenced by Asian action movies, especially Hong Kong martial arts films. Tarantino is fascinated by “A better Tomorrow”. The director of “A better Tomorrow” John Woo provides the audience around the world a new perspective on violence - the Oriental aesthetic perspective by adding some intriguing flavors to the violence. For the first time, violence is endowed with meaningful pursuit. By combining violence with morality and brotherhood, John Woo successfully weakened the non-moral elements of the