Quentin Tarantino

The Films “Inglourious Basterds” and “Django: Unchained” are both directed by Quentin Tarantino, a director acclaimed for rewriting history to satisfy the audiences vengeance against these historical antagonists and ideologies. Inglourious Basterds closes on a scene where the Nazi party members are being burnt, shot and blown up. This represents the demise of a failed, inhumane ideology which today we have studied to understand and hate and with the violent end we have come to see a satisfying…

A select few moments in film history have changed the way studios and viewing audiences think about the commercial acceptability of subjects. Django unchained (2012) is a western live action film, directed by Quentin Tarantino, which tackles the much-maligned topic of slavery at an unimaginably successful level. Slavery was a topic previously reserved for indie and documentary filmmaking, due to its serious nature and lack of commercial appeal. The movie was a gigantic commercial success despite…

The 8th Quentin Tarantino film is coming. Even in pre production, there was an unprecedented amount of hype for The Hateful Eight. The script leaked and a film fans from all around the world flocked to get an early glimpse of what Tarantino’s 8th feature has in stall for us all but then- it was called off. QT abandoned the film and said he would publish it because he had “Plenty more where that came from”. It seemed that our own eagerness had ruined the fun and that like a petulant boy who took…

D.W. Griffith's influence on cinema and culture David Wark Griffith has had an enormous influence on cinema and culture throughout many of his films. He was one of the first figures in cinema to begin and start a movement in camera use as well as radical movie directory. David Griffith was an American actor, writer, director, and producer. As well as one of the first figures to advance cinema at the time and begin a movement, both through use of camera and culture depiction of the era.…

Pulp Fiction is a film directed by Quentin Tarantino. This film contains nonlinear storyline between criminals and gangsters in the location of Los Angeles.It follows the story of Butch and the goold watch story, he receives a gold watch which has been passed down four generation and as a child he is told from a friend of his dad about his familys war history and hand him the gold watch and we see the symbolism of war to his current affairs.While another story line include Jules Winnfield and…

When was the last time you sat in silence and reflected upon your life? I mean real silence and real reflection, not soft music in your headphones-silence and thinking about what to have for dinner-reflection. And even more than that: when was the last time you felt like you were in a space and time appropriate for silence and self-reflection? In a society where it is increasingly heard not to be overwhelmed with noise as soon as we step outside our house (and sometimes, even before that), it…

The year is 2012 and the blisters on the palms of my hands have become rock hard from years of manual labor. After a hard days work, I kick back and relax, and sit on the porch with my lips wrapped around the tip of a green Heineken bottle. I share laughs with my next-door neighbor, who also happens to be my best friend, while the speakers blast Nas 's "Represent." I 'm not really thinking of the future just yet, I 'm more indulged with the thoughts of females and the summer nights ahead of us,…

Music plays a key role in a film, as it can add profound levels of emotion and change how someone interprets and comprehends a given scene. The usual music utilized on film is one that fits seemingly and represents the actions, visuals and emotion being displayed. For example, a frantic car chase can go along with fast and agitating music; or comedy or a parody can go along with ridicule and playful works. In both cases the music influences the viewer on how they should interpret, feel and…

play and the shows we watch. It is on the music we listen to, from death metal to the gangsta rap. It is in our movie theaters, such as the gory horror flicks and the epic fantasies. We as human beings love violence. As Famous movie director Quentin Tarantino famously said “Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.” I myself am guilty of this. I loved violence when I was a kid, I adore violence right now, and I’m going to continue to be extremely entertained by violence in the future.…

The movie Inglorious Bastards by Quentin Tarantino begins with a Nazi officer investigating rumors about Jewish stowaways hiding on a small French farm. This intense scene provides the viewer with information regarding the background of the story if they understand film analysis, psychoanalytic and sociologic concepts. The camera work in this scene both foreshadows events and establishes power for our main antagonist of the film, Colonel Hans Landa. The unique way in which the scene is filmed…