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More recognisable inclusions of recognisable, relatively popular songs played in various scenes can be found throughout most of Quentin Tarantino’s films (a director of whom I took the most inspiration from). A notable mention of Tarantino’s most memorable ‘musical moments’ can be found at the beginning of his 1998 film Jackie Brown, where, as the titular character walks around an…

Style: Pulp Fiction Acclaimed film critic, Roger Ebert made an unflinching statement in 1997 of then gaining prominence, Director Quentin Tarrantino, “Reservoir Dogs (1992) announced Tarantino 's talent and Pulp Fiction [1994] suggested his genius” (Ebert). Subsequently, crime infested terror and off-color humor married a peculiar auteur, and delivered in every Quentin Tarrantino film. A self-taught enthused director, screenwriter, and schooled actor (Tuohy and Glasby). Chiefly, he attributes…

In the year nineteen hundred and ninety two the widely unknown and obscure movie director Quentin Tarantino created the movie that really brought him to fame. The movie is about what happened before and after a simple jewelry store heist that went horribly wrong. At the beginning of the film it starts with the eight men eating breakfast in a diner in Los Angeles before the diamond heist they planned out. They are led by the mob boss Joe Cabot and his son, the underboss, Eddie “Nice Guy”…

Representing the Western genre, which was once popular, but started to be worn-out by the 50s, The Wild Bunch was a surprising reassessment of the American Old West. Instead of portraying lonely ’knights’ who discover the wild territories while looking for adventures, the film focused on aging outlaws whose possibilities and future prospects became limited and only their honour code is left for them. The gang tries to survive at any costs throughout the story – therefore the movie contains cruel…

In the first seconds of Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, 2 definitions of “pulp” are shown on the screen. “1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass of matter. 2. A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and being characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper,” and both describe the movie well. The movie is shapeless, being told non-linearly, and is a mass of pop culture references and imitation of movie genres. The movie is stylistically the latter definition by being rough around the…

MARTIN SCORSESE Martin Charles Scorsese born November 17, 1942) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. Part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and influential filmmakers in cinema history. In 1990, he founded The Film Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation. He is a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his…

Pulp Fiction Is Incredibly Popular With Film Critics Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino 1994) is an iconic film widely viewed and applauded by critics in its time. The interweaving stories of the hitmen, the diner thieves, the boxer, and the mob boss’ wife continue to be entertaining and relevant to this very day. Throughout their tales of murder, drugs, double crossing, and love, the character’s stories mesh to create the film masterpiece widely viewed and enjoyed by critics. Today,…

Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds [sic, sic] has been hyped as World War II action movie-cum-sadistic gorefest. In reality, it is a self-indulgent snorefest. I thought I would need a gin and tonic before I went in, but it turns out what I needed was a cup of coffee. Yes, there is some gore and sadism, but frankly I found myself hoping for more of it. Anything, really, to relieve the sheer boredom. This is Quentin Tarantino’s worst movie, and that is saying a lot, given how bad Kill Bill,…

Don't judge a movie by its cover can definitely be used to describe Blood and Lace. Looking at that sweet artwork above, you wouldn't be wrong in thinking it's going to be some bloody revenge fare, but alas, Blood and Lace is something completely different and in this case, different doesn't mean bad, but just... well different. Read on to see what I mean... PRODUCT INFORMATION PLOT SUMMARY She searched through the dark corridors of the unknown, only to find… the unbearable. Available for…

Deserving of Comparison, or a Study on Peale "Charles Willson Peale was a model Enlightenment man. A scientist as well as an artist who was unfailingly curious and energetic, his list of skills and interests rivaled Leonardo's." ––Carol Strickland. As history continues to charge forward, producing men who specialize in one area and who are not commonly disposed to study numerous topics, or to learn many skills, man who "rivaled Leonardo" becomes increasingly difficult to locate. Yet,…