Quentin Tarantino's best film?

The monologue by the German prostitute asking to be treated "like a dog" was a dead giveaway that this wasn't the work of 'woman-empowering' Quentin T.

 

Thought Jean-Hugues Anglade was the star of Killing Zoe.

 

If I did that, I would have to boycott Alec Baldwin and Samuel L. Jackson movies...and that would make the cimema far more dull by denying me access to Miami Blues and Snakes On A Plane (two personal favourites).

 

The psychology of Quentin Tarantino would make an interesting study. I watched him on the Howard Stern show and the anger against his father is obvious, his lack of formal schooling probably bothers him and he just seems like someone who "has a lot to prove" because of this. He tells the story of how his father abandoned him when he was two and after his fame tried to contact Quentin several times. When the two finally did meet, Tarantino wouldn't even look at him and waved him away with his hand. It's a sad story. I'm sure all this anger plays a big role in what makes Tarantino tick.

 

Reservoir Dogs

 

"Anger Is Energy" John Lydon

 

Coincidentally I just watched my DVD of Pulp Fiction last night.

Incredibly entertaining...gets my vote....Oh, and really I don't care for violence. Go figure.

 

I saw all Tarantino’s movies and I hate them equally – may be because they look to me exactly as something that I and some of my friends would create back in the 90’s if we had some finance and if we are drunk (but he became rich and famous doing this, and we are not, so I envy). But I have to say that he’s actually a brilliant director (the other day I lost about 3 hours of my life watching his last movie, and despite the fact that to me it was the usual Trantino-esque nonsesne junk (as a plot, dialog, the usual for all his movies overacting, dummy laughable violence etc.), I didn’t distract even for a second from the screen, he just have such a deep knowledge and skills how to make a movie. I can only hope that one day he will abandon this so 90’s sense of parody and “originality”, and use his incontestable talent to create a real, “non-Tarantino” movie.

 

He worked in that Hollywood video store for so long, can't see that happening.

 

My point in quoting the other dude is I could care less about celebrity private lives and even more so judging their artistic work based on personal events. That is nuts even in this tabloid society. No "Ketch-up" needed. Could care less. His view on early cinema however, very fun listen on Colbert. The other interview I saw him on, he was obviously ripped on something. ...good try/great line.

 

I also like the fact that he worked at one of the "Pussycat" theaters, a chain of porno theaters in Los Angeles. Go, Quentin!

 

No doubt gave him a eye for talent.

 

Tarantino has said he thinks of himself as a writer first and everything else secondary. I could easily see him abandoning cinema and just doing a violent, mass-market TV series every week -- provided it was well done, unpredictable, and followed the general rules of good drama. One thing I'll say about Tarantino is that his films are rarely boring. You can complain he's derivative, or his films have racist overtones, or they're needlessly violent, but he does know how to tell a story and hold an audience's attention.

 

Your right.
He has always something going for him, even if it's down to marketing his product.

 

If nothing else, I gotta say Tarantino is one of the most passionate (if not nutty) filmmakers out there, and he believes in what he's doing 110%.

 

He was the cinematic version of The Beatles in the nineties.

 

I wouldn't go that far, but he was very commercially & critically successful on quite a few films. Reservoir Dogs is a pretty amazing film for a first-time effort.

 

Yeah. He's great. He was my hero back when "Pulp Fiction" came out. I remember driving on Santa Monica blvd with friends and we spotted him on the street. We all got the biggest kick out of that. Given his personal history and tough, up-from-poverty (maybe not poverty, but he certainly wasn't wealthy) story, he's the kind of guy you love to see make it. And from being a porn theatre usher, to a video store clerk, I love him for that undying devotion to film that he obviously took those jobs for -- a devotion that took him to the top. I rag on some of his films only because I know he can makes something brilliant again and will, I just feel like he's been off the mark a bit by writing stuff that's a bit too silly. But he's still great and will probably produce many more great things.

 

Dogs,Fiction, Romance had all great scripts. Again I think his seventies homage smorgasbord has jumped the shark. I find his recent stuff dated.

 

Seeing the previews of Hateful 8 makes me want to see the 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' again!
Tarantino is in a full "Leone" mode for quite a few films now (since Inglourious Basterds) and although I love the visual style and admire the dialogues; the originals can't be beat. I.m.o....

 

Jackie Brown.

The BFI here in London are showing all of them this month with every one except Reservoir Dogs on film. Should be great!

 

And he always gets good actors and give them great parts to work with. And the dialogue is always interesting although often over the top of course. I don't love all of his movies but I like them a lot for different reasons. Tarantino is quality

 

Can`t argue with already been said to this point.I think his best film is still yet to come.

 

QT's mentioned Hitchcock at least to the quality of the British directors last few film(s).Re, his dislike for Topaz.
Ironically AH's first 20 years filmography was no great shakes,his next twenty years all goodies came.His last 10 year's not so great, all imo.
Where as QT's in the past twenty year's has produced better films than Hitch's first run. Looks like we shant get to see Quentin's next 20 year's of classics,guess that would be another few due to his early retirement

 

I was wrong about QT writing the film, but he was involved with it at the executive producer level.