Depending on who you ask, Quentin Tarantino, director of Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, and Kill Bill, is either a genius when it comes to narrative storytelling, or a misogynistic geek obsessed with violence.
We think he's both.
Inglourious Basterds - a remake of a 1970's spaghetti western/WWII revenge tale with the same grammatically incorrect title - will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this May, than in Southeast Texas in August. It stars Brad Pitt, Diane Krueger (National Treasure) and Mike Myers. Like many Tarantino films it has several interwoven storylines, all revolving around separate plots to bring down the Third Reich.
Tarantino tells his stories in very creative ways, but his films hyper- sexualize both violence and women - and often violence against women - for reasons we don't understand. They're generally just too much for us.
In a previous job we worked in Hollywood and had several run-ins with him. He was one of the nicest people we ever met, but it was clear that he mentally marched to the beat of a different drummer.
If you're a fan of his work, you'll probably love this movie. If you haven't liked any of his other movies, we say save you're money and go see the Transformers sequel.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Tarantino's "Inglourius Basterds" trailer
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2 comments:
"Inglorious BASTURDS" would have been funnier.
Tarantino is an overrated director whose perpetual adolescence fuels his movies.
As such, he will never mature into a great artist like other directors before him.
In 25 years, he will be as relevant to cinema as Roger Corman.
RE: S.
I semi-agree with you. I think his influence will be bigger than Corman's in that more people will know of Tarantino. Many still have no idea who Corman is, though they flock to films that wouldn't exist without him.
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