Gods Among Us #10 - Tarantino
King of Cult Cinema
You look at Quentin Tarantino’s filmography and
I challenge you to find some one who is yet to see a Tarantino film. Although
being relatively new to the scene, releasing his first feature length film in
1992, Tarantino has quickly shot up the rankings due to hit after hit after
hit.
In 1992, Tarantino released independent movie
Reservoir Dogs. Cult hit, regarded as ‘The Greatest Independent Movie of all
Time’. What other director can pull that off in their first full length
release? Even Spielberg had to make lack luster titles before Jaws. Perhaps its
his unique and memorable characters or unique scene styles. One thing is certain;
Tarantino is undeniably at the top of the list when it comes to creative genius.
You need look no further than the titles under
his belt. Tarantino follows up the cult hit Reservoir Dogs with Pulp Fiction,
another cult hit, regarded as Tarantino’s masterpiece. The hit film casts
Samuel L Jackson, John Travolta and Bruce Willis, and expertly displays
Tarantino’s unique style of cinema, which often divides opinion among cinema
goers and film fans.
His is a style of cinema which you can see in a
film and instantly recognize it as Tarantino’s. The long and detailed scenes of
dialogue between few characters are both a source of praise and criticism from
viewers; their opinions are irrelevant
as no matter what it is this unique type of cinematography that make Tarantino
films Tarantino films.
You can’t argue that he isn’t up there with the
best, since 1992 Tarantino has released 9 feature films; two thirds of which
contain star casts and are critically claimed as some of the best pieces of
cinema in the last 20 years.
You can argue that Tarantino cannot stack up
against goliaths such as Spielberg and Lucas, an argument that falls on deaf
ears. When all have retired, then you can stack up merits, awards and following
but few have produced such quality in such short time as Tarantino. Few can
compare to his style and casting that always make for memorable scenes and
characters. Only 20 years into his career and already at the top, we wait to
see what new heights this great mind can reach.
A strong argument with some very good turns of phrase - I liked the way you used "an argument that falls on deaf ears" and then went on to say why convincingly. That is lacking in some places - you need to really bring your assertions to life with examples and dramatic, emotive language e.g. you said he has a distinctive style but then suported that only with "long and detailed scenes" which meant you missed the opportunity to wax lyrical about what makes Tarantino so special. Think baout using examples from your knowledge, hypoerbole, quotes, metaphors etc. to establish Tarantino's greatness. Use as many of the techniques in the style model as you can and ALL the conventions.
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