Quentin Tarantino

Introduction 1. I didnt go to film school, I went to films His formative years, his time working at a video store, Video Archives His early acting and his almost-feature, My Best Friend's Birthday2. I made this movie for myself, and everyones invitedReservoir Dogs: how he got it together with Harvey Keitel's help, success at Sundance, creating his own style, cult stardom.3. I think of them as like old girlfriends Quentin the writer: True Romance, Natural Born Killers, From Dusk Till Dawn, plus uncredited script work. 4. My characters never stop telling stories...Pulp Fiction: pulling in big names and bringing back old ones, reinventing the soundtrack, winning an Oscar and the Palme D'Or5. It just kind of snuck up on me Jackie Brown: paying tribute to his favourite author, remixing Blaxploitation and trying to get out of his box, Tarantino matures.'6. I dont really consider myself an American filmmaker...Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2: conceiving the film with Uma Thurman, delays and recasting, homage upon homage. 7. Slasher movies are legitimate...Grindhouse and Death Proof: Tarantino and Rodriguez, messing around, and his first real flop.8. Just f**king kill himInglourious Basterds: selling a drama as an action flick and killing Hitler.9. Life is cheap. Life is dirt. Life is a buffalo nickel Django Unchained: the gruelling production and the racial controversy.10. I really was creating a little Agatha Christie thingThe Hateful Eight and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: the script leak on the former, the return to 1970s Hollywood on the latter, what else is in the pipeline. Sources