Today we celebrate the birthday of Quentin Tarantino, one of the most controversial and beloved directors of all time. With blockbusters such as Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Django Unchained and others, Tarantino affirmed his unique cinematic style, in which he combines irony, violence and deep moral and philosophical reflection. Let’s discover together his path as director, screenwriter and the most important films of his career. An undisputed genius
Since breaking onto the scene in 1992 with Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino has been one of America’s best-known and most original directors. Drawing from an amazing well of knowledge, Tarantino went from screenwriter to director with a voice and style all of his own. While some viewed Tarantino’s films as nothing more than cynical jokes and violence, his films are often based on deep, philosophical reflection. He received wide critical and commercial acclaim with Pulp Fiction (1994), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Screenplay. Subsequent films were Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Vol. 2 (2004) and Grindhouse (2007). Tarantino has garnered several nominations for Inglourious Basterds (2009) and Django Unchained (2012),Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
Here, Tarantino uses every tool in his cinematic arsenal to build an unreal world that abides by its own rules but never gets carried away by itself – and the result is ultra-fresh, ultra-fun. and ultra-Quentin Tarantino. Uma Thurman and to say the least iconic in the role of the Bride, seeking revenge against the team of hitmen who have turned their backs on her, absolutely convincing as a one-woman army, almost unstoppable. Pulp Fiction (1994)
Pulp fiction: a narrative that proceeds through a series of intertwining tales, a series of hit men, armed robbers, fixers, boxers, entangled in stories of death, drugs and lucky escapes in 1990s Los Angeles. All interspersed with self-aware conversations about pop culture, religion and the nature of the crime itself. An exercise in pure style with such memorable dialogues that entire pieces have entered the cultural “consciousness” in general. Pulp Fiction embodies everything that made early 1990s independent cinema (and Tarantino himself) so exciting and fresh – playful and unexpected, with truly iconic interpretations by John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Bruce Willis and others. Over 25 years later it remains timeless. The Hyenas (1992)
This film has it all: genre twists, non-chronological storytelling, mind-boggling musical choices, seemingly incongruous conversations about cultural minutiae, shocking (no longer such) violence, and above all, a sense of pure, unfailing coldness . At the center of the film is a robbery that is witnessed in its preparation and chaotic aftermath, with criminals of color – played by the likes of Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen and Steve Buscemi – who go against each other. the other. He’s bright, funny, smart and super stylish, an undeniable classic of crime. George Baker’s ‘Little Green Bag’ and Madonna’s ‘Like A Virgin’ have never sounded alike. Django Unchained (2012)
Django Unchained: the drama of a Southern man, who creates a real black icon in the freed slave Django (an excellent Jamie Foxx) and who, for all his indulgence in reliving the worst of slavery in the plantations, also enjoys represent the violent revenge against a series of truly despicable racists. As well as being one of the director’s longest-running films, it’s also arguably funnier than a film depicting slavery should be, but its cartoonish shooting at its climax remains a blood-soaked explosion. Once Upon a Time in … Hollywood (2019)
In 2019 one of its sunniest has arrived; an ode to the dying days of Hollywood’s golden age that allows the director to recreate the Tinseltown of his youth. So we have Leonardo DiCaprio’s insecure actor Rick Dalton and his light-hearted stunt double, Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth. Dalton and Booth are the coolest characters in QT in recent years, and they are a wonderful duo to hang out with for over 150 minutes. When Tarantino’s signature ultra-violence comes into play, it’s in the service of a strangely sweet rewrite of a brutal tragedy that marked the end of the swinging ’60s, which reveals the truth of the film’s title: this is, really, a tale of Tarantino.
