Quentin Tarantino is an American film director known for his nonlinear storytelling and graphic violence. Some of his most popular films are Pulp Fiction, about the interconnected lives of criminals in Los Angeles, Django Unchained, about a slave seeking to rescue his wife in the antebellum South, and Kill Bill, about a bride seeking revenge on those who tried to kill her and her unborn child. Tarantino's films often include eclectic soundtracks and references to other films, and have won widespread critical acclaim, though some criticize his use of graphic violence.

1. Tarantino
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2. Who is Quentin Tarantino?
• Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, cinematographer,
producer, and actor.
• His films are known for their non-linear storylines-
• An aestheticization of violence is often used in his films- however, Tarantino
does not believe that violence in movies inspires acts of violence in real life.
• Tarantino uses violence in an extremely graphic way-which has been proven
to grab the audiences attention however, Tarantino has been harshly
criticised for his use of gore and blood- some have found this very repulsive.
• Neo-noir film and Spaghetti Western.
• Music is an important part of Tarantino's filmmaking style. Tarantino said that
he would listen to music in his bedroom and create scenes which correlated
to the music that was being played.
• Growing up Tarantino was a huge film fanatic and worked in a video rental
shop- he would observe what people liked to watch and claims that this
helped him with his directional choices.
• Tarantino actually features in a lot of his films- he has around 30 acting
credits, and only 20 writing ones.

3. Most popular films

4. Pulp Fiction • VIDEO
Plot: The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of
diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
• The film features John Travolta, Samuel L.
Jackson who play the hit men and Uma
Thurman, who plays the role of Mia.
• Drug abuse is continuously used through
out the film- which in some ways can make
the film slightly controversial.
• The film has won 70 awards, including an
Oscar and Golden Globe award. It has also
been nominated 47 times.
• I liked the film for numerous reasons,
mainly that it's divided into three
sections.
The film is known for its punchy dialogue
dialogue, ironic mix of humour and graphic
violence, non-linear storyline, and a host of
cinematic allusions and pop culture references.
Known as one of the greatest films of all time.

5. Django
• Set in the 1800’s, Django a black slave
is freed by bounty hunter Dr. King
Shultz (Christoph Waltz) in order to
help him with a bounty. Quite quickly,
Shultz takes Django under his wing
and trains him as his partner. But he
made him a promise: that he would
rescue his wife from a plantation
owned by the ruthless Calvin Candie
(Leonardo DiCaprio). And rescuing her
is not going to be all that easy.
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• 'I like the way you die boy'
• 55 wins and 83
nominations.
Spaghetti western- broad genre of western films
- Although the film was a huge success, it was also
controversial in many ways- especially for the repetition
of the word ‘nigger’ however, in an interview Tarantino
responded by saying ‘As a writer, I demand the right to
write any character in the world that I want to write. I
demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think
them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they
are’

6. Kill Bill
Plot: An entire wedding party is slaughtered during a dress
rehearsal in a rural chapel: the pregnant woman in the blood-splattered
wedding dress is Black Mamba, better known as The
Bride. The assassin, Bill, and his circle known as The Vipers left The
Bride for dead, but unluckily for them she was merely comatose.
Four years later, The Bride suddenly awakens from her coma and
realizes what has been done to her. She sets off on a ferociously
focused mission, setting out to seek revenge on her former master
and his deadly squad of assassins. One by one, she kills the various
members of the assassin group. She saves Bill for last.
• KILL BILL TRAILER
Facts about the movie
Uma Thurman was offered the script to Kill Bill, and her role as "The Bride", as a 30th
Birthday present from Tarantino, and came up with the film’s opening of her beaten
up and wearing a wedding gown.
Approximately US$60,000 of the movie's budget was used for producing swords and
sword accessories.
On media criticisms of violence in his movies: "Sure,
Kill Bill's a violent movie. But it's a Tarantino movie.
You don't go to see Metallica and ask them to turn the
music down."

7. The End