Quentin Tarantino: The Director

He gained instant international fame, an occult following for his mastery of non-linear story telling, as well as it's extreme portrayal of violence. [Movie Stream] Hey welcome to watchmojo.com, I'm your host Derek Allen and today we’ll be taking a look at the always controversial Quentin Tarantino. Born March 27, 1963 in Knoxville, Tennessee, Quent Tarantino dropped out of high school at the age of 15, but went on to study acting at the James Best Theater Company. It was at the age of 22 while working at a video store, when Tarantino’s passion for discussing and analyzing movies, truly took hold of him, using every free moment to write his own screenplays. Tarantino took advantage of the opportunity to study what people were watching and why. A friend who knew Harvey Keitel showed the actor Tarantino’s third script called Reservoir Dogs. Keitel was so impressed with the screenplay that he worked to get it produced by rounding up financing, taking a role in the film and even helping with he casting. The film was produced by Lawrence Bender and entered into the Sun Dance Film Festival. The film got instant critical acclaimed and quickly made Tarantino a mega hit on the cult film circuit. Rumors and accusations began to spread that Tarantino had borrowed word for word material and shot by shot film making from films such as City on Fire and Stan Lee, Kubert’s The Killing. [Movie Stream] However, this seem to only boost his appeal in the following years and turned him into more of a household name. Tarantino’s style while introduced in Reservoir Dogs became cemented in the public consciousness with 1994’s Pulp Fiction. By breaking many of the narrative rules of filmmaking, Tarantino helped re-write the way that a story could be told. 2003’s other release of the first part of Tarantino’s two-part Kill Bill series. Again, Tarantino’s work created the stir in the media for pushing the boundaries of violence and may have. [Movie Stream] For Kill Bill, Tarantino’s genre sampled many film styles of the 1960s and ‘70s. Tarantino has even admitted in an interview with Playboy they elicits substances aided him in making the film. [Movie Stream] Tarantino has shared a strong bond with Robert Rodriguez since meeting him at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1992. They then collaborated on the 1995 movie Four Rooms, in which each row, one segment in the interweaving anthology comedy feature. In that same year, Rodriguez gave Tarantino a minor role in his film Desperado. [Movie Stream] They’ve collaborated in many time since then, such as with the 1996 action-horror film from Dust Till Dawn, which start Rodriguez direct Tarantino’s screenplay. [Movie Stream] Their 2007 double feature Grindhouse paid homage to that style of Landy Fun cinema. Their double features Death Proof and Planet Terror came complete with fictionalized trailers and film decay. [Movie Stream] During planning, the two directors became competitive in seeing who could deliver more on-screen carnage. [Movie Stream] 2009 Inglorious Bastards, took its inspiration from the 1978 film of the same name, taking place during World War II in Natzi-occupied France. The film is viewed by Tarantino as his personal masterpiece and “some of the best writing that he has ever done.” [Movie Stream] Being a self-professes couch potato, Tarantino is occasionally jumped at the chance to direct television episodes, such as the famous 5th season finale, Grave Danger on CSI. Tarantino has never married, but has been romantically involved with several famous entertainers over the years. Frequently, there has been a rumor about a possible relationship with Uma Thurman. Tarantino denies these claims and said that she is muse and close plutonic friend. [Movie Stream] When interviewed, he is often asked about his foot fetish both on and off the screen, because of the unusual amount of scenes involved in feet in his films. [Interview Clip] Quentin Tarantino is one of the most recognizable pop cultural icons. He is well-known in the film community for his overriding philosophy that the quality of the finished film project comes high above any pay check.