Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino (* 27. March 1963 in Knoxville/threshing floor lake) is an US-American director, actor, a producer and a film script author.

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lives

Quentin Tarantino threshing floor lake came , to the world into Knoxville. Its nut/mother Connie was old with the birth only 16 years, its father 21. It was designated afterthe figure Quint from the TV serial Gunsmoke with Burt Reynolds. When it was two, its nut/mother with it pulled to Los Angeles, where she largepulled it alone. Its spare time spent Tarantino prefers those in small suburb cinemas, mainly Martial kind- Films and B-Movies showed.

With 17 it broke the school off in favor of play training. Five years later he transferred a job to the videos Archives - Videothek in Manhattan Beach. There it was suitable on a comprehensive film detail knowledge and was writtentogether with its friends Roger Avary and Jerry Martinez the film scripts My Best Friend' s Birthday (1987 partly filmed) and The open Road. However the latter was rejected because of its length (over 500 sides) of all Studios and later in True Romance and Natural fount killer divided.

Frustrated from the futile search to investors, written Tarantino at the beginning of the 1990er the script to reservoir Dogs, which it wanted to originally film with cheapest means themselves. On initiative of the producer Lawrence Benderbecame however the actor Harvey Keitel to the project attentive and assured his financial support.

The film, in which beside Keitel and Tarantino also Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn, Tim Roth and Lawrence Tierney participated,a large success became and and. A. shown on the Sundance film festival. Tarantino was considered as a new hope carrier of the independent film and found now also buyers for its other film scripts: 1993 were filmed True Romance of Tony Scott, Olive Stone turned one year later the controversy medium satire Natural fount killer, from which Tarantino dissociated itself however. Together with Lawrence Bender it created the production company A volume distinctive.

1994 it began the work on its second feature Pulp Fiction. Also this developed with relatively modest means, became however a large success at the Kinokassen. Many critics praised the innovative telling structure and the clevere action, even if some criticized the extreme and exaggerated representation of force. That Cult film help actors such as John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman and. v. A. to a career thrust and received numerous prices (among other things the golden palm of Cannes, the OSCAR for the best film script as well asTarantino a three-year break than

director inserted six further nominating.) after the commercial break-through. it wrote parts of the film scripts to the episode film Four Rooms to 1995 - Silvester in strange beds and From Dusk Till Dawn, that from its friend Robert Rodríguez was filmed. Its cooperation at Crimson Tide is not confirmed until today.

For its next public work, Jackie Brown of 1997, occupied Tarantino among other things Pam Grier, Robert Forster (two its Jugendidole), Robert De Niro, Samuel L.Jackson, Bridget Fonda and Michael Keaton. Although the film disappointed many of its fans, it kept a OSCAR nominating golden, to one Globe and a further gold close praise nominating.

After a further break of five years it quit its next project, to the revenge Epos Kill Bill, on. While the turning work decided it to produce two parts which came 2003 and 2004 in the distance of few months into the cinema.

2005 it supported his friend Robert Rodríguez with the turning work to Sin town center and ledfor a fee of a dollar guest direction.

The next project, which presumably comes 2006 into the cinema, is called Grind House. A split horror film, whose direction divides again Tarantino with Robert Rodríguez. Turning beginning is prospective in January 2006. Tarantinos partDeath Proof should be called and be a kind Slasher film with a car as weapon. Rodriguez part becomes a Zombiefilm with the title Project terror. Between the two episodes still Trailer too freely invented films are to be demonstrated.

That alreadyseveral times shifted film Inglorious of hybrid does not come with high probability any more 2006. Tarantino needs still another one year, in order to perfect the film script. It acts of a group of soldiers in the Second World War after the model of the seven Samurai.

In additionTarantino is to lead now with the filming of the life of Jimi Hendrix direction.

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Stilistik

by mixing different film and music styles does not create Tarantino in its films a completely own, unmistakable atmosphere, often by those linear temporal succession of the individual scenes is supported. It is considered as a brilliant film script author, who captivates particularly with its funny Nonsens dialogues. Its partly shocking force representations cause controversy reactions.

Tarantino is assigned the Riege of the Autorenfilmer, there it all importantAspects of its films themselves certainly, direction leads and always also arises (Pulp Fiction, reservoir Dogs, “From Dusk Till Dawn “), in the background shows up briefly (Kill Bill) or also only something speaks (Jackie Brown). Differently than z. B. with Alfreds Hitchcock can its appearances in the own films thus always vary. Further its films are often linked over certain dialogues, brand names or hidden allusions with one another. Thus Dogs already becomes in reservoir spoken about Pam Grier, which played five years later in Jackie Brown the main role. Vic Vega (Michael Madsen) in reservoir Dogs is the brother of Vincent Vega (John Travolta) from Pulp Fiction.

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preferences andRetroelemente

in the different films are accommodated completely different preferences by Quentin Tarantino. By its job in a Videothek it became a large fan of skurrilen B-Movies and Martial kind films, which it quotes in its own works frequently. In addition is it a large fan of Sergio Leones Italowestern, whose style means it builds frequently in its films, so z. B. in Kill Bill of volume. 2. Among its models Stanley Kubrick, Brian De Palma, Martin Scorsese rank,Alfred Hitchcock, Sergio Leone and James stock. It mostly re-activates older, well-known actors such as John Travolta and Michael Keaton or uses icons for the films, to which one alludes, than leading actors. Those are z. B. Pam Grier inJackie Brown or Sonny Chiba and David Carradine in Kill Bill. Many (z. T. former) star help it in such a way to a new popularity thrust, because it produces each role of stamping SAM. The music has a high value in Tarantinos films. ThoseSound TRACKs are coined/shaped from clear guitar sounds and one mix from southCalifornia, Mexican and texanischen sounds. Classical skirt' n' roll, Surfrock, Tex Mex, Texas Blues and film music, which is strongly by Ennio Morricone affected, dip again and again in its filmsup. Frequently the sound TRACK originates from its private disk collection.

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acquaintance master actor

  • Harvey Keitel (reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, From Dusk Till Dawn)
  • Michael Madsen (reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill, Sin town center)
  • SamuelL. Jackson (Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill)
  • Steve Buscemi (reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction)
  • Tim Roth (reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms)
  • Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill)
  • Bruce Willis (Pulp Fiction, Four Rooms, Sin town center)

beside the recurring actors exist numerous brand names, which emerge in many Tarantino films. In addition things count such as Chevrolets, „talk Apple “- to cigarettes, „bend Kahuna “- citizen, silver tape (“Tarantino volume”)and various role names; in addition, style means like „the Mexican shooting “, the mandatory „drunkenness SHOT “(a camera focusing from the inside of a trunk), unorthodox telling structures, long camera travels and CLOSE ups.

A special relationship has Tarantino to the actress Uma Thurman, both in Pulp Fiction and in Kill Bill main roles took over and which it as its „MUSE “and/or. „his Marlene Dietrich “designates. Straight ones by it are to be seen in these films large photographs of their feet. Generally come into Tarantinos filmsfrequently close-ups from more or less dressed feet to the employment. Is after-said to him, it is Fussfetischist, what by the dialogue over Fussmassagen in Pulp Fiction is still affirmed.

As favourite films Tarantino has thereby frequently the Sleaze classical author the rabid one , which is shown in Jackie Brown even auschnittweise, and which killers mentioned of Vienna.

Tarantinos work captivates by its many quotations, which he the films taken by Sergio Corbucci , Enzo Castellari , Sergio Grieco and the asiatic cinemahas. Tarantino goes so far that he copied whole scenes including the dialogues from films such as Django. With purists this criticism brought in for it, but from at that time this much does not seem to constitute the Protagonisten. Thus it entersRumor that Tarantino in the newest Western of Castellari in the initial scene of Franco Nero is to be shot. Tarantino is to have answered to this role offer: „ By Franco Nero to be shot? Immediately! “

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acquaintance colleague

Tarantino often workswith the friendly director Robert Rodríguez together, for whose film From Dusk Till Dawn it wrote the film script and played even one of the main roles. Besides it had a short guest appearance in Rodríguez' Actionreisser Desperado. Further common projects were Four Rooms, which From Dusk Till Dawn - Sequels and Tarantinos appearing as a guest director for the Comic - filming Sin town center, for which he received 1 US Dollar fee. Thus Tarantino redeemed its promise opposite Rodriguez, it for 1 US Dollarto help, because Rodriguez the sound TRACK to Tarantinos Kill Bill: Volume. 2 for 1 US Dollar produced.

Roger Avary assisted to it with the film scripts to reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. For the latters the two divide the OSCAR for thatbest original film script, lent 1995.

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honors and nominating

  • 1992: Nominating for the Grand jury Prize with the Sundance film festival for reservoir Dogs
  • 1995: OSCAR for the best original film script for Pulp Fiction
  • 1995: OSCAR nominating as a best director for Pulp Fiction
  • 1995: OSCAR nominating for the best film (Pulp Fiction)
  • 1994: Golden palm with the international film festivals of Cannes for Pulp Fiction
  • 1995: César - nominating for the best foreign film (Pulp Fiction)
  • 1995: Golden Globe forthe best original film script for Pulp Fiction
  • 1995: Gold close praise nominating as a best director for Pulp Fiction
  • 1995: BAFTA Award for the best original film script for Pulp Fiction
  • 1995: BAFTA Award nominating for the best film (Pulp Fiction)
  • 1998: Nominating for the golden bearthe citizen of Berlin film festivals for Jackie Brown
  • 2005: Grammy - nominating for the best sound TRACK album (Kill Bill)
  • 2005: Emmy - nominating for the best series film script (final consequence of the 5. Relay CSI - Grave Danger)
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Filmografie

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as an author:

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as actors:

  • 2003 - Kill Bill: Vol.1 (Statist, House OF Blue Leaves)
  • 2000 - Little Nicky (Deacon)
  • 1997 - Jackie Brown (voiceon the answering set (in the English Originalton))
  • 1996 - From Dusk Till Dawn (smelling pool of broadcasting corporations Gecko)
  • 1996 - Girl 6 (Q.T.)
  • 1995 - Destiny turn on The radio (Johnny Destiny)
  • 1995 - Desperado (Pick UP Guy)
  • 1995 - Four Rooms - only thoseEpisode „The one from Hollywood “ (Chester Rush)
  • 1994 - Sleep With ME (simmer)
  • 1994 - Somebody ton of Love (Barkeeper)
  • 1994 - Pulp Fiction (Jimmie)
  • 1994 - The Coriolis Effect (only voice)
  • 1993 - Eddie Presley (Krankenpfleger)
  • 1992 - reservoir Dogs (Mr. Brown)
  • 1985-1987 - My Best Friend' s Birthday - unfinished

TV-series-appearances and - direction:

anonymous film script cooperation: (Source: Robert Fischer/Peter Körte/George Seesslen: Quentin Tarantino. Berlin, 1997)

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literature

  • Fischer, Robert, Peter Körte, Georg Seesslen: Quentin Tarantino. Bertz + Fischer, Berlin 2004 (film: 1). ISBN 3-929470-88-8. Read samples up: Bertz + Fischer publishing house
  • Berne pool of broadcasting corporations,Jami: Quentin Tarantino - The one and his Movies. Harper, 1995.
  • Cross-beam, D.C.: The pocket Essential Quentin Tarantino. Pocket Essentials, 2004.
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person data
NAME Tarantino, Quentin
ALTERNATIVE NAME
SHORT DESCRIPTION director, actor and film script author
DATE OF BIRTH 17. March 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Knoxville, threshing floor lake, the USA
DYING DATE
DYING PLACE
 

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