Quentin Tarantino

[AsahinaKimi]

This past week I been hunting down Tarantino movies, (Writer, Acted in, Directed or Produced by) so far have caught the following:

Django Unchained
Inglorious Bastards
Jackie Brown


Previous seen movies
Kill Bill (volume 1 and 2)
Western Sukiyaki Django (acted)
Pulp Fiction
Sin City
Desperado
Little Nicky
Iron Monkey

Next on my watch list: Reservoir-Dogs

Any others you highly recommend?

[geardaddy]

1. Reservoir Dogs

That's a must see.

[pokerfan]

9. RD is probably my favorite (nt)

[RiffRandell]

14. Mine too.

Great cast.

[catnhatnh]

2. Well Kimi here's a link to all the movies he acted in,directed, or produced...

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000233/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

[AsahinaKimi]

3. Yeah I looked at the lists..before

But I want to know which films people liked and would see again. Even in a list can be some duds.. movies that just came off wrong, and that people didn't like. I would like to know which popular ones people on DU liked... and I have access to pretty much any of those films. (Most of them.) Thanks

[Xyzse]

4. I am not really a fan...

However, he did go for a lot of movies from different country to be able to be released in the US.

Iron Monkey and Sukiyaki Western Django are examples of movies he "Produced" as in, brought to the US.

Another one of them is Curdled, which came to my attention due to Slash's instrumental song called "Obsession Confession".

[sweetloukillbot]

43. I'll second Curdled

The cab-driver in Pulp Fiction who wants to find out about killing a man is inspired/ripped off from Curdled. Same actress plays in both. It's about a woman obsessed with death who works for a forensic cleaning service and gets entangled with a serial killer.
As I understand it, Tarantino saw a short film version of it, adapted the character for Pulp Fiction, then financed the actual film.

Along the same lines, the Winston Wolf character from Pulp Fiction was lifted from the Cleaner in Point of No Return (the American version of La Femme Nikita) - although Tarantino didn't have anything to do w/ Point. Both were played by Harvey Keitel though.

[OriginalGeek]

5. Don't forget Four Rooms

That was fun. I admit to at least liking everything I know of that he's been involved with. Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill are 2 of my favorite movies of all time. My wife and I both loved Django Unchained.

[AsahinaKimi]

6. Thanks...I

have a signed Kill Bill poster, with QT and Uma Thurmon. It was on my wall but has since been packed away.. One of my favorite posters.
I will look for that movie, thanks again!

[RevStPatrick]

7. You haven't seen Reservoir Dogs?

That might actually be the best of all of 'em.

Here, you might enjoy this:

http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/whoa-inglourious-basterds-also-fits-into-tarantinos-film-universe/

[AsahinaKimi]

10. I have the movie book marked and will watch it tonight

I wonder if people have seen this yet?

[RevStPatrick]

26. Yeah, that should be awesome!

After watching part one for about the 4th time, my wife said "you watch... he'll do a sequel in about 10 years where this little girl comes looking The Bride..."

(p.s. - my wife works with Uma's brother, and my niece went to school with Uma's daughter. for whatever that's worth!)

[Taverner]

8. Four Rooms is half funny

The first two "rooms" are stupid, but the last two are worth it

[dogknob]

11. If you thought the witches were "stupid," they probably wouldn't want your "donation."

[Taverner]

12. Last time I spend the night with an oven of witches

[AsahinaKimi]

13. I just found it and bookmarked it..

I will probably watch that also tonight.

[OhioChick]

15. From Dusk Till Dawn

Wasn't too bad with George Clooney.

[AsahinaKimi]

16. Thanks, I will

look for that too!

[Incitatus]

33. yeah!@

Tarantino plays a total freak in that one.

[CBGLuthier]

17. When I first saw Reservoir Dogs I watched it three times in 24 hours

His segment of Four Rooms is kind of fun. It's based upon the old Roald Dahl story Man from the South.

He did not direct Western Sukiyaki Django he only acts in it and he only directed one scene in Sin City to test digital background work which he decided he hated.

[AsahinaKimi]

20. Okay...

I thought he was a larger part to the movie than just acting but yeah okay.. I fixed the error. thanks

[sweetloukillbot]

44. Four Rooms is four short films directed by four different directors

Each short takes place in a different room at a hotel on New Years Eve. Tim Roth is the bellboy involved in each room. Tarantino directed and starred in his room - w/ Bruce Willis. Robert Rodriguez did a funny room as well. The other rooms were meh.

[RiffRandell]

19. Grindhouse is good too.

It's 2 movies--Planet Terror and Death Proof. Robert Rodriguez and QT collaborated and RR directed Planet Terror which is about zombies (yeah!) and QT stars in it. Really liked it.

Didn't much care for Death Proof which QT directed, but you may enjoy it.

[AsahinaKimi]

21. Found it and bookmarked it...

Looks like a fun weekend coming up.. thanks for the leads

[RiffRandell]

22. You're welcome!

Enjoy!

[ohiosmith]

23. Co-wrote True Romance. Some of the best dialog ever.

[bluesbassman]

24. Great movie and dialog. Scene with Hopper and Walken was worth the price of admission. n/t

[ohiosmith]

25. One of the greatest scenes ever filmed. TR is a treasure trove of great acting, Drexel and Clarence,

Virgil and Alabama,.....but you know that.

[zabet]

27. Love this movie!

Awesome dialogue.

"......tastes like a peach."

[AsahinaKimi]

28. Just watched it ..

Awesome film, thanks for the suggestion!

[ohiosmith]

29. My pleasure! Welcome home!

[MiddleFingerMom]

30. "True Romance" Directed by Tony Scott, but written by Quentin Tarantino.

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Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette star. Gary Oldman is CHILLING... as only he can be --
and you may not recognize him at first.
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Bronson Pinchot (Balkie from the TV sitcom "Perfect Strangers" and Serge from Eddie
Murphy's "Beverly Hills Cop" franchise) provides EXCELLENT comic relief (especially when
he gets pulled over by the police -- I DARE you not to laugh... you'll know when).
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It gets cartoonish sometimes (especially with the uber-violence), but it also has what
more than a few would claim to be THE best scene ever filmed (yes... ever) between two
top actors truly on their game -- Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper (you may end up
playing that scene over and over and over again).
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First time I saw a Tarentino film, I didn't like it ("Reservoir Dogs&quot . I don't know what was
wrong with me that day as I now love that film AND not all, but the majority of Tarentino's
work.
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We see you in here far too seldom, Kimi.
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[AsahinaKimi]

31. I have a few bookmarked now

True Romance was great but I wondered why Christopher Walken was only in a few scenes, he seemed to fade way towards the end of the movie.. like their might be a sequel?

At any rate, I have Reservoir Dogs, Four Rooms, Grindhouse and Dusk Till Dawn to watch. I might be able to sneak them all in tonight. I would love to hear more suggestions!

[sweetloukillbot]

45. And Brad Pitt as the stoner roommate...

"Bring back some beer... and cleaning supplies!"

[derby378]

32. GOD SAID, 'HA!'

Tarantino served as executive producer. A little different for him, but a very poignant monologue by Julia Sweeney.

[bettyellen]

34. Am I the only one who loved Natural Born Killers? I looooved Robert Downey in that.

Gory, but hilarious.

[ohiosmith]

36. One of the all time great douchebags!

[datasuspect]

40. tom sizemore as jacks scagnetti

genius, pure genius.

and the presentation of mallory's backstory as a sitcom - rodney dangerfield! absolute genius.

[sweetloukillbot]

46. Was it Sizemore that had the monologue about the Texas Belltower shooting?

That is one of the most memorable parts of Natural Born Killers...

[datasuspect]

48. i think so

him and his mom were there.

[Blue_In_AK]

42. I liked it.

[Incitatus]

35. Crap! I've seen Little Nicky at least a dozen times

and never noticed the preacher was Tarantino.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

37. bookmarking for myself!

Thanks! (loveloveLOVED Django Unchained. And god, Jamie Foxx is a terrific actor--and SEXAAAAAAAY. )

[rrneck]

38. Saw Inglorious Basterds

I have thought about seeing it again, but it's just too Tarantino for me. It comes off as an homage to Tarantino movies. It's good one time, but not more than once.

[Recursion]

39. Along with the obvious ones above: Four Rooms, and From Dusk Til Dawn

Four Rooms is great, though he only directed one of the four sketches.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

41. I thought Death Proof was fun to watch

Lots of action, violence, and women. In other words, quintessential Tarantino. And I think Kurt Russel was perfect for the role.

[bettyellen]

49. Kurt Russel and the kick ass stunt girls too, very fun take on that whole genre

[sweetloukillbot]

47. Something keeps telling me that he had something to do with Desperado

Could just be because him and Robert Rodriguez were always working together.

Killing Zoe is another early one I think he produced - his usual producer Lawrence Bender directed it. Caper gone awry with hostages in a bank set in Paris. Starred Eric Stoltz, I was really into Tarantino when it came out hot after Pulp Fiction and I didn't care for it.