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A man of an undeniable talent that was wasted on garbage produced with the sole intention od shocking the public?Riding the coat tails of the discussion below.
Pasolini is on his way to be well forgotten... I think Tarantino will follow.
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....But the guy is still young...I waited for Orson Welles to do something great again till the day he died.
When Orson left this world I finally thought to myself...well, I guess KANE is about..it.Who knows, maybe Pulp Fiction will be Tarantinos only.
BTW...What a damn shame Welles did'mt get to direct Catch-22.
A Touch Of Evil are masterly, especially the former.
Despite missing footage in each, many consider "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "It's All True" to be on a level with "Citizen Kane".
Well, there are "The Magnificent Ambersons", "The Third Man" (yes, I know credit titles say differently, but this one is Wellesian to the bone); "The Lady from Shanghai"; some excellent Shakespeare: "Macbeth", "Chimes at Midnight", "Othello"...; "Touch of Evil", and that crepuscular jewel "An Immortal Story", which is less than one hour long, but truly deserving being among the best...He lost Hollywood´s favours, and had to face strong financial struggles, but he did it. In style.
Regards
BF
And don't forget 1942-43's "Journey into Fear"! The last officially released Mercury Production, ostensibly directed by Norman Foster but with big chunks of it "supervised" by co-star Welles, who at the same time, was directing the last six weeks or so of shooting on "Tha Magnificent Ambersons". A great film? No. An enjoyable entertainment? Here and there...but for the Welles enthusiast there are a few shots and sequences to salivate over.
His directing style is efficient and his movies have always been highly profitable for their budgets (notice no CG in his movies). He'll have studio support for at least a few more films.The "war movie" he keeps talking about developing might just be his big fat turkey though.
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I thought it was regular doublecross/crime story where the "hook" is mainly derived from the suspense from wondering who's going to get doublecrossed. Watching it for a second time isn't worth it because the hook isn't there and the interest in the narrative is deflated to zilch. I wouldn't call it a turkey because it still turned a tidy profit and it was an OK film on first viewing.A war movie on the other hand is going to be big budget with military equipment, armies of extras, and special effects unless it's all set in a command center or underground bunker. Tarantino doing a genre that's inherently violent (but not intended to be viewed as cartoonish like Kung Fu/Samurai as was the case with KB) could be too much for anyone to find authentic enough for the suspension of belief required for the narrative.
Tom §.
Res Dogs and Pulp Fiction are great films. After those two efforts Quentin really dropped the ball. I don't know if started believing his own hype, or just got lazy or was too busy being a celebrity or what, but QT seems to have blown his load on those 1st two films. I was really hoping that the Kill Bill movies would be good, but they were just (more) crap.
His Bills I didn't even bother seeing - as he lost all appeal to me long time ago.The man is obsessed with gore, scum, brutality, etc. That is all stuff I don't need and don't want to see in the movies - there's plenty on the news channel.
Plus, his Natural Born Killers is nothing but a remake of the Man Bites Dog, with pretty much the same virtues. (Yes, I know he didn't direct it).
perhaps by you, but not by critics and many afficionati.
Tarantino's last two very popular films confirm it's a bit early to break out the shovels, as well.
Pulp Fiction was revolutionary, as was Reservoir Dogs: both propelled film noir into new areas. Jackie Brown refined, w/out great innovation, the genre.
KB 1&2 are great fun, as well as "killing" the Asian martial arts genre, much as the Pistols did rock music.
Sure, Tarantino may, if he doesn't expand his horizons, be historically a one-trick pony, but, to a large extent, so were Bergman and Fellini---and Sam Peckinpah.
For me only two films reminds beside me. Accatone and Gospel St.Matteus...The rest seems very outdated...As far I have them in memory.
Of course this two are very strong.
He's a director whose reputatation rests on one really good film (Pulp Fiction) and several mediocre ones. I'm thinking that "Pulp Fiction" is so good not because of Tarentino, but in spite of him.Still, he is far more interesting than someone like M. Night Shaliman (sp?), whose films drive me to tears. Even his best film - "The Sixth Sense" is hardly more than average. Rod Serling could have done the same thing, better, in a 30 minute "Twilight Zone."
Directors who are acclaimed but are hardly more than hacks. One or two steps above Alan Smithee but slipping fast.
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