In Reply to: Tarantino's films are no more violent than many others... posted by tinear on November 14, 2004 at 17:47:35:
When Tarantino accumulates a filmography as long, significant and diverse as Bunuel's, then we shall rightly consider him a great director.Obsession with cruelty and violence is definitely not Bunuel's trademark, but it is Tarantino's. And Orange may be a Kubrik's "classic", but it doesn't make it any more worthy from several perspectives, disregarding its obvious artistic merits for the moment.
The Pulp Fiction does seem to have much more in the artistic department than the Killers, but that is hardly something that supports your point - surely one can find as gross and unpleasant examples of anything.
You are trying to argue that black ain't black... and you are not getting much traction.
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Follow Ups
- It is silly to brand a director based on one work - Victor Khomenko 18:06:28 11/14/04 (6)
- Fecundity doesn't define greatness: how many paintings did Vermeer create? - tinear 18:09:22 11/16/04 (0)
- Re: Tarantino and diversity - Gee LP 20:35:34 11/14/04 (2)
- You said it well - Victor Khomenko 04:53:12 11/15/04 (1)
- Re: You said it well - patrickU 09:37:55 11/15/04 (0)
- Re: It is silly to brand a director based on one work - jamesgarvin 18:27:42 11/14/04 (1)
- To say what I said was arrogant is arrogant - Victor Khomenko 18:58:14 11/14/04 (0)