On the QT - Part 4

If you’ve been following the progress so far, you’ll know that the next installment in the remembering of Quentin Tarantino’s movies is the utterly brilliant : Released in 1994 in a whirlwind of controversy that still hadn’t quite died down from “Reservoir Dogs”, Quentin’s second film as writer / director proved that not everyone suffers from the dreaded “second album” curse. The IMDB lists the films plot as: “The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster’s wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.” Not much of a description when outlining the plot to one of the most influencial pieces of cinema to date. But as I’ll try to highlight along the way, some of QT’s best work comes from the stories, characters and dialogue. Plot is just there as a studio executive’s box that needs ticking. It’s both blamed … There’s more

On the QT - Part 3

Hey I’m a poet and I didn’t know that I was one. Right, so for those of you following my series of Quentin Tarantino reviews coming up to the release of his long awaited war epic “Inglorious Basterds“, I give you the third part from where I left off here. This time I’m focusing on a close contender for the top spot in my favourite QT movies - “Reservoir Dogs“ Why did I skip this 1992 release and jump to a 1993 release “True Romance”? Oh so many reasons. Firstly because in my opinion “True Romance” kind of slipped under the radar as far as people were concerned with Quentin Tarantino. Coming inbetween “Reservoir Dogs” and “Pulp Fiction”, it may have been lost in the shock and hype of the former and the expectation of the latter. “Reservoir Dogs” was when the world sat up and took notice of this … There’s more