Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino was born on March 27th 1963 in Knoxville, Tennessee.   Over his career he as directed more then 15 films; including Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill vol. 1 & 2, Jackie Brown, and Inglourious Basterds.   Tarantino has written and co-written over 18 films, produce over 20 films, and has acted in over 25.   He has won 47 film awards, including an Oscar and Golden Globe in 1995 for his film, Pulp Fiction.   Quentin Tarantino is an auteur; an auteur is a filmmaker whose individual style and complete control over all elements of production give a film its personal and unique stamp.   He is apart of every step of his films: writing, directing, producing, and over seeing of the editing.   Quentin Tarantino’s authorship and directing style is most noticeable in Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs.
The narrative structure in both Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs is very unique; the plot line is non-linear to the story line.   Both films start in the middle of the story and are eventually reconnected later in the film.   This unique way of telling a story can sometimes be hard for the viewers to follow along.   It makes the viewer put parts of the film together, instead of having the entire story clearly presented.
The director’s style is reflected in different aspects of editing in films, such as rhythm and pacing of editorial cuts.   One scene from Tarantino’s film, Pulp Fiction, really stood out in the aspect of editorial cuts; but not for the use of cuts, for the lack of cuts.   This scene is where Jules and Vincent (Samuel L. Jackson & John Travolta) are walking down a hallway and having a conversation about foot massages; this scene has one shot in it, which is three minutes and 43 seconds long.   At first I didn’t notice how long the shot is, because I was listening to the conversation that Jules and Vincent are having.   I believe that Quentin Tarantino used that long shot, so the audience would listen to Jules and...