#Quentin Tarrantino

[eucanthos]

Meiko Kaji (Chiyoda City, Tokyo, March 24, 1947)

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Japan 1970s, “pinky violence” film genre, sexed up, bad girl action films produced by Toei studios.

Her most iconic role in Lady Snowblood (1973 B-movie) was the primary inspiration for Quentin Tarrantino’s Kill Bill.

https://www.messynessychic.com/2023/08/31/meet-quentin-tarantinos-secret-muse-the-queen-of-vintage-japanese-b-movies/

[81possession]

me adding songs to my ’unhinged’ playlist is one of my biggest hobbies… leaving a legacy of woo woo tunes…. gotta love it…

[peppermintbuttlemon]

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I bet even Quentin Tarrantino will rid of his foot fetish as soon as he sees out her foot. 🤣

I want the 🍑🍑!

It’s just so wide and wiggly you know what I’m talking a lot of shit for someone who has horrific feet themselves. Mine are like if a hobbit ate a lot of salt and well you know what stop thinking about them it’s driving me crazy GODDAMMIT

Ps guys make sure you wash your linens today. I’ll give you a 1 (one) positive vibe if you do. I believe in you ⭐️

[scentedchildnacho]

No I think she is a good person like aids victims write about its hard for their friends to think about the clinic they only think about stopping the out process instead of strategizing harm reduction

So I just had to explain to them about officer wilder and clinics that they do need to believe all rape victims even the men like william Burroughs it won't be okay to sick men worse then evil on poverty

Its mentalism......it's like Quentin tarrantino Hollywood about the irrational is sometimes what is honest to people

It is to let truckers act like necrophiliacs off comatose patients....

The police do protect you though.....it's just officer wilder so you think it's not as bad as it is and the police have to keep mengeles and berkowitzes in there....

Officer wilder and dick suck head batteries is just naive

The psychiatrist has to be a fat lady.....that's anything to make other women get fat and not have to tolerate tranq rapes

If that psychiatrist sees us anymore still get to be skinny and tempered she will tranq fuck you over to finally not have to be raped herself women though don't easily like penetration

I recommend wab kinew they don't want to fuck over their own families those people threaten them and their children so just run away because they have self defense pleas all prepared

Its like a genocide and I believe Muslims about deformism expectations....muslims are like criminal energies

I took part in civil rights in Milwaukee Wisconsin so people Jewish I think rescued me at the ER in Plano Texas....otherwise that man threatened me with a lot of white goo crack veins

So i told her I will be leaving because if I stay here to civilly protest I will be clubbed to death or maybe worse....

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Death Proof

Quentin Tarrantino (2007)

[willtarica]

Analytical Application 2: Structuralism and Semiotics

Catch Me If You Can (2002)

Definition: According to Christian Metz, a French film theorist, connotations convey style, genre, symbol and poetic atmosphere in film. Film semiotics emphasize signs and its relationship with signifiers and signified to reveal connotations that communicate the elements of style, genre, symbol and poetic atmosphere. Connotations are important to signifiers as it reveals the complexities of a film and how the viewer might interpret it.

Analysis: “Catch Me If You Can” embodies Christian Metz's concept of connotation through its poster and its symbolism. Metz hypothesized that connotation in film is the hidden meanings conveyed outside of literal material. The poster of “Catch Me If You Can” plays an important part in showcasing the themes and plot of the story. Both main characters are visible on the poster, Carl Hanratty, played by Tom Hanks, chasing Frank Abagnale Jr., played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Hanks chasing Dicaprio is just like the cat-and-mouse chase theme exhibited in the film. Even Metz would write about the significance of their positioning and how it connotes the power struggle and psychological tension between the two characters. Also, the background of the poster is white while blue arrows further prove colors the posters connotations, evoking a sense of urgency for the characters in this true story that's as thrilling as it is adventurous. Metz would note these visual elements in the cover art as signifiers, adding layers to the plot of deception while on the run. On top of this, the title is placed within the blue arrows to contribute to the narrative of a chase, the central conflict of the film. Metz would defend this as a deliberate choice of typography in an attempt to heighten the tension and anticipation of the audience. Certainly, the poster of "Catch Me If You Can" is effective as it purposely uses visuals to convey Christian Metz’s theory of connotations that further prove the themes of the film and the audience's interpretation of the story itself.

Metz, Christian. “Some Points in the Semiotics of the Cinema.” Essay. In Film Theory and Criticism: Introductory Readings, 65–77. New York, NY: Oxford Press, 2009. 

Jackie Brown (1997)

Definition: The term "diegesis" is as Roland Barthes described it, the world that a story unfolds in. In film, diegesis refers to the narrative space created by the storyteller, like the Marvel Cinematic Universe for example. The story, the characters, and the actions of the characters take place in this world. Diegesis is the entire fictional universe that the narrative takes place in.

Analysis: Quentin Tarrantino’s film “Jackie Brown'' and Roland Barthes' concept of diegesis, the narrative world or story space created within a film, are aligned. Barthes claims that diegesis not only displays the events on screen, but beyond that, the cultural and ideological contexts within. In the “Jackie Brown” poster, the characters of the film are at the focus with Jackie Brown, played by Pam Grier, positioned in front. She stands confidently with an assertive manner, with a gun in one hand pointed at the viewer of the image. With Grier front and center, we can easily assume she is the protagonist of the film. Next to Grier are the other characters, Ordell Robbie played by Samuel L. Jackson, and Louis Gara played by Robert De Niro, as well as an open suitcase full of cash at the bottom to hint at the main plot point in the story. Both the characters and the bag contribute to the diegetic world of the film by giving the audience a glimpse into the characters lives and motives. Also, the poster is black and white with bright and bold yellow and red typography in the poster even though the film itself is shot in color. The title "Jackie Brown" commands attention due to its bold design creating an exemplification of the movie's intensity while the black and white color palette showcases the atmosphere as a classic poster of the crime genre. Barthes would agree that the poster represents the diegetic universe that the characters of "Jackie Brown" live and breathe in.

Barthes Roland. 1972. Mythologies. London: J. Cape.

Poltergeist (1982)

Definition: Roland Barthes wrote how filmic narratives are constructed and conveyed through film. ​Barthes writes how filmic narratives create meaning within stories by emphasizing visual elements, symbolism, and storytelling techniques. His work was extremely important to the greater understanding of images and its relationship with narrative in cinema by giving insight to how filmmakers create themes and intricate details in their work to convey a deeper meaning. 

Analysis: “Poltergeist” is an iconic horror film with a poster that exemplifies Roland Barthes' idea of filmic narratives, that examines visual and textual elements by creating meaning within the film and broadening its context. Barthes writes how filmic narratives suggest not only the significance of the linear progression of the story in a film, but also its symbols, motifs, and textual cues that help the viewer further understand the plot and themes of the story. In the poster for “Poltergeist,” the only image is of a young girl staring at a bright television while her hands are pressed against the screen; we can’t see her face. This famous image establishes the movie's supernatural horror elements as it hints at the film's paranormal focus in the plot. The poster is also dark and black and white with the only light coming from the television screen. The glow of the screen surrounds the girl whose doll is on the ground beside her. Below the image of the girl is the title bolded, “Poltergeist.” The title is the focal point of the poster since its block font emphasizes the supernatural aspect of the film. Beyond this, the tagline “They're here” showcases dread and suspense, setting the tone of the thrill the audience is about to experience. Barthes would view the poster to be a visual narrative that utilizes intense imagery and captions with a bolded title to convey the themes and tone of the film. The poster's composition is necessary for the audience to expect the supernatural horror elements of the narrative.

Barthes Roland. 1972. Mythologies. London: J. Cape.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

Definition: Roland Barthes wrote that the meaning of myth is a form of speech and communication, outlining that it bends the truth instead of hiding it. ​Barthes emphasized that myth is how history converts itself into nature by naturalizing a value and/or belief explored in the myth itself. He examined how myths function in society and its impact on the world.

Analysis: “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” poster is so famous and it can be analyzed as a myth according to Roland Barthes, incorporating a transformation of historical and cultural values using symbolism that reinforce the ideology of the movie. “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” is a cult classic and the poster perfectly exemplifies myths in contemporary society. The main and only image in the poster is a mouth with bright red lipstick biting the bottom lip. This represents the main character Dr. Frank-N-Furter played by Tim Curry, symbolizing a subversion of 1970s social norms with gender fluidity and sexual liberation. Dr. Frank-N-Furter is far more than just a character as he represents a rebellious figure pushing the boundaries of culture back then since society was far more traditional. Above the image of the mouth is the title in bold red letters, dripping like blood droplets. The tagline of the film “A different set of jaws” is also below the image. The significance of the lettering and font further prove the myth at hand by referencing the horror aspects of the film while balancing comedic elements as well. Barthes would have viewed this poster as the definition of myth since Dr. Frank-N-Furter is a layered symbol of the progressive culture of the time that experimenting and bending the rules. There's a reason why the film is still watched t this day and a major factor is how the poster utilizes visual cues to subvert the audience with myth creating a timeless piece of entertainment and art that is “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

Barthes Roland. 1972. Mythologies. London: J. Cape.

Rush Hour (1998)

Definition: Swiss linguist, Ferdinand de Saussure, made his contributions to semiotics and structuralism by defining the term "sign" as signified, a concept, and signifier, a sound image. The signified and signifier are intertwined as they have a significant influence on language, semiotics and structuralism by creating meaning and further helping an understanding of signs and the importance of its context.

Analysis: The poster for the film “Rush Hour” is the fundamental definition of Ferdinand de Saussure's writing on signs, how signifiers, the form of a sign, and the signified, its concept, create a package to evoke meaning for the understanding of the viewer. Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, the two main characters are pictured front and center on the poster. Chris Tucker has his hand up like he's about to fight while Chan’s arms are crossed. Both are smiling at the camera to display the comedic aspects of the film while they stand firm evoking the action filled adventure of the plot. Their facial expressions, poses, clothes etc. all are signifiers that display information about the characters, their motives, and the story itself. On top of the characters being in the forefront of the cover art are the visual elements of a city skyline and yellow police tape with the title on it to show how the film is full of action. The utilization of signifiers gives the viewer important context about the setting and how it's a story involving police. The text itself it black outlines in white, standing out in a poster that is primarily yellow and red. The tagline on the poster reads “The Fastest Hands in the East Meet the Biggest Mouth in the West” giving the audience important information about the two characters' vastly different backgrounds. Certainly, Saussure would view this poster to have many signs that use visual and textual signifiers to enforce the themes of the film.

Course in General Linguistics. 1966 First McGraw-Hill paperback ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company.

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Schremsers Visionen

Der zuletzt viel zu sehr in sich gekehrte Schremser wusste ganz genau, dass eine Ablenkung dringend nötig war, auch Schrammel hatte das längst angemahnt!

Was lag da näher als ein Besuch im Programmkino unter der Woche und dem Einfluss halbwegs legal-anschiebender Mittel zur Bewusstseinserweiterung?

Genau wie gewünscht wurde es der intensiv-inspirierende Besuch dieses so magischen Off-Spaces, der auf dem Weg nach Hause noch eine unerwartete Steigerung erlebte, als der folgende Plot in Schremsers Rübe einfuhr:

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Szene 1: Ein Schneesturm tobt – die Stimme aus dem Off sowie die Ton- und Bildqualität deuten auf eine TV-Doku aus den 70ern hin, in der es um ein dramatisches Ereignis zu gehen scheint. Kameraschwenk nach rechts: Ein Flachdachgebäude mit brauner Riffelblechfassade und gelben Fensterrahmen kommt ins Bild, der Zoom fährt ran …

SCHNITT.

Szene 2: Kameraflug durch ein Fenster im ersten Stock in den großen Restaurantsaal, in dem eine größere Menge verstört wirkender und teilweise verletzter Menschen sitzt, augenscheinlich westlicher Herkunft. Trotzdem nimmt die Kamera sie unerbittlich – teilweise in Form von Einzelportraits – ins Visier, untermalt von leierndem 70er-Hammond-Sound …

SCHNITT.

Szene 3: Auf der Showbühne des Saals ist das originale, braun-beige XY-Ungelöst-Studio aufgebaut. Liveschaltung vom Ort des Geschehens? Ruhe! Sendebeginn! Und tatsächlich: Auftritt Eduard Zimmermann. Der mit seiner charakteristischen, betreten-strengen Miene und monoton-sonorem Timbre von paranormalen Ereignissen berichtet. Dann nimmt er in typischer Manier seine Brille ab, hält sie mit den Fingern der rechten Hand am rechten Bügel in Bauchhöhe und neigt leicht den Kopf zur Seite. Glaubwürdigkeit und Seriösität strahlt das aus! Bei Zimmermann zusätzlich: Jetzt wirds wirklich ernst!

Doch Zimmermann moderiert sich seltsam ungewohnt in Rage, man spürt förmlich, dass hier gerade etwas aus dem Ruder läuft. Kurzer Umschnitt, die ZDF-Crew steht da wie versteinert, als Zimmermann einen Einspieler von Lars von Trier ankündigt. Selbstverständlich mit den Hinweis, dass das nun Folgende nichts für Zartbesaitete sei…

MAZ ab: Im rotgesprenkelten Schnee an einer Feuerstelle sitzt ein in einen Fellanzug dick eingepacktes Eskimo-Mädchen, im Hintergrund sind qualmende Flugzeugtrümmer mit einem hoch aus ihnen aufragenden Seitenleitwerk zu erkennen. Mund- und Kinnpartie der Kleinen sind blutverschmiert-nass … Ein zahnloser Alter in gleicher Montur gesellt sich Geld zählend zu dem Mädchen, wahrscheinlich ihr Großvater. Er spricht in fremder Sprache, Untertitel: "Sie nehmen unser Eis, also nehmen wir ihr Geld!". Die Kleine nickt. Sieht sie nur zufällig ein bisschen wie Greta Thunberg aus?

SCHNITT.

Szene 4: Plötzlich ruft eine männliche Stimme „Cut!“. Die Kamera zieht auf, ins Bild kommen Lars von Trier im Regiestuhl und seine gesamte Crew um ihn herum, sich anerkennend zunickend. Es wird klar: Alles nur ein Film! Sekunden später ein weiterer "Cut!"-Ruf – Quentin Tarrantino tritt ins Bild und klatscht mit allen ab. Langsam einsickernde Erkenntnis: Das muss gerade ein Behind the Scenes-Feature vom Film-Film-Set im End-Film gewesen sein. Sowas wie eine filmische Matrjoschka-Puppe. Und jetzt kann man es auch ganz deutlich erkennen: Lars von Trier ist Brad Pitt mit präpariertem Bart nach hyperkalorischer Diät!

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(via Die Charaktere aus "Eis und Bernstein" - Rimas)

A million ways to die in the North - Wie Rimas in einem Quentin-Tarrantino-Moment entstand.

[anothermillennialreviewer]

Death Proof: Tarantino's Mistake

Written by Luke Barnes Summary A serial killer stuntman, played by Kurt Russell, hunts down young women in modified cars. If nothing else this film proves no one is perfect. For as many great films as Quentin Tarrantino has made across his career there always had to be a dud, it is the law of averages, and this is that dud. This is easily Tarrantino’s worst film, with a story that is utterly…

[intellectures]

Spiel mir das Lied von Ennio Morricone

Niemand hat dem Kino derart seinen Stempel aufgedrückt wie Ennio Morricone. Der Italo-Western ist ohne ihn nicht denkbar, aber auch Brian De Palma, Oliver Stone oder Quentin Tarrantino wussten das Genie des Italieners zu schätzen. Der Dokumentarfilm »Ennio Morricone« von Oscar-Preisträger Giuseppe Tornatore führt noch einmal Leben und Werk des 2020 verstorbenen Meisters der Töne vor Augen. Read the full article

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[lord-ofbears]

Werner Herzog and David Lynch are kings of being genuinely weird, freaky old men that are also very enthusiastically passionate about making their weird fucked up art WITHOUT trampling the boundaries of the people around them

[tolkien-about-books]

15 Year old me reading Romeo and Juliet for the first time: Wow. Shakespeare is so profound and beautiful. I'm going to memorize the dialogues even though I don't really understand it completely.

Me reading Titus Andronicus now: WHAT. THE. ACTUAL. FUCK.

[sarumansorkorphanage]

I‘m preparing a presentation on Kill Bill these days so I already started talking to one of the posters in my room. How long before I seek counsel with the Dude or start emptying my heart to the Nighthawks?

[impsemporium]

Quentin Tarrantino - -

[scentedchildnacho]

Athos by Jon Hopkins

Breakfast this morning those are all people around United States veterans and some of them are very violent pale klannish people that stalk around reformist blacks and try to kill them

They won't go away to black women and so there is too many people around or they could be murdered

I assume when I don't have to feel anymore a side issue victim of attempted lynch mobs that I may finally be released from here...

I was called schizo so sometimes it appears very ego centred to me and really their very hysterically attached to murdering the black reformists around

Uhm Quentin tarrantino someone inside the church will let them sex harass us till we can't possibly stand another minute around and then they will call them Nazis the lynch mobs and burn them in their attempted church shelter

The ameri indian hare Krishna s are around so some of the stuff they do is to directly threaten white women with dog rape pornography or rape in marriage...so it can feel like they stalk me but I notice how easy tongues are and they make up cliche characters to hide something

I am going to go out to eat if I have to sleep with someone and he will be neat and metro sexual

I prefer cats.....

That lady that wears the pillow cases threatened another older lady so I felt obliged to start normal over meal conversation

She asked me what is wrong I looked like I was really thinking about something so I said.....something was just revealed to me about my past and I'm not sure yet what it means or what I'm suppose to predict from it ..

I mean I don't know if it means that my homeless case was finally called Turpin family like and my body displayed as hard sleeping restraints....and if the cops have decided they won't put me in shelters anymore or cooperate with human traffickers like shelters

My astrology watchings just said I should realize I will fly away....from a hell hole...and that could mean michel Foucault I will finally be so injured I'm helicoptered to a medical facility or it could mean the Ukraine is finally going to be able to do for us what was done for them....which is let us under this hostility migrate far far away

Anyway I don't completely know what it means but other victims have told me their cases were rectified and their are waiting lists because those women stopped even eating but as their cases are rectified mine is finally being heard....so when good news comes that can also mean crisis I have persisted so long against a very eve ill world that those medical groups are with tobacco lobbyists and they mass slaughter before apologizing

No the lady that threatened to slap me is also a jew not a native or Indian....she is more pale and Jewish......Todd Gloria they shouldnt have to learn that people want their lives to change and whites are just mormons to persecute and thieve off

Ive told that ed gein terrorist organization Thomas malouthas things a long time more careful eloquent investigation of pale segregations....were people to randomly together and i want muslims not klans here

Hez bowls...reefer bowl faces.....he can't fit in with Jews about new York financial elitism and tries to kill people to pay debts to be back with Jews.... Hezbollah s

Its these open touristic humiliations of trying to spread lung disease among the homeless to sell reefer

Their really hairy scary people like zappatistas and they try to cause me sars for their quick fix hair removals and their told their organization is to homosexual to stalk women and children with its too gay and they cannot be a pedophile and their just very intent on territory

Well it was apparently unjust to threaten to slap me so she has to go around being humiliated back to just some white rural country.....they are people who probably do have some of my issues.....she hates me because her gang makes fun of her country manners and she tries to infect me with it so she doesn't have to anymore

She acted native raider so its go show her what ya actually are...

I was a white religionist and so people tried to kill me of African origins and white was actually engineered as 20th century independence by Indians....because I have counter cultural desires to ally India...

I am more indigenous.....and so crackheads

Kamela Harris.....all elected pride to the mela fucka uhm they won't let people change their life.....and so under Harris never ending job Bergen belsens....

Well we got sick as jobs then we got a little better and now jobs infiltrated with younger sicker people who need to fuck us over or die in illegal labor jails....mela fucka....always such mellow fellows ladies as jobs always ready to use Jamaican policy to rastas to fuck ya into a jail if they even see you...

Well according to Frederick Douglas it would be better if California had the right to govern itself then it's territory just used for feds to conduct inquisitorial investigations

I don't find the street the appropriate place to conduct a trial and let feds purge it from itself

The man who told me he is white explained the situation stalks him with his high school segregation of he is the white and they are Mexicans......so I assume it still is my same high school complex they are the pale ameri Indians and I have to be white ...

People like me probably won't have to fight because I am cissex and my personality unusuals or southerns don't embarrass or bother me all that much and my early childhood was pretty happy so white pride isn't offensive for me

Should I tell them it's my time to get to do Indian stuff that I think they would kill me about....

Well it's important because COVID happened and vaccines are also killing people of disease so there are more moral obligations like counter cultural treaty and ally learning so disease stops and deportation and displacement stops

The man who told me he is white he keeps showing me his legs in knee shorts and if he won't stop I'm going to finally be Pope to him and wash his feet clinically and make him ointment

And there will have to be white bandages for how dry his skin is.....I don't appreciate these impulses as he is a divorce A and I don't want to hear thats her white man and you called him clinical

Those are paw paws....and I might see if they will let me try ina french hair waves and painted nails