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Quentin Tarantino is arguably one of the best directors of his generation, with his signature style of combining gritty violence with humor proving to be successful time and again. While the filmmaker has a dedicated fanbase and critical acclaim to back him, detractors of his work, especially his generation of filmmakers do exist.
During an interview, Tarantino was asked about some of the common criticisms faced by his generation of filmmakers. However, the director had a direct and brutal reaction to some critics dismissing his style of storytelling and that of other directors of his era. Here is what Tarantino had to say about the criticisms against him earlier in his career.
Quentin Tarantino had a brutal response to critics demeaning his generation of directors
Quentin Tarantinois a filmmaker who has continued to challenge the perception around his movies despite giving a string of hits over the past three decades. However, this wasn’t the case in 1994 when Tarantino was only two films old in the industry.
During an interview withHi Barr, the director was asked about filmmakers like himself, the Coen brothers, Tim Burton, and even David Lynch being dismissed for making borrowed, post-modern, self-reflexive art with no connection to reality.
Without betraying the truth of my style, my rhythm, or voice, when I saw something I liked in Marlon Brando or Michael Caine, I’d use it in my own acting. Actors work like this: they steal from others and make it part of themselves.
Tarantino made the above statement, explaining that the only artistic training he received was as an actor before turning to direction.
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The filmmaker admitted that he wasn’t bothered by the perception that his films had nothing to say. Instead, Tarantino added that he prefers makingmovies on subjects that interest him. As a result, the director defended his style of cinema as having a unique voice even if others considered it derivative work.
Quentin Tarantino defined his approach to filmmaking and storytelling
In the same interview, Tarantino explained how he approaches filmmaking as a lover of the cinematic medium. As a result, Tarantino expressed having the freedom and luxury of choosing from the entire treasure of the medium to choose from. He stated:
(I) can take whatever gems I like, twist them around, give them new form, bring things together that have never been matched up before.
Tarantino explained that while he had the aforementioned luxury, he never approached his films from a referential point of view.
Instead, Tarantino revealed that his cinematic style was more dependent on telling a story that would be dramatically captivating. Therefore, the filmmaker revealed that his primary goal was to keep the viewers engaged while true lovers of the medium could make deeper allusions to past work.
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Ultimately, Tarantino’s philosophy is based on driving filmmaking as a movement forward while taking inspiration from what came before. The same is evident in his movies likeOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodand fans can only hope he sticks to this ideology for hisupcoming unannounced final projectbefore retirement.
Pratik Handore
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With a keen interest in comic book movies and blockbuster franchises, Pratik usually covers news and updates on the DCU, MCU, Star Wars, and more.A die-hard fan of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, Pratik spends most of his time exploring different storytelling mediums that invoke a sense of wonder and adventure. Other filmmakers whose works have deeply influenced him include Alfred Hitchcock, James Gunn, and Guillermo del Toro.
