It takes true creative genius to change history in an epic film and have it receive applause at the end credits every time (yes, I saw Inglourious Basterds five times in the theatres. But twice were at the cheap cinemas, that counts for a little less flack). And what about that intro of a conversation about a virgin-like Madonna and blow job deserving tips in reservoir Dogs; surely I’m not the only one that cracks up when Mr. Pink says ‘I don’t tip,’ like a renegade Kastanza. Tarantino is the quintessential in creating explosively, beautifully drawn out conversations that if it were up to anyone else to create such Seinfeld-esque dialogue, you would fall asleep before you could say ‘Fail.
It is true, Quentin Tarantino’s films are simply masterpieces because of the dialogue with the combination of master visonry and story telling. So it is no question when this overwhelming anxiety takes over me every time I read about how he “steals” from previous films and directors, because it’s purely obnoxious. Sure, it’s not to be encrypted that Tarantino plays on handfuls of homages, but it takes a fun mind to build the stuff he does and have it reach out to so many and varied people. Just because he’s making money and fans out of things you think you could have thought of yourself doesn’t give you the right to slam the guy; because simply you didn’t think of it yourself. He did and threw in an acid array of color.
Quentin Tarantino is the director of our wandered generation and his loyal fans are loyal, you’re reading an article by one of his biggest so don’t get mad at the lean, we all know the world is made of those who worship the guy and those who loathe the guy. There’s room for all of us.
But this is art people. Film making and screen writing is an art form that you can’t deny and sure you’ve heard the old saying that any true, good artist is not afraid to steal from another, warp it in whatever way and call it their own. This is the creed of all poets as they’re not afraid to share their works and can take pride in the honoring that it is. I consider Tarantino a poet of our time. Fight me on it, I dare you. Not only this but he creates the most colorful characters known to hit the screen from Jackie Brown to The Bride, Jules Winnfield to Lt. Aldo Raine, and of course probably the greatest character to ever hit the screen of movie theatres, Col. Hans Landa… I could go on and on about this character but I’ll save that for another time. Back to my point, it takes true creative genius to come up with these colorfully interesting characters that requires more than a lazy steal to form.
To insinuate that Tarantino is a hack is an insult to all fans because there’s the hunch that you really haven’t given the guy a chance. There are a lot of people out there who have some sort of disregard for people that are intensely popular for their off the wall inventions and I find that outright disrespectful. Give respect where respect is due; at the very least tip your hat to the guy. And if you don’t make that consideration, well… you will know that my name is The Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee! Watch a Tarantino film and thank me later.
