Documents tagged with tarantino

Scene Deconstruction 5

The purpose of this document is to analyze the treatment of sound and sound design in Kill Bill Vol 1. I will discuss one scene that is emblematic of the use of sound in the film and discuss the n...
  • ishu21 published this 12 / 01 / 2009
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Anderson, Aaron C. - Stuntman Mike, Simulation, and Sadism in 'Death Proof' from 'Quentin Tarantino

In "Stuntman Mike, Simulation, and Sadism," Aaron C. Anderson shows that the structure of Death Proof is about "moving away from memory," from the pained atmosphere of the first half (a moody and s...
  • somajunkie published this 11 / 11 / 2009
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Quentin Tarantino and Frank Capra

The primary difference between Mr. Capra and Tarantino is real-life experience. Mr. Capra's muse was comprised in a lifetime's worth of living, while Tarantino has only been able to draw from a sha...
  • fatscribe published this 04 / 04 / 2009
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Gangster Film - Pulp Fiction vs Goodfellas

Discuss the reworking of an established genre, or else a mix of genres, in any of the films screened this semester. ‘The Gangster Film’ is a genre that explores themes and ideas central to America ...
  • jfmcphillips published this 03 / 13 / 2009
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Questioning the Artefact - An Essay by Algirdas Bucas

An essay about Quentin Tarantino's famous film - Kill Bill.
  • abd94 published this 02 / 05 / 2009
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Me Casa, Su Casa (August 2004; Scanned)

Looks at Tarantino's Pulp Fiction as if it were a young suburbanite man's daydream, a daydream in which they imagine themselves in the company of their heroes, and in which they configure means by ...
  • Patrick McEvoy-Halston published this 06 / 29 / 2008
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Canonical Truth or Pulp Fiction: Tracing the Exclusion of the Screenplay from the Literary Canon

A fantastic 2001 essay by Gregory K. Allen
  • kwaatlu published this 03 / 14 / 2008
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Quentin Tarantino: A Selective Bibliography

A list of books and articles about filmmaker Quentin Tarantino
  • kwaatlu published this 03 / 14 / 2008
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The Point of Impact: Creating Death Proof's Crash Sequence

CREATING DEATH PROOF’S CAR CRASH SEQUENCE JOHN McLEOD, Special Effects Coordinator: Quentin definitely wrote a very intricate car crash sequence that had everyone scratching their heads. We had so ...
  • kwaatlu published this 03 / 13 / 2008
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