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In reply to the discussion: Quentin Tarantino shuts down interviewer over questioning about violence [View all]tavernier
(12,322 posts)93. I thought I was the only one who didn't like his work.
Haven't seen one of his films that I didn't think "There go two hours of my life, etc."
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Quentin Tarantino shuts down interviewer over questioning about violence [View all]
joeybee12
Jan 2013
OP
He could have answered the question honestly instead of sounding defensive about it.
randome
Jan 2013
#2
I don't like movie violence but Kill Bill was so over the top, I couldn't take it seriously
tavalon
Jan 2013
#97
I push the envelope a little with my daughters but I try not to do that too much.
randome
Jan 2013
#24
I think you're making a mistake not seeing it--the violence in this movie is actually important--
Moonwalk
Jan 2013
#86
Whitewash History? Sheesh, after Inglorious Basterds attempted to rewrite the Holocaust?
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#111
Agreed. The interviewer is entitled to ask, but he's not obliged to answer. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#82
Tarantino is making whites talk about race privilege. He's not over-rated at all, imo
RainDog
Jan 2013
#7
I just heard about it when the Oscar nods came out. Damn this movie sounds confusing
Number23
Jan 2013
#55
Good for him. The question itself is weaponized, it is a passive aggressive way of accusing him
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#15
He is so good he ruined a generation of directors who can help but copy him.
Exultant Democracy
Jan 2013
#113
Tarantino is similar to a pornographer/panderer--would anybody see his films WITHOUT the cartoonish
Romulox
Jan 2013
#37
The only way to understand Tarantino is to remember that he worked in a video store.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#40
I taught film studies, but not Tarantino. My students, still, had a familiarity with
ancianita
Jan 2013
#49
Thank you, too! I'm really sorry to hear about Jackson. Samuel L. Jackson truly did get shafted.
ancianita
Jan 2013
#106
Just saw it today. GREAT film. Will probably go see it again before it's out of theatres.
NYC Liberal
Jan 2013
#61
A monkey sells what he knows is popular, a monkey puts out there what he knows will bring
2on2u
Jan 2013
#76
The man is an artist. He's so forthcoming about his craft and his process. I think
Ed Suspicious
Jan 2013
#79
Read this interview with Kerry Washington before you pass any knee-jerk judgement...
Moonwalk
Jan 2013
#87
Actually, what's upsetting most of the right-wing media is that this movie is about a black man...
Moonwalk
Jan 2013
#90
I don't like a lot of Tarantino's movies but he's a talented guy and smart as a whip
tavalon
Jan 2013
#95
He is the rightwing dream using every single NRA soundbyte and making millions.
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#110