Tarantino Saw It Coming

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Summary

TLDRIn this reflective piece on Quentin Tarantino's filmmaking journey, the focus is on his early life, love for cinema, and his path to becoming a renowned director. Tarantino discusses his inspirations from earlier films and directors, such as Mario Bava, and his deep-rooted passion for movies nourished at a young age. Despite growing up in poverty, he was determined to become a filmmaker, starting with his initial ventures at a video rental store, which equipped him with extensive film knowledge. After a few setbacks with unproduced scripts, he embarked on writing and directing 'Reservoir Dogs', which gained attention at the Sundance Film Festival. His true breakthrough came with 'Pulp Fiction', initially undervalued as a potential commercial success, yet it won the Palme d'Or at Cannes and was widely acclaimed for its originality and narrative style. Amidst discussions of violent content, Tarantino stayed true to his vision, believing his films were more about dialogue and character than pure violence. He viewed his early attempts, especially his work on 'My Best Friend's Birthday', as invaluable film school experience. As he plans for the future, Tarantino aims for a 10-film filmography, focusing on innovative storytelling and exploring new narratives, ensuring his legacy is marked by creativity and authentic connections between genre-inspired characters and audiences.

Takeaways

  • 🎬 Quentin Tarantino developed a passion for movies at an early age.
  • 📚 His work at a video store solidified his extensive knowledge of films.
  • 🎥 Tarantino's directorial debut was 'Reservoir Dogs'.
  • 🌟 'Pulp Fiction' was a significant breakthrough, showcasing his unique cinematic style.
  • 🏆 'Pulp Fiction' won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
  • 💡 Tarantino respects authentic storytelling over commercial pressures.
  • 🚀 His films often surprise with innovative storytelling and rich dialogue.
  • 🔍 Early experiences, even failed projects, were vital to his learning and growth.
  • 📈 Despite early struggles, he plans to create a total of 10 films.
  • 🔥 Tarantino believes in creating films for viewers similar to himself.

Timeline

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    Quentin Tarantino reflects on his rising career as a filmmaker and his aspirations for lasting recognition. He recalls his time in Amsterdam seeking inspiration for 'Pulp Fiction', a film intended as a crime anthology with interwoven characters. Despite financial challenges, his passion for filmmaking thrived, rooted in a lifelong love for movies fostered by his young parents.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    Tarantino reminisces about his early struggles, working various jobs while pursuing his dream to make films. His breakthrough came with 'Reservoir Dogs', supported by influential figures like Lawrence Bender and Harvey Keitel. Tarantino emphasizes the importance of an engaging script and the collaborative casting process enabled by Keitel's support. This film garnered attention despite financial constraints.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    Success with 'Reservoir Dogs' led to significant challenges due to heightened expectations. 'Pulp Fiction', considered risky by studios, defied expectations by finding a substantial audience. Tarantino's unique filmmaking style, marked by distinct dialogue and character work, captivated viewers. His early endeavors like 'My Best Friend's Birthday' helped form his foundational knowledge in filmmaking.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:24:56

    'Pulp Fiction' solidified Tarantino's standing but raised questions about his future direction. Despite concerns of 'too much too soon', Tarantino seeks to balance his filmmaking with personal growth. Reflecting on his journey, he acknowledges the transformative power of his films. His intention to create a distinct ten-film legacy demonstrates a deliberate approach to his career, focusing on honest and impactful storytelling.

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Video Q&A

  • Who directed Pulp Fiction?

    Pulp Fiction was directed by Quentin Tarantino.

  • What was Quentin Tarantino's first feature film?

    Reservoir Dogs was Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut.

  • What is the theme of Quentin Tarantino's movie inspirations?

    Tarantino was inspired by classic cinema, often integrating aspects of crime films and anthologies.

  • How did Quentin Tarantino start in the film industry?

    Quentin Tarantino started working at a video rental store, which deepened his encyclopedic knowledge of films.

  • What was the initial perception of Pulp Fiction?

    Pulp Fiction was initially not expected to be a commercial success.

  • What kind of film does Quentin Tarantino enjoy making?

    Quentin Tarantino enjoys making films that he himself would like to watch, focusing on authentic storytelling.

  • How did Quentin Tarantino view his own filmmaking education?

    He considered his experience of making 'My Best Friend's Birthday' as his personal film school.

  • What award did Pulp Fiction win at the Cannes Film Festival?

    Pulp Fiction won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

  • What did Tarantino believe about audience perception?

    Tarantino believed his own tastes reflected those of a particular audience, and he created films based on that.

  • How many films does Tarantino plan to make?

    Quentin Tarantino has expressed interest in making 10 films before retiring.

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    Quenton Tarantino thank you for coming
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    things are are are absolutely fantastic
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    but I intend to have like
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    now Amsterdam
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    1992 Quentin Tarantino seeks inspiration
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    for his second film all right well you
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    can walk into a movie theater in
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    Amsterdam buy a beer so you went to to
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    write Pulp Fiction you went to Amsterdam
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    I started there yeah when you're alone
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    and life is making so what kind of
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    research were we doing in Amsterdam well
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    it wasn't so
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    much it's hard to describe how broke I
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    was through all of my 20s I've always
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    wanted to go to Europe and now I'm going
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    to go but I'm going to go for a
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    while and so that's where I just started
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    writing so they had no connection about
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    Amsterdam and writing it was just a
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    place to live and have this really
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    wonderful experience but everything
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    that's ever going on with me at whatever
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    I'm writing will fit find its way into
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    the material
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    Marca said you just got back from
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    Amsterdam in the case of pulk fiction
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    this starting off point was the idea of
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    to do three crime stories but have the
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    out but the real inspiration for Pulp
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    Fiction came many years
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    earlier do you believe in
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    ghosts Mario Baba became one of the
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    first directors of I got to know by name
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    because I saw Black Sabbath on late
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    night television this is Black
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    Sabbath when I saw P Fiction with with a
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    little boy just watching the the TV kind
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    of being alone in this big room and the
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    TV being his friend and to me that's
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    Quinton it's hard to go back to the very
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    very very very very beginning because I
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    always
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    remember loving
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    movies my mom was really really young
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    and my my parents were really young so
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    movies were about the only thing that
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    they could afford to
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    do actually my parents said well he's
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    going to be a director someday and
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    everything I didn't know what that was I
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    wanted to be an actor because when
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    you're a little kid you want to be inv
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    so you said well I want to do what they
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    do I give the watch to
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    you with his newly discovered purpose
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    Quentin set his priorities
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    straight yeah I quit school when I was
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    15 or 16 I was want to be an actor that
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    I had kind of this like weird tunnel
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    fishion once I got into it I didn't have
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    room for anything else and I I was
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    horrible in school and couldn't do
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    anything in school but I'd go see a
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    movie and I knew every actor in it I
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    knew the name of the director I knew the
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    name of the producer and the writer I
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    just started getting an encyclopedic
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    knowledge about that
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    stuff at ag16 I got a a a job as Usher
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    at the Pussycat Theater which was a
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    cinema I mean fullon Tri
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    X then I kind of just went through like
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    a bunch of uh uh um little like you know
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    phone sales job and this little super
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    job here and that little stupid job
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    there until eventually like around age
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    22 I got a job at a place called video
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    archives hi I'm Quinton Tarantino and
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    this is video archives I really was a
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    movie lovers he it was really terrific I
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    was a customer there and I really liked
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    it and uh eventually he asked me if I
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    wanted to job
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    people think oh so that's where you
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    learned your knowledge about movies know
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    I was already a movie expert that's how
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    I got hired at video archives I always
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    got a kick out of talking to Quinton
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    because he was so opinionated about
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    everything under the sun the video was
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    sort of like my college it was a great
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    time we were always watching movies and
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    the store was completely like um was
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    like a clubhouse you we're making
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    minimum wage all right so you know we
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    almost in order to survive we almost you
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    had to work like you know double shifts
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    like three every week you know from
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    opening to close just to make money to
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    live but we were having a great
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    time but it was just eventually at a
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    certain point I realized I didn't just
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    want to be in movies I wanted to make
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    movies I I I came to the I came to the
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    realization that I uh that I am a
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    filmmaker and I I act pretty good but
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    but what I really want to do is make
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    movies there are countless Hobbies one
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    can do
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    alone you could tend a garden bake
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    brownies or pick up bird
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    watching robbing a bank is is not one of
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    those Hobbies luckily it doesn't have to
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    [Music]
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    dodford maybe Quenton could have done
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    with it because you have to understand
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    Quenton was so broke really broke just
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    not not a scent to his name by 91
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    Quentin had tried and failed to get
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    several film scripts off the ground but
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    when all looked hopeless and by this
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    time it looked like true romance was
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    going to set so it looked like I was
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    going to have like $330,000 and so I
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    decided Well I'm going to write a film
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    to do for 30,000 should do 12 days
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    $30,000 60 mm black and white you know
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    starring some friends and I will have a
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    movie made and
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    Fin and Quenton wouldn't sell this one
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    Reservoir Dogs was his but he'd need
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    some help by this time I had met
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    Lawrence and Lawrence was a real godson
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    Vincent I came over to this place and I
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    read this script obviously I I flipped
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    over it it was it was an
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    extraordinary piece of writing Vincent
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    we happy yeah we happy Lawrence was a
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    was an actor too and his teacher's wife
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    goes to the actor studio with Harvey
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    tell he got the script to his teacher
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    his teacher read it liked it gave it to
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    his wife she read it she liked it she
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    put it in Harvey's hands and then the
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    next thing we knew Harvey called us up
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    on the phone I contacted Lawrence bender
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    and
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    Quenton we had many
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    conversations I told him I was committed
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    to making the
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    movie he loved it not only did he want
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    to do it he wanted to help us get it
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    made having a decent script was one
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    thing but to turn words into scenes that
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    needed cash oh when we started casting
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    we didn't have any money a $5 Shake did
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    you just order her a $5 shake and Harvey
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    was like involved in the casting process
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    and everything and what he did was he
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    said look we should go to New York yeah
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    well Harvey is really good but we can't
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    afford to go we hadn't have any money I
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    was like you know broke and the producer
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    was broke well I I I just can't stand
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    this anymore we're going to have to go
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    to New York if I have to pay for it I'll
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    papay we're going to have uh you know a
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    weekend of New York casting and he paid
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    all that out of his own pocket just
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    because he thought you know the film
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    need godamn it's a pretty [ __ ] good
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    milkshake all of a sudden we weren't
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    just a couple of kids anymore with the
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    film with a script like everyone else
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    had we actually had Harvey could tell I
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    made the assumption that whoever could
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    have written this must be an intelligent
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    articulate person so if he wrote this
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    you'd have to give him the shot to
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    direct it you have any moment of doubt
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    that you could deliver that you were
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    ready to
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    deliver I think you always do have like
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    it's far like like when okay you've got
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    the job oh now I got to do it who will
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    be our first contestants right here
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    Quinton shot listed the picture from
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    beginning to end before we got into real
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    full
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    pre-production um then we cast the movie
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    and he was really nervous right before
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    casting but after the first person
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    coming in the room he realized there was
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    nothing to be nervous
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    [Music]
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    about drinks music Quentin was beginning
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    to trust his instincts enough to make a
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    decision that would raise some
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    eyebrows why trola
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    well I've always thought that John
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    Travolta is one of the greatest movie
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    stars John trola was so huge when he
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    came out Brian De Palma's blowout I
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    think it's one of the greatest movies
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    ever made John Travolta by the way giv
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    one of the best performances of all time
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    in this
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    movie we did a piece about him in the
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    Los Angeles
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    [Music]
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    Times about boy whatever happened to
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    John Travolta kind of what's happened to
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    him now but they interviewed Pauling
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    kale and they asked her um do you think
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    John can ever come back and she goes he
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    has to movies need him 91 Quenton had a
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    script cast and a
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    budget now he had to put them all
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    together you're Mr Pink and we're going
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    to he had um I forget how many men are
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    in the movie now six or eight or
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    something hey your names Mr Brown Mr
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    White that's a tricky part about doing
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    like an ensemble piece like this cuz you
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    put together six actors let the blonds
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    these six or eight um different styles
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    of uh acting and different personalities
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    one guy needs a lot of rehearsal another
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    guy doesn't like any rehearsal at all
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    it's the blue Mr the orange Mr the pink
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    Quinton won their confidence and their
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    trust from day one deal with each of
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    them as individuals some directors were
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    like this is my way of working with
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    actors and boom and everyone has to
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    adjust to him my way or the highway and
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    I think that's just
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    ego Reservoir Dog just turned up in the
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    catalog of the the Sundance Film
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    Festival and so from Sundance Miramax
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    picked up the movie and it and and the
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    heat really spread and there is a new
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    filmmaker it said um who has exploded
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    and who is uni who has a signature that
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    is distinctly his
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    [Music]
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    own me come on girl we're getting out of
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    here we got to walk down if I'm sitting
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    at home and I'm imagining I'm you know
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    the husband of some young couple and
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    we're just sitting there and thinking
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    well what do you want to see tonight
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    honey you want to see uh uh uh it happen
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    for you want to see Forest Gump you want
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    to see well what's that well that's the
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    movie where Tom Hanks plays [ __ ] guy
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    and you know meet John F Kennedy or oh
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    okay well what else well you want to see
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    uh clear and present danger well what's
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    that well that's the new Harrison Ford
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    movie or uh you want to see Reservoir
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    Dogs what what's that well that's the
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    movie where the guy gets ear cut off you
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    [Music]
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    know the film got a lot of remarks
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    because of the violence all
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    right and uh there were quite a few
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    walkouts at the predictable ear scene
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    and all the walkouts were women and so
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    it was obvious that this is a film that
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    would have its dieh hard adherence as
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    well as people who just couldn't take it
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    hey what's going on Reservoir dog ear
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    cutting off soon people went on about it
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    about how shocking was I mean I thought
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    it was brilliantly done cuz you don't
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    see anything and that's what was so good
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    about it and yet people describe it as
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    if they saw it they thought it was
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    gratuitous and in a way they were kind
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    of like like I always kind of took it as
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    a big compliment cuz I know the film
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    isn't that violent all right it's like
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    so why is it a compliment cuz I did it
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    well I mean like the scenes I got in
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    other words I thought it was more
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    violent than it was like I thought it
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    was far more violent than it was lar
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    stop putting that [ __ ] gun in my dead
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    isn't it a bit of an albatross having
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    such a big hit on your hands so soon oh
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    baby no I don't think it's an albatross
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    around my neck at all having a
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    successful first film you want to have a
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    successful film as good for you as it
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    was for me people talk about the
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    sophomore Janks people talk about oh how
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    you ever going to follow this stuff and
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    well I don't even think about that at
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    all all right because one I know what
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    the next movie I'm going to do is
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    Reservoir Dogs was Tarantino's
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    directorial debut [ __ ] was I talking
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    about but it wasn't really his first
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    attempt said around 22 23 I said well
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    you know what I'm going to make a film
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    ready first day on the job you so I
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    started making this movie what were we
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    talking about you're as c as ice and it
  • 00:13:04
    was a film called
  • 00:13:05
    um my best friend's birthday this a
  • 00:13:08
    comedy except it's for my best friend
  • 00:13:10
    Mickey yes it's his birthday and um and
  • 00:13:14
    I proceeded to work on that movie for
  • 00:13:16
    about 3 years basically financing it
  • 00:13:19
    completely myself from a minimum wage
  • 00:13:21
    job I mean I couldn't believe it I would
  • 00:13:23
    like get like $200 or so and then we go
  • 00:13:26
    off and shoot for the weekend and then
  • 00:13:27
    we would run out of money and then I I
  • 00:13:29
    would like go back to work again and
  • 00:13:30
    then like eventually I would just keep
  • 00:13:31
    piecing it together and I thought we
  • 00:13:33
    were making something really special
  • 00:13:35
    going okay come see guess what I did not
  • 00:13:37
    have all what I thought I had all right
  • 00:13:41
    [ __ ]
  • 00:13:43
    happening oh man I shot Morin in the
  • 00:13:45
    face why the [ __ ] did you do that how
  • 00:13:47
    was it different it was amateurish yeah
  • 00:13:50
    you look like [ __ ] funny I feel like
  • 00:13:52
    diarrhea it was really and that in a
  • 00:13:54
    Charming way either and had no charm no
  • 00:13:57
    charm at all
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    she probably went over a bump or
  • 00:14:02
    something hey the car Ain hit no
  • 00:14:03
    [ __ ] bump [ __ ] I am in
  • 00:14:06
    hell I was oh my God this was just all
  • 00:14:09
    for nothing and I'm kind of going to be
  • 00:14:11
    a laughing style I got nothing to show
  • 00:14:13
    for all this work I felt depressed for
  • 00:14:15
    no reason whatsoever just this Dark
  • 00:14:17
    Cloud hanging over my head it's [ __ ]
  • 00:14:19
    like this that's going to bring this
  • 00:14:20
    situation to a head man your ass is
  • 00:14:25
    R however the stuff I did in the first
  • 00:14:29
    say year and a half or 2 years well that
  • 00:14:32
    was the really student filmy amateur St
  • 00:14:35
    you won't [ __ ] my [ __ ] up you [ __ ] my
  • 00:14:37
    [ __ ] up right
  • 00:14:38
    now oh man I will never forgive your ass
  • 00:14:42
    for this [ __ ] this is some [ __ ] up
  • 00:14:44
    repugnant [ __ ] who are you but the stuff
  • 00:14:47
    I had done in the last year he is really
  • 00:14:52
    strong that wasn't bad it was it was
  • 00:14:54
    pretty good really
  • 00:14:57
    mean there was a genuine definite
  • 00:15:00
    progression really jealous free but the
  • 00:15:03
    thing is though it was like this was
  • 00:15:05
    going to be the thing that like set me
  • 00:15:07
    up all right and I'd worked three years
  • 00:15:09
    on it and the the I was able to look at
  • 00:15:12
    it in a in a realistic way after being
  • 00:15:14
    toly depressed for a little bit but only
  • 00:15:16
    a short little bit and wait for the wolf
  • 00:15:19
    you sending the wolf yeah but I have a
  • 00:15:21
    foot better so it kind of even itself
  • 00:15:23
    I'm went the wolf I solve problems this
  • 00:15:26
    was my film school all right and this
  • 00:15:27
    was the best film School person could
  • 00:15:29
    possibly have so pretty pleased with
  • 00:15:31
    sugar on top clean the [ __ ] car I
  • 00:15:33
    actually instead of like going to school
  • 00:15:35
    and paying a ton of money to be allowed
  • 00:15:37
    to use some of their crappy equipment
  • 00:15:38
    all right I actually went out and
  • 00:15:40
    actually tried to make make a a feature
  • 00:15:42
    film I can't believe this is the same
  • 00:15:45
    car well let's not start sucking each
  • 00:15:47
    other's dicks quite
  • 00:15:50
    yet my best friend's birthday was the
  • 00:15:52
    education Quenton needed for his first
  • 00:15:55
    directorial
  • 00:15:57
    success but now he faced the dreaded
  • 00:16:00
    sophomore
  • 00:16:01
    curse hold it right there God damn
  • 00:16:04
    it when you look at like a a filmmaker
  • 00:16:07
    who's done 10 or 15 films and like you
  • 00:16:09
    wow this work here is really exciting
  • 00:16:12
    and then at some point it stopped
  • 00:16:15
    being either it was like the same old
  • 00:16:17
    thing or else they became hacks or they
  • 00:16:20
    just came you know now where did that
  • 00:16:22
    happen right I can't tell you how many
  • 00:16:24
    times I've seen a guy's first film I
  • 00:16:26
    thought it was terrific and ran to the
  • 00:16:28
    theater to his second film what the hell
  • 00:16:30
    was that this is what's going to happen
  • 00:16:33
    they've overpraised my first film
  • 00:16:35
    they're going to undervalue my second
  • 00:16:36
    film they're going to like I mean you I
  • 00:16:38
    don't think it's going to be rubbish I
  • 00:16:39
    think it's going be good film but
  • 00:16:40
    they're going it's going to get less
  • 00:16:42
    recognition it's tough to imagine now
  • 00:16:45
    but pop fiction wasn't seen as a money
  • 00:16:47
    maker the studio thought
  • 00:16:49
    this and so did
  • 00:16:52
    queny people ask me from time to time do
  • 00:16:54
    you make a movie with an audience in
  • 00:16:56
    mind and my answer is yes I do all right
  • 00:16:58
    but the a I have in mind isn't some
  • 00:17:00
    faceless blob that I'm trying to second
  • 00:17:02
    guess it's me not like a focus group
  • 00:17:04
    yeah it's me I'm the audience through
  • 00:17:07
    all
  • 00:17:08
    et Palm Door goes to Pulp
  • 00:17:18
    Fiction I was betting and I was a little
  • 00:17:21
    surprised at how many there were I was
  • 00:17:23
    betting that there are other people like
  • 00:17:25
    me out there the conwin that's a big
  • 00:17:27
    Shield they throwing bricks at me on
  • 00:17:29
    General principle because my films are
  • 00:17:31
    violent or this or that and the other
  • 00:17:33
    you're misunderstanding me I'm not just
  • 00:17:35
    about that I'm about other things too
  • 00:17:37
    everywhere you go people are talking
  • 00:17:38
    about the upcoming film Pulp Fiction a
  • 00:17:41
    close-up look at the incredible movie
  • 00:17:43
    making mind of qu and Tarantino cul
  • 00:17:45
    fiction a surprise $200 million Smash
  • 00:17:48
    Hit worldwide that earned seven Oscar
  • 00:17:51
    nominations and worldwide Acclaim for
  • 00:17:54
    its 32-year-old director Quenton
  • 00:17:57
    Tarantino you think we're upset with
  • 00:17:59
    Tarantino and Pulp Fiction this is just
  • 00:18:01
    the tip of the iceberg the information
  • 00:18:03
    super highway is just buzzing with
  • 00:18:06
    Worldwide discussions about every frame
  • 00:18:08
    of this movie here are a couple of
  • 00:18:10
    sample screens from the internet the
  • 00:18:12
    worldwide web where there are dozens of
  • 00:18:14
    Tarantino areas thousands of messages
  • 00:18:17
    about pul fiction have been sent and
  • 00:18:19
    received for months now from all over
  • 00:18:21
    the world and reflecting the conviction
  • 00:18:23
    of some people that Pulp Fiction has an
  • 00:18:24
    underlying spiritual message the
  • 00:18:26
    internet even has an online Church of
  • 00:18:31
    Tarantino Pulp Fiction elevated
  • 00:18:34
    Tarantino to a new level but there were
  • 00:18:37
    still questions on his longevity I think
  • 00:18:40
    what's going to be interesting is what
  • 00:18:41
    he can develop Beyond writing about
  • 00:18:43
    movies and start writing about all of
  • 00:18:45
    this stuff out here where do you go now
  • 00:18:47
    I mean do you have any sense of you've
  • 00:18:49
    made the film and people are describing
  • 00:18:51
    you as the hottest film director in
  • 00:18:53
    America we all keep talking about this
  • 00:18:55
    mean friends at all we keep talking
  • 00:18:56
    what's Quenton going to do next we made
  • 00:18:58
    be asking is there a danger here of too
  • 00:19:01
    much too soon he's got to mature he's
  • 00:19:04
    got to stop being this this Cinema free
  • 00:19:07
    kid who is so clever and so wild because
  • 00:19:10
    it's the most dangerous thing that can
  • 00:19:11
    happen to you is to be successful within
  • 00:19:14
    that system because they want more of
  • 00:19:15
    the same and you can live in this
  • 00:19:16
    totally fantasized world in the case of
  • 00:19:19
    Quinton Tarantino my diagnosis would be
  • 00:19:22
    Quinton you are overextended she comes
  • 00:19:25
    home from work in about an hour and a
  • 00:19:27
    half you can't bring him in the the back
  • 00:19:29
    cuz she's going to divorce me right you
  • 00:19:31
    and so the doctor's prescription you
  • 00:19:33
    should slow down and take care of
  • 00:19:35
    business that was you acting in the film
  • 00:19:36
    as well you you have a nice role did you
  • 00:19:37
    sleep with the director yeah well I yes
  • 00:19:40
    I uh I gave him job in your case
  • 00:19:43
    business should mean riding and
  • 00:19:44
    directing movies not becoming a
  • 00:19:46
    character actor and a talk show
  • 00:19:48
    Personnel no I've always had kind of a
  • 00:19:50
    game plan and everything U but it's like
  • 00:19:53
    uh right now I don't know what it is I
  • 00:19:55
    want to do now I don't have the story
  • 00:19:56
    that I'm burning to tell and also making
  • 00:19:59
    a movie is really hard I mean when I was
  • 00:20:01
    like uh when I was like a you know film
  • 00:20:03
    geek and everything I'd look at like
  • 00:20:04
    like fos Bender's career and go now
  • 00:20:06
    that's a career to have like you know 30
  • 00:20:09
    Films in 10 years the way to go then I
  • 00:20:11
    made a film and go you know what life's
  • 00:20:12
    a little too short to do that you know
  • 00:20:14
    um it's like it's like climbing a
  • 00:20:16
    mountain I don't want to climb another
  • 00:20:17
    mountain right after I get through with
  • 00:20:19
    everything I want to like rest a little
  • 00:20:21
    bit and then get up
  • 00:20:24
    again only two films in Tarantino new
  • 00:20:27
    film making is an end
  • 00:20:29
    game because he gives everything to his
  • 00:20:32
    scripts taking genre characters and
  • 00:20:34
    genre situations have them sound like
  • 00:20:37
    real people man I just been sitting here
  • 00:20:39
    thinking about what about the miracle we
  • 00:20:41
    witnessed Miracle you witnessed I
  • 00:20:43
    witnessed a freak C look dialogue is the
  • 00:20:46
    easiest thing in the world for me and
  • 00:20:47
    because it comes so easy it's almost I
  • 00:20:49
    almost feel like it's not really
  • 00:20:50
    mine what is a miracle V Act of God like
  • 00:20:54
    if there is such a thing as a God's gift
  • 00:20:56
    or anything you should have this voice
  • 00:20:59
    inside of you saying tell the truth
  • 00:21:02
    that's one of the gifts he gave me when
  • 00:21:04
    um God makes the impossible possible
  • 00:21:07
    tell the truth tell the truth all right
  • 00:21:09
    reveal a few secrets and the truth is
  • 00:21:10
    your life experience exactly yeah I do
  • 00:21:12
    like the idea of a 10 film filmography
  • 00:21:16
    especially a filmography where I've
  • 00:21:17
    spent the last 30 years giving
  • 00:21:19
    everything in the world that I have
  • 00:21:21
    to really thinking about quitting
  • 00:21:24
    nothing to do life yeah but just walk
  • 00:21:28
    around
  • 00:21:29
    most definitely
  • 00:21:33
    [ __ ] and then dropping the mic what she
  • 00:21:36
    going to do then and saying okay that's
  • 00:21:38
    it basically I'm just going to walk the
  • 00:21:40
    earth you say that you will do 10 films
  • 00:21:43
    when I get you still will to have more
  • 00:21:46
    tantino for the war to you what you mean
  • 00:21:48
    walk to Earth you know like Kane and
  • 00:21:50
    Kung Fu walk from place to place meet
  • 00:21:52
    people get an Adventures I think it's
  • 00:21:54
    still going to be 10 I mean look it
  • 00:21:56
    could be 11 there is an umbilical link
  • 00:21:59
    from the 10th film to Reservoir Dogs
  • 00:22:02
    it's about leaving a thoughtfully
  • 00:22:05
    composed filmography and how long do you
  • 00:22:08
    intend to walk to Earth till God puts me
  • 00:22:10
    where he wants me to be there is this
  • 00:22:12
    artistic intention that carried up from
  • 00:22:14
    the from the beginning all the way
  • 00:22:15
    through the end and what if you don't do
  • 00:22:17
    that it takes forever then I'll walk
  • 00:22:21
    for and so now I like the idea of being
  • 00:22:24
    more of a writer and just me and my pen
  • 00:22:26
    and a piece of paper and just kind of
  • 00:22:28
    feeling that way rarely in our years on
  • 00:22:30
    the movie Beat has a new director become
  • 00:22:32
    as hot as fast as Quinton Tarantino one
  • 00:22:36
    thing that I've done that I'm like the
  • 00:22:38
    proudest of is the fact that people talk
  • 00:22:41
    about wow you've had such success and
  • 00:22:42
    it's just been so overnight and whatever
  • 00:22:45
    whatever success I've got has come after
  • 00:22:47
    like 8 years of just nothing working
  • 00:22:51
    out he represents a moment in time he's
  • 00:22:54
    been called the first director who's a
  • 00:22:56
    rock and roll
  • 00:22:57
    star fiction is the movie of the 9s but
  • 00:23:00
    it's so much more than that it
  • 00:23:03
    changed film making forever in what way
  • 00:23:07
    you see pul fiction as as as changing
  • 00:23:10
    the the nature of your career okay I
  • 00:23:13
    I'll just say I mean it it it changed
  • 00:23:15
    Cinema symbolized to me like the world
  • 00:23:18
    is changing I mean it changed every
  • 00:23:20
    filmmaker I've ever met since and I
  • 00:23:22
    remember thinking like wow like the the
  • 00:23:25
    world is different like sometimes you'll
  • 00:23:27
    see a work of art a something and you'll
  • 00:23:30
    say that thing just changed everything
  • 00:23:34
    are you still retiring sure am like I
  • 00:23:37
    worked out in the Finish we're not at to
  • 00:23:39
    finish yet baby I'm not going to get
  • 00:23:41
    hurt you don't need proof and you have
  • 00:23:43
    Instinct I believe every [ __ ] word
  • 00:23:45
    cuz you're super
  • 00:23:46
    cool what happened here was a miracle
  • 00:23:50
    and I want you to [ __ ] acknowledge it
  • 00:23:53
    I always feel like I'm starting over
  • 00:23:55
    everything the same except one little
  • 00:23:57
    different silly Caucasian girl likes to
  • 00:24:00
    play with
  • 00:24:03
    s you know what happens when
  • 00:24:05
    [ __ ] caring
  • 00:24:07
    knives they get
  • 00:24:10
    shot something you
  • 00:24:12
    rich think this just my my you had my
  • 00:24:16
    curiosity like the way you B boy like
  • 00:24:19
    the way you die boy now you have my
  • 00:24:21
    attention no one said the job is
  • 00:24:23
    supposed to Bey no one said it's
  • 00:24:26
    supposed to be that hard neither it's
  • 00:24:28
    official buddy who has been you're rck
  • 00:24:31
    [ __ ] dalt don't you
  • 00:24:36
    [Music]
  • 00:24:41
    forget the real test of time isn't the
  • 00:24:44
    Friday that it opens it's how the film
  • 00:24:46
    is started 30 years from now
  • 00:24:49
    [Applause]
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