Films
Item 1: Django Unchained (2012) Director- Quentin Tarantino Focus Film- I have chosen this film as it shows Tarantino's distinct approach to violence within his films in the style of a spaghetti western. It showcases how he uses violence for humor as it is effectively used as punch line when Django shoots a particularly irritating female character called Miss Laura. Django, the protagonist of the film uses excessive violence in order to find his wife after he had earned his freedom from slavery. The violence that is shown in this film caused a lot of controversy mainly due to the issues that are discussed in the film such as race and gender inequality were brought into the spotlight making us question whether those issues still exist within today's society.
Item 2; Reservoir Dogs (1992) - Tarantino's debut film is his own take on the Heist film although you never actually see the heist. This film was chosen not only for the use of excessive violence, very often in the form of gun shots apart from the obvious exception of the famous scene in which Mr Blonde removes the ear of a Cop that he had taken hostage, but for the blood and gore that is the evidence of it. Mr Orange spends a great deal of the film slowly bleeding out from a shot to the stomach meaning he is often covered in blood. Another reason why this film was chosen was for the use of Non-linear narrative which is present in most of Tarantino's films.
Item 3: Inglorious Bastards (2009) Director - Quentin Tarantino - I have chosen this film as a supporting film as it has the highest body count of all of Tarantino's films and those deaths are very some of the most violent. Some consider it the most violent of all Tarantino's films. For instance the scene where the German officer gets beaten to death with the baseball bat is very hard to watch as Tarantino has made it more personal where as the slaughter in the cinema is different.
Books
Item 4: Tarantino A To Zed - Alan Barnes and Marcus Hearn - I have chosen this book as it is has a whole section on the violence Tarantino uses within his films and makes note of the significant differences between his style of violence and that of other prominent directors suggesting that his use of violence is distinctive. As well as the deep analysis of the scene in Reservoir dogs in which a cop has his ear cut off.
Item 5: Quintessential Tarantino - Edwin page - I have chosen this book mainly for the analysis of Reservoir Dogs particularly the scene in which the cop has his ear chopped off. I am also using it as it has many different quotes and facts from Tarantino himself that will be useful for my argument.
Item 6: Tarantino - Jim Smith - This book was chosen as it contains an important quote "Reservoir Dogs establishes a lot of what audiences would come to think of as trademark Tarantino directional elements" This supports my theory that Tarantino is a Auteur as he has a consistent trademarks that mean a Tarantino film can be quickly identified without needing to be told who the director is.
Item 7: Teach yourself film studies - Warren Buckland - This source is useful to me as it explains that Auteurship is when a director shows a consistency of style and themes across their films. Tarantino meets this criteria, the similar theme being violence which spans across all of his films. I can use this in my presentation script as it will make it easier to explain how Tarantino meets this criteria and ho
Articles
Item 8: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/13/django-unchained-jack-whitehall-james-delingpole - Charlie Brooker - I have used this review as it mentions the violence within Django Unchained saying that it is "insanely violent" yet in the same paragraph says that the movie "contains some of the funniest moments" that he had seen. This shows that the violence is intertwined with the humor within his films, one often enhancing the other.
Item 9: http://flavorwire.com/482300/why-are-we-so-obsessed-with-tarantinos-violence-an-excerpt-from-pulp-fiction-the-complete-history-of-quentin-tarantinos-masterpiece - This article explores the reasons in which audiences are obsessed with the violence within Quentin Tarantino's films. It specifically talks about the scene within reservoir dogs where the Cops ear is cut off and how it prompted discussion about morality and the aesthetics of onscreen violence.
Item 10: http://mikesmoviereview.weebly.com/3/post/2012/08/what-makes-a-quentin-tarantino-movie-so-unique.html - This article details the many ways in which Tarantino's films are distinctive referring specifically to his use of violence, wit and humour supporting my theory that Tarantino is an auteur as his style is consistent.
Item 11: http://www.thewrap.com/quentin-tarantino-you-think-django-unchained-violent-try-slavery-68356/ - In this article the author mentions Tarantino's trademark sardonic and grim humour even going as far as calling him an auteur supporting my argument. Also it discusses the fact that Tarantino could not make films based on violent historic events such as World war Two and the holocaust and slavery without depicting the violence on screen.
Interviews
Item 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EEpTrPb0-c Quentin Tarantino argues about movie violence - I have chosen this interview as it is Tarantino himself defending his over the top use of violence within his films, calling violence "Fun" and making it known how different he sees violence in real life and violence on screen. Item 4: Tarantino A To Zed - Alan Barnes and Marcus Hearn - I have chosen this book as it is has a whole section on the violence Tarantino uses within his films and makes note of the significant differences between his style of violence and that of other prominent directors suggesting that his use of violence is distinctive. As well as the deep analysis of the scene in Reservoir dogs in which a cop has his ear cut off.
Item 5: Quintessential Tarantino - Edwin page - I have chosen this book mainly for the analysis of Reservoir Dogs particularly the scene in which the cop has his ear chopped off. I am also using it as it has many different quotes and facts from Tarantino himself that will be useful for my argument.
Item 6: Tarantino - Jim Smith - This book was chosen as it contains an important quote "Reservoir Dogs establishes a lot of what audiences would come to think of as trademark Tarantino directional elements" This supports my theory that Tarantino is a Auteur as he has a consistent trademarks that mean a Tarantino film can be quickly identified without needing to be told who the director is.
Item 7: Teach yourself film studies - Warren Buckland - This source is useful to me as it explains that Auteurship is when a director shows a consistency of style and themes across their films. Tarantino meets this criteria, the similar theme being violence which spans across all of his films. I can use this in my presentation script as it will make it easier to explain how Tarantino meets this criteria and ho
Articles
Item 8: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/13/django-unchained-jack-whitehall-james-delingpole - Charlie Brooker - I have used this review as it mentions the violence within Django Unchained saying that it is "insanely violent" yet in the same paragraph says that the movie "contains some of the funniest moments" that he had seen. This shows that the violence is intertwined with the humor within his films, one often enhancing the other.
Item 9: http://flavorwire.com/482300/why-are-we-so-obsessed-with-tarantinos-violence-an-excerpt-from-pulp-fiction-the-complete-history-of-quentin-tarantinos-masterpiece - This article explores the reasons in which audiences are obsessed with the violence within Quentin Tarantino's films. It specifically talks about the scene within reservoir dogs where the Cops ear is cut off and how it prompted discussion about morality and the aesthetics of onscreen violence.
Item 10: http://mikesmoviereview.weebly.com/3/post/2012/08/what-makes-a-quentin-tarantino-movie-so-unique.html - This article details the many ways in which Tarantino's films are distinctive referring specifically to his use of violence, wit and humour supporting my theory that Tarantino is an auteur as his style is consistent.
Item 11: http://www.thewrap.com/quentin-tarantino-you-think-django-unchained-violent-try-slavery-68356/ - In this article the author mentions Tarantino's trademark sardonic and grim humour even going as far as calling him an auteur supporting my argument. Also it discusses the fact that Tarantino could not make films based on violent historic events such as World war Two and the holocaust and slavery without depicting the violence on screen.
Interviews
Item 13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uveuX1pcC5o rare reservoir dogs interview - I have used this Tarantino describes his love for violence within movies and talks about the fact that his violence is closer to realism. Also he discusses the fact that within his films you are quite often laughing and then all of a sudden there is blood on the walls and this highlights how closely linked his use of violence and humour are.
Videos
Item 14 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzCLBLX3z4o How Quentin Tarantino Uses Violence - this video shows through analysis and a mix of different scenes from Tarantinos films that he uses similar shots, builds up to violence with interesting or obscure dialogue and then often breaks the suspense made by gunfire or a sudden burst of violence. This can be seen in the dining scene in Django unchained along with the Bar scene in Inglorious Bastards.
Item 15 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IprM5uCT_Ts -Inglorious Basterds; Making fun of you - I have used this video as it highlights some of the similarities within Tarantino's films in regards to violence, calling it hyper-violence. It also states the statistics around violence in Inglorious bastards with a staggering 395 death count. 342 deaths are in the fire in the cinema, with 57 kills via varying violent means. There is a gruesome death in Inglorious basterds every two and a half minutes.
Rejected Items
- Kill Bill; Vol 1 & 2 (2003- 2004) - I have chosen to reject both of the Kill Bill films due to the fact that Uma Thurman had a lot of input with some of the creative differences, for instance it was her that suggested Beatrix Kiddo be in a wedding dress when she was shot thereafter being nicknames the bride. Also it was would of been difficult to choose just one of the films to include and to include one without at least mentioning the other film.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrsJDy8VjZk Quentin interview "shutting your butt down"- I have chosen to reject this interview as it is mainly about whether or not violent movies make violent people. It is clear that the questions asked by the interviewer are not well received by Tarantino by the fact that he walks out half way through the interview and refuses to answer some questions asked. It can be said that this is more of an argument between them rather than an interview.
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