Quentin Tarantino, a name that cannot be replaced in the hearts of countless movie fans, this 29-year-old weight director who has been well-known all over the world, feels that all comments on him are pale, whether it is passionate admiration or nothing. Relentless attack. And he, always with that smirk, or arrogant, how difficult it would be to walk into him. How stupid it is to say something to him in words.
In 1992, Quentin, who was only 29 years old, caused a worldwide response at the American Sundance Film Festival with his debut novel "Falling Water Dog". Someone commented that he has determined his unshakable position in the film industry with his unique black humor and violent aesthetics. Of course I am the same, indulged in his black humor and violent aesthetics, but I think I have no professional background to comment on Quentin's two. After I watched "Falling Water Dog", what I immediately reflected in my mind was Johnnie To's old movie "Gun Fire". I got into trouble because of this. "Gunfire" is the cleanest movie I have ever watched. There is not a little bit of muddy water. I can't even find an extra word in the dialogue. The shock of "Gunfire" to me is indescribable. of. However, this time "Falling Water Dog" once again gave me this feeling, I don't understand why? Why do two such different styles coincide historically? "Gunfire" is so clean, "Falling Water Dog" is so long, "Gunfire" is so reticent and silent, and "Falling Water Dog" is so chattering. When I was puzzled, suddenly a word flashed out of my inspiration-pure. Maybe I got it right, maybe the shocks that "Gunfire" and "Falling Water Dog" gave me came from their purity. The robbers who robbed the jewelry shop in "Falling Water Dog" gave me a sense of purity as if they were around our lives, discussing the song "Feeling Like a Virgin" in our cafe, next to us Arguing over a dollar tip is so real. Their lives are like boiled water, it was the robbery. If there were no accidents, I think they would show up in that cafe the next day, chattering, talking about "Feeling Like a Virgin" and tips, or something like that. I was eager to say "Falling Dog" at the beginning, and I don't understand why this is. It seems that the shock is really an indescribable self-madness, stupidity, and hysteria.
Speaking of Quentin, if you don't talk about his narrative technique, it's not like much. I'm thinking about how to describe Quentin's narrative. Non-linear? Upside-down confusion? Jump for no reason? Forget it, it's not appropriate, just call it "weird", I feel like I have never been so poor. Quentin's bizarre narrative reached its peak in Pulp Fiction. In 1994, it was destined to be an incredible year for Quentin. How could this young man in his early thirties defeat the Polish director Kislovsky in Cannes? I went to watch Kislovsky's "Red" many years later, and I couldn't believe it. How could the French who prefer literature and art fell in love with Quentin's "Pulp Fiction" that year. I believe that the weird narrative technique of "Pulp Fiction" has made many fans confirm their madness for Quentin. Of course, it is also normal for many people to give up or fall asleep after watching it for half an hour. A commentator said that "Pulp Fiction" is much better than Kundera's "The Unbearable Lightness of Life". The author is shallow. I love these two works, but I really haven't figured out the connection between them. If you insist on this comparison, I would rather compare "Pulp Fiction" to Duras's "Lover." They are all like "spots on the wall" that make people out of their minds, but they always reach fateful encounters in the process of narration. Therefore, the whole movie is just a few points, some fateful encounters, and there is no continuous line of fate. Connecting the dots into a line, Quentin threw the work directly to the audience. During the viewing, I was always moved by the appearance of these points, and went back to the place where Quentin started. Therefore, I have to admit that it feels like a mess after watching. What I want to insert is a few fragments of "Pulp Fiction" that moved me inexplicably. The section of John’s dancing is breathtakingly beautiful, and the section of Samuel’s realization that the divine decree determines the prodigal son’s turn to give rise to a strong desire. , There was an impulse to return to a clear and pure world with him, and Wesley's kind of sympathy that appeared in the eyes of Wesley after witnessing his opponent being SM. The handshake of the two tough guys also gave us an alternative beauty. . Returning to narrative, the non-linear style has been seen by many filmmakers, such as Gonzalez’s "Babel" and Paul Haggis’s "Crash" are also typical representatives of this kind of narrative, no doubt these two films It is also a classic that will remain in the world film history, but from a narrative point of view, it has to be said that they are too far away from Quentin. It can even be said that no one can be as good as Quentin.
Many critics have tried to find some unpredictable, serious and noble themes from Quentin's films. This will definitely be disappointed. Most movies tell us stories, and a few movies tell you how to tell stories. Quentin’s movies belong to the latter. If you insist on clarifying the outline and sublimating the theme, it will become ridiculously boring. For movies like "Death Proof", what do you say is the theme, sexual psychopathy? Feminism? Whatever you say. If you put these themes on Quentin’s head, then his movies will not even be ranked third-rate. Even the serious "Shameless Bastard" about World War II should not attempt to pursue this kind of value. This has nothing to do with war. It has nothing to do with history, this is just the absurd performance of the character Quentin wanted to portray in that era. So don't say that he doesn't respect history, because he's not talking about history at all, and don't say that the ending of his movie can't be received, there is no response, because Quentin, he himself doesn't know where to stop. Just like "A Dawn" (Quentin is the screenwriter, the lead actor, and the assistant director), the two parts of the jump before and after the movie, do you want to define it as a gangster movie or a ghost movie? I think the movie is a feeling that Quentin is pursuing, but it is just expressing an absurd concept of life. Just as Quentin faces the danger of being arrested by the police when he crosses the border in "A Dawn", he must also loudly emphasize "I'm not crazy". Life is really ridiculous. The person who believes the most is the undercover of the police ("Falling Dog"). The person who keeps carrying the "Bible" is a cruel killer ("Fiction"), and the most powerful killer died of Under the chaos of a few weak women ("Evidence of Death")...Is there anything more absurd than life? People say that this is black humor, which should be considered appropriate. Isn't the background color of life just black? After laughing, there was a desolation left. However, those articles beginning with "Quentin Tarantino, this excellent comedy director" are seriously despised here.
Me, you, and them, the only thing in common is that we are performing absurdity together. Quentin Tarantino said.
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