Editing Quentin Tarantino (section)

=== Early influences ===
[[File:Quentin Tarantino @ 2010 Academy Awards cropped.jpg|thumb|Tarantino at the [[82nd Academy Awards]] in 2010|alt=Tarantino at the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010]]
In the 2012 ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' directors' poll, Tarantino listed his 12 favorite films: ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'', ''[[The Bad News Bears]]'', ''[[Carrie (1976 film)|Carrie]]'', ''[[Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused]]'', ''[[The Great Escape (film)|The Great Escape]]'', ''[[His Girl Friday]]'', ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'', ''[[Pretty Maids All in a Row]]'', ''[[Rolling Thunder (film)|Rolling Thunder]]'', ''[[Sorcerer (film)|Sorcerer]]'', ''[[Taxi Driver]]'', and ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Greatest Films Poll – 2012 – Quentin Tarantino |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012/voter/1134 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120825234900/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012/voter/1134 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 25, 2012 |access-date=September 10, 2014 |publisher=British Film Institute}}</ref>

[[Sergio Leone]]'s [[Spaghetti Western]] films were a profound influence including ''[[Once Upon a Time in the West]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Quentin Tarantino: Once upon a time… in cinema|url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-02-06/quentin-tarantino-once-upon-time-cinema|author=Studio 360|date=February 6, 2020|publisher=The World ([[Public Radio Exchange|PRX]])|access-date=July 26, 2020|archive-date=November 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116213138/https://www.pri.org/stories/2020-02-06/quentin-tarantino-once-upon-time-cinema|url-status=live}}</ref> He is an admirer of the 1981 film ''[[Blow Out]]'', directed by [[Brian De Palma]], which led to his casting of John Travolta in ''Pulp Fiction''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9wKVjWKHdo&t=12m6s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/P9wKVjWKHdo| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=BAFTA&nbsp;– Quentin Tarantino: A Life in Pictures |publisher=YouTube |date=January 27, 2010 |access-date=February 26, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Similarly, Tarantino was captivated with [[Jim McBride]]'s 1983 remake of ''[[Breathless (1983 film)|Breathless]]'' and with [[Richard Gere]]'s unlikable but charismatic protagonist.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=MacFarquhar |first=Larissa |title=The Movie Lover |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/20/the-movie-lover |magazine=The New Yorker |date=October 13, 2003 |access-date=September 1, 2022 |archive-date=September 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901051128/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/10/20/the-movie-lover |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Ebert |first=Roger |title=Breathless (1983) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/breathless-1983 |website=rogerebert.com |date=May 13, 1983 |language=en |access-date=September 1, 2022 |archive-date=September 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901051128/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/breathless-1983 |url-status=live }}</ref> The film's popular culture references, in particular the comic book [[Silver Surfer]], inspired him to have the character's poster on [[Reservoir Dogs#Cast|Mr. Orange]]'s apartment wall in ''Reservoir Dogs''.<ref name="vulture" /> Tarantino has also labeled ''[[Rio Bravo (film)|Rio Bravo]]'' as one of his influences.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cotter |first1=Padraig |title=How Tarantino's Favorite John Wayne Western Influenced His Career |url=https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantino-rio-bravo-movie-western-influence-career/ |website=ScreenRant |date=May 24, 2022 |access-date=August 28, 2022 |archive-date=August 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220828043537/https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantino-rio-bravo-movie-western-influence-career/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He listed the Australian suspense film ''[[Roadgames]]'' (1981) as another favorite film.<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! |medium=Documentary |year=2008 |publisher=City Films Worldwide |people=Curtis, Jamie Lee; Keach, Stacy; McLean, Greg; and Quentin Tarantino}}</ref>

Other films he cited as formative influences include [[Hong Kong martial arts films]] (such as ''[[Five Fingers of Death]]'' and ''[[Enter the Dragon]]''), [[John Woo]] action films (''[[A Better Tomorrow II]]'' and [[The Killer (1989 film)|''The Killer'']]), [[John Carpenter]] films ([[Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 film)|''Assault on Precinct 13'']] and [[The Thing (1982 film)|''The Thing'']]), [[blaxploitation]] films (including ''[[The Mack]]'' and ''[[Foxy Brown (film)|Foxy Brown]]''), [[Jean-Luc Godard]] films ([[Bande à part (film)|''Bande à Part'']] and the 1960 version of [[Breathless (1960 film)|''Breathless'']]), and [[Sonny Chiba]]'s work (''[[The Street Fighter]]'' and [[Shadow Warriors (TV series)|''Shadow Warriors'']]).<ref name="vulture">{{cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |date=August 28, 2015 |title=Quentin Tarantino: The Complete Syllabus of His Influences and References |url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/08/quentin-tarantino-the-complete-syllabus.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 16, 2022 |website=[[Vulture.com]] |language=en-us |archive-date=June 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603184218/https://www.vulture.com/2015/08/quentin-tarantino-the-complete-syllabus.html }}</ref>

In August 2007, while teaching in a four-hour film course during the [[Cinemanila International Film Festival#2007|9th Cinemanila International Film Festival]] in [[Manila]], Tarantino cited [[Philippines|Filipino]] directors [[Cirio H. Santiago]], [[Eddie Romero]] and [[Gerardo de León]] as personal icons from the 1970s.<ref name="inq07">{{cite news |title=Tarantino raves over Pinoy B-movies |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |first=Constantino |last=Tejero |url=http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=82114 |date=August 12, 2007|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011111635/http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=82114 |archive-date=October 11, 2007}}</ref> He referred to De Leon's "soul-shattering, life-extinguishing" movies on vampires and female bondage, citing in particular ''[[Women in Cages]]''; "It is just harsh, harsh, harsh", he said, and described the final shot as one of "devastating despair".<ref name="inq07" /> Upon his arrival in the Philippines, Tarantino was quoted in the local newspaper as saying, "I'm a big fan of RP [Republic of the Philippines] cinema."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2007/08/08/11311/quentin-tarantino-irsquom-big-fan-rp-movies |title=Quentin Tarantino: I'm a big fan of RP movies |website=philstar.com |access-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327102828/https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2007/08/08/11311/quentin-tarantino-irsquom-big-fan-rp-movies |url-status=live }}</ref>