Editing Quentin Tarantino (section)

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Tarantino's films often feature [[graphic violence]], a tendency which has sometimes been criticized.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/01/03/quentin-tarantino-npr-terry-gross/1808093/ |title=Tarantino grilled on NPR about movie violence |first=Bryan |last=Alexander |date=January 3, 2013 |work=[[USA Today]] |access-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085730/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/01/03/quentin-tarantino-npr-terry-gross/1808093/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://fsgworkinprogress.com/2013/01/31/trainwreck/ |title=The Problem with Aesthetic Violence |date=January 31, 2013 |website=Work in Progress |access-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085654/https://fsgworkinprogress.com/2013/01/31/trainwreck/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-the-tragedy-of-tarantino-he-has-proved-his-critics-right-1777147.html |title=Johann Hari: The tragedy of Tarantino: he has proved his critics right |date=August 26, 2009 |website=[[The Independent]] |access-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327105827/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/johann-hari/johann-hari-the-tragedy-of-tarantino-he-has-proved-his-critics-right-1777147.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Reservoir Dogs'' was initially denied United Kingdom certification because of his use of torture as entertainment.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Walters |first=Ben |url=http://www.filmquarterly.org/2009/12/talking-point-debating-inglorious-bastards/ |title=Debating Inglourious Basterds |journal=[[Film Quarterly]] |volume=63 |issue=2 |date=2 December 2009 |pages=19–22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605053555/http://www.filmquarterly.org/2009/12/talking-point-debating-inglorious-bastards/ |archive-date=5 June 2014  |doi=10.1525/FQ.2009.63.2.19 |issn=1533-8630}}</ref> Tarantino has frequently defended his use of violence, saying that "violence is so good. It affects audiences in a big way".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/quentin-tarantino-violence-is-what-makes-movies-good-6732816.html |title=Quentin Tarantino: Violence is what makes movies good |first1=Alistair |last1=Foster |first2=Ed |last2=Black |date=January 12, 2010 |website=Evening Standard |access-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327094459/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/quentin-tarantino-violence-is-what-makes-movies-good-6732816.html |url-status=live }}</ref> When questioned in an interview for ''Kill Bill: Volume 1'' why his movies contained so much graphic violence, he responded, "Because it's so much fun!"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-z1abpYE7U |title=Because its so much fun, Jan! |author=Kron 4 |website=youtube.com |date=September 18, 2021 |quote="Because it's so much fun, Jan!" |access-date=February 10, 2024 |archive-date=December 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225063626/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-z1abpYE7U |url-status=live }}</ref> The number of expletives and deaths in Tarantino's films were measured by analytics website [[FiveThirtyEight]]. In the examples given by the site, "''Reservoir Dogs'' features 'just' 10 on-screen deaths, but 421 profanities. ''Django Unchained'', on the other hand, has 'just' 262 profanities but 47 deaths."<ref>{{cite web |last=Roeder |first=Oliver |title=A Complete Catalog Of Every Time Someone Cursed Or Bled Out In A Quentin Tarantino Movie |url=https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/complete-catalog-curses-deaths-quentin-tarantino-films/ |website=FiveThirtyEight |date=December 9, 2015 |access-date=September 18, 2022 |archive-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171502/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/complete-catalog-curses-deaths-quentin-tarantino-films/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He often blends aesthetic elements, in tribute to his favorite films and filmmakers. In ''Kill Bill'', he melds comic strip formulas and visuals within a live action film sequence, in some cases by the literal use of cartoon or [[anime]] images.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1177/1746847707074699 |title=Tarantino the Cartoonist |journal=Animation |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=171–186 |year=2007 |last1=Pallant |first1=C. |s2cid=154141274 |url=https://create.canterbury.ac.uk/13693/1/13693.pdf |access-date=April 20, 2018 |archive-date=September 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922211719/https://create.canterbury.ac.uk/13693/1/13693.pdf |url-status=dead | issn=1746-8477 }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web |url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2016/01/faces-quentin-tarantino/ |title=FACES: Quentin Tarantino |date=January 11, 2016 |website=Consequence of Sound |access-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-date=March 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327085749/https://consequenceofsound.net/2016/01/faces-quentin-tarantino/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tarantino has also occasionally used a non-linear story structure in his films, most notably with ''Pulp Fiction.'' He has also used the style in ''Reservoir Dogs'', ''Kill Bill'', and ''The Hateful Eight''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nyu.edu/classes/keefer/TimeSpace/tsnon.html |title=Non-linear Narrative |access-date=October 9, 2019 |archive-date=April 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422012921/http://www.nyu.edu/classes/keefer/TimeSpace/tsnon.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Tarantino's script for ''True Romance'' was originally told in a non-linear style, before director Tony Scott decided to use a more linear approach.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.finaldraft.com/learn/final-draft-blog/what-is-nonlinear-storytelling/ |title=What Is Nonlinear Storytelling? |last=Cannistraci |first=Edwin |date=April 7, 2016 |website=Final Draft |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401113822/https://www.finaldraft.com/learn/final-draft-blog/what-is-nonlinear-storytelling/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Quentin Tarantino on original non-linear narrative structure – commentary |website=[[YouTube]] |date=August 29, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSIYC0pucDQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/cSIYC0pucDQ| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=March 9, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Critics have since referred to the use of this shifting timeline in films as the "Tarantino Effect".<ref>{{cite journal |last=Berg |first=Charles Ramírez |date=2006 |title=A Taxonomy of Alternative Plots in Recent Films: Classifying the "Tarantino Effect" |journal=Film Criticism |volume=31 |issue=1/2 |pages=5–61 |issn=0163-5069 |jstor=44019213}}</ref> Actor [[Steve Buscemi]] has described Tarantino's novel style of filmmaking as "bursting with energy" and "focused".<ref name="mares">{{cite journal |last=Tarantino |first=Quentin |title=Steve Buscemi by Quentin Tarantino |journal=BOMB |year=1993 |volume=42 |issue=Winter |url=http://bombsite.com/issues/42/articles/1614 |access-date=September 20, 2011 |archive-date=November 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113104530/http://bombsite.com/issues/42/articles/1614 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Tarantino, a hallmark of all his movies is that there is a different sense of humor in each one, which prompts the viewer to laugh at scenes that are not funny.<ref>[http://www.gomolo.in/features/article.aspx?ArticleID=202 There is a sense of humor in all of my movies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012131556/http://www.gomolo.in/features/Article.aspx?ArticleID=202 |date=October 12, 2009}}. gomolo.in (October 1, 2009)</ref> However, he insists that his films are dramas, not comedies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ukscreen.com/articles/interviews/quentin-tarantino-my-films-are-spaghetti-westerns/#.UQxI3I5wY20 |title=Quentin Tarantino: My Films are Spaghetti Westerns |first=Husam Sam |last=Asi |publisher=UKScreen |date=January 3, 2013 |access-date=February 26, 2013 |archive-date=March 30, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330112526/http://ukscreen.com/articles/interviews/quentin-tarantino-my-films-are-spaghetti-westerns/#.UQxI3I5wY20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Tarantino's use of dialogue is noted for its mundane conversations with popular culture references. For example, when Jules and Vincent in ''Pulp Fiction'' are driving to a [[Contract killing|hit]], they talk about Vincent's trip to Europe, discussing the differences in countries such as a [[McDonald's]] "[[Quarter Pounder]] with Cheese" being called a "Royale with Cheese" in France because of the [[metric system]]. In the opening scene to ''Reservoir Dogs'', Mr. Brown (played by Tarantino) interprets the meaning of [[Madonna]]'s song "[[Like a Virgin (song)|Like a Virgin]]". In ''Jackie Brown'', Jackie and Max chat over a cup of coffee while listening to a [[Phonograph record|vinyl record]] by the [[Delfonics]]' "[[Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)]]".<ref>{{cite web |last=Sherlock |first=Ben |title=10 Unforgettable Conversations From Quentin Tarantino Movies, Ranked |url=https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantino-movies-best-conversations-ranked/ |website=ScreenRant |date=November 16, 2019 |access-date=September 18, 2022 |archive-date=September 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920171246/https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantino-movies-best-conversations-ranked/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Dhruv Bose |first=Swapnil |title=The film that inspired Quentin Tarantino's 'Pulp Fiction' dance |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/quentin-tarantino-pulp-fiction-dance-inspiration-fellini/ |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |date=December 15, 2020 |access-date=September 18, 2022 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415085724/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/quentin-tarantino-pulp-fiction-dance-inspiration-fellini/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tarantino has said that his films take place in one of two cinematic universes, one being the more realistically grounded world of films like ''Reservoir Dogs'' and ''Pulp Fiction'', and the other being a meta-fictional narrative which Tarantino says represents the kind of films the characters in his main cinematic universe would watch, which separates films such as ''From Dusk till Dawn'' and ''Kill Bill'' from Tarantino's primary narrative.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/explaining-quentin-tarantino-cinematic-universe-films-connected/ |title=Exploring Quentin Tarantino's Cinematic Universe: Explaining how all his films are connected |last=Bose |first=Swapnil Dhruv |date=2021 |work=Far Out |access-date=June 13, 2023 |archive-date=June 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612140048/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/explaining-quentin-tarantino-cinematic-universe-films-connected/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He also creates his own products and brands that he uses in his films to varying degrees.<ref name="Literary Studies 1999 pg. 8-32">{{cite journal |last1=Bertelsen |first1=E. |doi=10.1080/02564719908530214 |title="Serious Gourmet Shit": Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction |journal=Journal of Literary Studies |volume=15 |issue=1–2 |pages=8–32 |year=1999 }}</ref> His own fictional brands, including "[[Rolling Thunder (film)|Acuña Boys]] Tex-Mex Food", "Big Kahuna Burger", "G.O. Juice", "Jack Rabbit Slim's", "K-Billy", "Red Apple cigarettes", "Tenku Brand Beer" and "Teriyaki Donut", replace the use of [[product placement]], sometimes to a humorous extent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tarantino.info/ |title=The Quentin Tarantino Archives |publisher=Tarantino.info |access-date=February 26, 2013 |archive-date=March 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304112622/http://www.tarantino.info/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":3" /> Tarantino is also known for his choice of music in his films,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.joytunes.com/blog/music-fun/deeper-look-music-quentin-tarantino-films/ |title=A Look At The Music In Tarantino Films |date=January 9, 2016 |website=Learn Piano {{!}} Joytunes Blog |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401111623/https://www.joytunes.com/blog/music-fun/deeper-look-music-quentin-tarantino-films/ |url-status=live }}</ref> including soundtracks that often use songs from the 1960s and 70s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://collider.com/quentin-tarantino-music-scores-ennio-morricone/ |title=Quentin Tarantino's Eight Best Uses of Scores from Other Movies |last=Formo |first=Brian |date=January 29, 2019 |website=Collider |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116213129/https://collider.com/quentin-tarantino-music-scores-ennio-morricone/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.openculture.com/2017/03/the-music-in-quentin-tarantinos-films.html |title=The Music in Quentin Tarantino's Films: Hear a 5-Hour, 100-Song Playlist |date=March 9, 2017 |website=Open Culture |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401024011/http://www.openculture.com/2017/03/the-music-in-quentin-tarantinos-films.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/music/five-of-the-best-songs-in-quentin-tarantino-movies |title=Five of the best songs in Tarantino movies – Time Out Music |website=Time Out London |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331232239/https://www.timeout.com/london/music/five-of-the-best-songs-in-quentin-tarantino-movies |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2011, he was recognized at the [[16th Critics' Choice Awards]] with the inaugural Music+Film Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/quentin-tarantino-receive-critics-choice-69883 |title=Quentin Tarantino to Receive First-Ever Critics' Choice Music+Film Award |last1=Kilday |first1=Gregg |last2=Powers |first2=Lindsay |date=January 10, 2011 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331211407/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/quentin-tarantino-receive-critics-choice-69883 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1656047/quentin-tarantino-honored-at-critics-choice-movie-awards/ |title=Quentin Tarantino Honored At Critics' Choice Movie Awards |last=Warner |first=Kara |website=MTV News |access-date=March 9, 2019 |archive-date=April 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401061333/http://www.mtv.com/news/1656047/quentin-tarantino-honored-at-critics-choice-movie-awards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

A recurring image in his films are scenes where women's bare feet feature prominently. When asked about [[foot fetishism]], Tarantino responded, "I don't take it seriously. There's a lot of feet in a lot of good directors' movies. That's just good direction. Like, before me, the person foot fetishism was defined by was [[Luis Buñuel]], another film director. And [[Alfred Hitchcock]] was accused of it and [[Sofia Coppola]] has been accused of it."<ref>{{cite news |last=Tyler |first=Adrienne |title=What's Up With Quentin Tarantino & Feet? |url=https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantino-feet-explained/ |work=ScreenRant |date=September 8, 2019 |access-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327065319/https://screenrant.com/quentin-tarantino-feet-explained/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Phipps |first=John |title=Quentin Tarantino: 'There's a lot of feet in a lot of good directors' movies' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/quentin-tarantino-interview |work=British GQ |date=September 3, 2021 |access-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-date=March 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327065319/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/quentin-tarantino-interview |url-status=live }}</ref>

Tarantino has stated in many interviews that his writing process is like writing a novel before formatting it into a script, saying that this creates the blueprint of the film and makes the film feel like literature. About his writing process he told website The Talks, "My head is a sponge. I listen to what everyone says, I watch little idiosyncratic behavior, people tell me a joke and I remember it. People tell me an interesting story in their life and I remember it. ... when I go and write my new characters, my pen is like an antenna, it gets that information, and all of a sudden these characters come out more or less fully formed. I don't write their dialogue, I get them talking to each other."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://the-talks.com/interviews/quentin-tarantino/ |title=Quentin Tarantino Interview – The Talks |date=October 28, 2013 |access-date=September 4, 2015 |archive-date=October 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015040010/http://the-talks.com/interviews/quentin-tarantino |url-status=live }}</ref>