Thomas McNulty believes in thorough research and ethical journalism with a keen awareness of Hollywood trends and news. Thomas likes to look at the bigger picture of where the industry is heading with all forms of entertainment, including movies, TV shows, books, video games and live entertainment that are forms of art and should be treated as such. By drawing connections between these various pieces of entertainment, we are able to come closer to understanding society as a whole. Thomas believes in writing for a publication that promotes ethics and morality and that is why he has chosen Hollywood Insider as the right platform to advocate for positive entertainment.
Apr 21, 2020
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Photo: Quentin Tarantino/Once Upon A Time in Hollywood/Sony Pictures Releasing
Pulp Fiction. Inglorious Basterds. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. There is one man responsible for directing some of Hollywood’s biggest and most talked-about films. Quentin Tarantino can be a complicated figure, a mysterious open book. So, here are 32 facts that may shine some light on one of the greatest directors of our age:
Tarantino wasn’t born the legendary director that he is today, but his fascination with movies has long persisted. Before directing Hollywood’s top movies, he was selling movies at a store called Video Archives in Manhattan Beach, California.
2. While plenty of people know his early works like Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, few have ever even heard of Tarantino’s first film. My Best Friend’s Birthday, directed by Tarantino and Craig Hamann, was never completed but gives a glimpse into a bright filmmaking future.
4. He loves The Good, the Bad and The Ugly. Sergio Leone’s classic western is always mentioned when Tarantino discusses his favorite films of all time, and Leone’s work has had a noticeable impact on Tarantino’s own westerns Django Unchained and The Hateful Eight.
Quentin Tarantino’s filmography, friendships, parking tickets and middle name
6. For a director with as long a history as Tarantino, you’d think that he’s shown no signs of stopping. However, he has actually announced his plans to stop directing after ten movies. Considering that last year’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is his ninth feature, that means that Tarantino only has one more movie slated.
7. Tarantino is a long-time friend and collaborator of Robert Rodriguez. The two worked together on the 2007 double-feature Grindhouse, and Tarantino plays a major character in Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn.
15. While Tarantino’s filmography appears to be made up of distinct films, they’re actually all connected. All of his movies belong to a shared universe, with characters and features connecting them.
16. His movies are connected to other directors’ movies, too. Sheriff Earl McGraw, played by Michael Parks, appears not only in Tarantino’s movies Kill Bill and Death Proof, but also Robert Rodriguez’s movies From Dusk Till Dawn and Planet Terror.
17. He has directed eight actors in Oscar-nominated roles. John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Robert Forster, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio were all nominated for Oscars, with Waltz and Pitt winning for their roles in Inglourious Basterds and Django Unchained, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
18. Tarantino also flexes his acting chops by making cameos in each of his films. His standout roles include Jimmy in Pulp Fiction, Mr. Brown in Reservoir Dogs and Warren in Death Proof.
19. He has won two Oscars of his own, both for Best Original Screenplay. The awards were won by Pulp Fiction in 1994 and Django Unchained in 2012.
20. Christopher Allen Nelson, who worked on the special effects on Kill Bill, stated that more than 450 gallons of blood were used while filming Kill Bill. This makes it Tarantino’s bloodiest film to date.
22. Tarantino actually owns his own movie theatre as well. The iconic New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles was bought by Tarantino in 2007 in order to save the theatre from being turned into a Super Cuts. As a patron of the cinema since he was a child, Tarantino is as qualified as anyone to run the show.
24. Earlier this year the couple also had their first child, a son named Leo. Named after Pick’s maternal grandfather, Leo was born as an Israeli citizen on February 22nd, 2020.
25. Samuel L Jackson is his most frequent collaborating actor, and Tarantino is Jackson’s most frequent collaborating director. In total, Jackson has been in six of Tarantino’s films, and also True Romance which was written by Tarantino. Jackson says that he has learned a lot from Tarantino, and the two have a natural chemistry.
Quentin Tarantino’s editor collaborating, script, detests biopics, Time magazine, Walk of Fame
26. Outside of acting talent, editor Sally Menke was his true longest and greatest collaborator. Before her death in 2011, which was understandably difficult for the director, Menke had edited all seven of Tarantino’s films. Editing duties have since been passed to editor Fred Raskin.
27. While he is most known for his directorial pursuits, Tarantino also wrote the script for True Romance. The romantic crime flick was directed by Tony Scott, and stars Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette in an ensemble cast which also includes Gary Oldman and Samuel L. Jackson. It is the only script that he has written and not directed.
28. The prolific director hates biopics. In an interview with The Talks, Tarantino expressed that biopics are “just big excuses for actors to win Oscars. It’s a corrupted cinema”.
29. TIME magazine included Tarantino on its 2005 List of Top 100 Most Influential People. They wrote that Tarantino’s “teen-boy fixations – men with gigantic guns, beautiful gals with mean mouths – are a real tonic. At 42, he still has a movie love as convulsive as a schoolboy’s crush, still has a young man’s bravado.”
30. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the legendary director has also earned himself a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The star was honored to Tarantino on December 21st, 2015, a few weeks before the premiere of The Hateful Eight, with Samuel L. Jackson present to assist the unveiling. –
Thomas McNulty believes in thorough research and ethical journalism with a keen awareness of Hollywood trends and news. Thomas likes to look at the bigger picture of where the industry is heading with all forms of entertainment, including movies, TV shows, books, video games and live entertainment that are forms of art and should be treated as such. By drawing connections between these various pieces of entertainment, we are able to come closer to understanding society as a whole. Thomas believes in writing for a publication that promotes ethics and morality and that is why he has chosen Hollywood Insider as the right platform to advocate for positive entertainment.
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Thomas McNulty believes in thorough research and ethical journalism with a keen awareness of Hollywood trends and news. Thomas likes to look at the bigger picture of where the industry is heading with all forms of entertainment, including movies, TV shows, books, video games and live entertainment that are forms of art and should be treated as such. By drawing connections between these various pieces of entertainment, we are able to come closer to understanding society as a whole. Thomas believes in writing for a publication that promotes ethics and morality and that is why he has chosen Hollywood Insider as the right platform to advocate for positive entertainment.
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