There are perhaps very few who do not know acclaimed director Quentin Tarantino amidst all the iconic films he has given an entire generation of movie-buffs to be engaged and entranced by.
Multiple-time Oscar nominee, and winner of two, for Best Screenplay, Tarantino has moved movie-goers with his enthralling, albeit shocking shooting style of his film, translating his eccentricity into fan-favorite films like Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Volume 2, Pulp Fiction, Inglourious Basterds and many more.
Inglourious Basterds. Universal,2009.
However, the legendary film-maker has decided to finally bid adieu to his role as a director, leaving his legacy of film-making behind him that he has built up for over 30 years.
He confirmed his plans for retirement after filming his tenth film, on American chat show, Real Time with Bill Maher.
The 58-year-old director, when asked about his decision to quit while at the “top of his game,” replied “That’s why I want to quit.”
"Because I know film history and from here on end, directors do not get better," he added, which was followed by a chorus of cheers by the show’s live audience.
Films of Quentin Tarantino.
In the director’s self-proclaimed “long career” that he’s had, he flexed the command he has on his camera, using it to compel audience to remain absorbed in his movies.
As a result, application of wide shots, crash zooms, extreme close-ups along with blood-pumping action-sequences and memorable dialogues are now known as a Tarantino trademark. The director has owned the violence, gut-wrenching gore, blood-curdling brutality along with the subsequent chaos and found catharsis in it, translating it into each and every stimulating scenes of the stories he has relayed through film.
“Violence is one of the most fun things to watch” the enigmatic film-maker once said.
Tarantino's use of violence in films has become a trademark over the years. Illustration: Prathap Ravishankar.
A generation that has grown up watching The Bride’s bad-assery, the pure bone-chilling evil radiated by the ruthless Hans Landa or the psychopathic crackpot Calvin Candie, and a handful of other iconic characters, have Tarantino to thank for, as he rather explosively, crashed into the minds and hearts of people with his story-telling, leaving a lasting impact on future film-watchers and film-makers to come.
Hans Landa. Inglourious Basterds. By Quentin Tarantino. Universal, 2009.
While declaring his depart from film-making, Tarantino said “working for 30 years doing as many movies as I've done is not as many as other people but that's a long career. That's a really long career. And I've given it everything I have,".
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