I’ve watched Death Proof yesterday.
And I’ve realized that movie-by-movie, I’m starting to love Tarantino, particularly the way he portrays women.
The movie is about the story of two separate girl bands and how they dealt with a psycho, namely Kurt Russell. It has a distinct 70’s feel to it, and up till the moment one of the girls in the movie got out her cell phone, I thought it was really a 70’s film.
Colours and photography are delicious and smartly used to “advertise” Texas and Tennessee. The cast is well chosen and all girls make your eyes pop out, even if you’re a female. You don’t believe me? Check out this lap dance scene by Vanessa Ferlito and then try to stop your nose bleeding.
Death Proof is a hilarious, horrendous and unbelievably sexy flick that most Tarantino fans will love, I’m sure.
8 comments on this post
artech #1
11.Sep.07
I admit that, as time goes by, the more films of Tarantino I see the more I hate his work. Right now, I am in the position of not wanting to see anything more of him.
And just imagine that I consider Reservoir Dogs one of the funniest movies ever!
stelabouras #2
11.Sep.07
Tarantino is one of my favorite directors. Movies like Pulp Fiction & Kill Bill are just…classic!
Sugar #3
11.Sep.07
@artech: I guess it’s all a matter of taste. I think his movies are well-made and always an interesting sight to look at, but I’m talking just for me.
@stelabouras: You should check out this one, then
afasias #4
11.Sep.07
death proof was totally crappy and a great waste. i think the good old times when tarantino created masterpieces such as pulp fiction, reservoir dogs and from dusk till dawn, they have long go. i dont think i’m gonna go to the movies again to see any of his new work, i would rather wait for them on dvd or even better get the from the inet, so that if another crap comes out it will have less impact to me. i am a fan of tarantino’s but lateley he keeps disappointing me
Sugar #5
11.Sep.07
@afasias: It’s a matter of taste, I guess.
cosmix #6
11.Sep.07
I second that. I have no desire or intention of watching Death Proof. I feel like the critical and economic success of his early work was luck, or rather the realisation of a few interesting, novel and mature ideas and the accompanying aesthetic to an audience that was — at the time — in great need of such refreshingly satirical subtly surreal cinematic experiences after the excesses of the previous decade (ironically the same conceptual grounds of his later films). Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction were both in that category.
Sadly, he has been milking the same basic ideas — in one way or another — over and over again, for more than a decade, while dressing them up in thinly veiled, rushed and pointless scenarios. Yet this is not the early 1990s, times have changed and Tarantino’s work since then resembles the work of a clown that had a hit trick that wore out and is constantly coming up with ’seemingly’ new — yet increasingly frivolous — tricks in order to amuse his audience.
Still, the industry and those supporting it have made it possible (or, indeed, easy) for him to establish himself as a cult director when he’s — in my opinion — just a vastly overrated maverick who still largely depends on the originality and success of his early work as vehicles for his newer films, while enjoying the support a largely braindead U.S. audience.
Obviously, this is just my opinion, it goes beyond the realm of aesthetics or preference.
P.S.: Sugar, why aren’t you using UTF-8?
cosmix #7
11.Sep.07
This sentence has an omission. Please correct to:
Obviously, this is just my opinion, yet it goes beyond the realm of aesthetics or preference.
Sugar #8
11.Sep.07
@cosmix: No idea. No, really. I must have set it to 8859-7 ages ago and forgot it. Thanks for the remark.