Tarantino Special Thanks
Does anyone know why Quentin Tarantino recieved a special thanks for the movie?
Make Movies, Not War
I'm not sure if Tarantino did anything particular for this film (he was working on Kill Bill at the time), but Bogdanovich has stated in the past that he thought Pulp Fiction was a great film. Maybe seeing that gave him the strength to go back and make another movie.
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In the credits of Kill Bill vol. 1 & 2, Tarantino gives special thanks to Bogdanovich, too.
shareThat's sweet! Are they married?
shareMy god. Think of the movies their children would make!
shareThink of how ugly their kids would be!
Smart but ugly.
And yes... great films!!
Hmm... I sincerely DOUBT Bogdanovich was sooo impressed with Pulp Fiction that he came out of seclusion becaue of it. He's just not the most marketable of directors. Dig the title of Bogdanovish's new book. He's not trying to seclude himself. Like a lot of the 70s directors who didn't revert to making overblown sci-fi movies, it's hard for him to find an audience. I mean Tarantino takes his time in making his movies, right?
What I find strange is that they're so different in style. I understand what QT has in common with Robert Rodriguez (a weak doppleganger), but Peter Bogdanovich? Quentin's always saying how he didn't like Orson Welles and Stanley Kubrick, but Peter's practically Orson's last and most faithful disciple (and a near biographer) as well as a contemporary of Kubrick's.
I understand what QT has in common with Robert Rodriguez (a weak doppleganger), but Peter Bogdanovich?
I would hardly call Rodriguez "weak"...he managed to make a great film, with no crew, for $7,000 at the age of 23. To this day, he still prefers to write, direct, shoot, and score his films...whereas Tarantino only writes and directs. While much of Rodriguez's more recent work has been minutia, he is, nevertheless, a talented, dedicated, hard-working filmmaker. He's also not a basketcase...which lets him off the hook as being Tarantino's doppelganger.
And in addition to being a contemporary of Kubrick, Bogdanovich also wrote a book about Kubrick's films.
Robert Rodriguez reminds me of Ed Wood. I admire Rodriguez' gumption in making El Mariachi, but in the end you realize his dream is to make big budget trash. Of course, it's great that he does all that, but so what? So he wants to be Jerry Bruckheimer. Big deal. I used to think he wanted to be QT as well, but then I realized he didn't have the taste in movies QT does (and in hindsight, the friendship just brings QT down in my eyes).
shareYou are way off there buddy. Rodriguez is tops.
shareRR reminds you of Ed Wood?
Can't believe I even read these threads.
*cries*
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