Why is this QT's 2nd favourite movie of all-time?:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino
Only one link I noticed in his works:
Stumpy: "That ain't no kinda answer" (Rio Bravo)
Marsellus Wallace: "That ain't no kinda answer" (Pulp Fiction)
Cheers
Tarantino's 1ST favourite movie.
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shareAddition for the first poster. Don't forget that "Rio Bravo" is also mentioned in the movie "True Romance", written by Tarantino.
sharetypical plagiarism from tarantino.
So theres two guys and they've staring death in the face and have a massive challenge to face, but instead of panicing and being melodramatic they just hang out and shoot the breeze and its really cool and funny.
Am I describing Rio Bravo or Pulp Fiction? Can you really not see it.
I guess you are kind of right frankie. But the only similarity I noticed between Rio Bravo and Pulp Fiction was that the orange shirt John Wayne wears is the same one Marcellus wears when he gets hit by the car.
shareTarantino readily admits to borrowing from every director he likes. He has never pretended to be original in any way. He picks a genre, selects the best directors in that genre, and copies them mercilessly.
And he does it very, very well.
He borrows as much as any other good director. Doesn't mean he's "never original in any way". Pulp Fiction is his own story, put together in his way. Sure he uses little things he's seen before all over the place, but the main story, message and way he presents it are completely original.
Don't believe me? Take all of the movies you can think of that you believe Tarantino copied from in making Pulp Fiction, then tell me which of those films presents a message about grace and shows more plainly two characters confronted by a miracle and given a second chance at life with one taking it and moving on while the other neglects it and is killed?
The main theme and message of the film (which is most important overall) is original and the way it is presented is original.
Anyway, I don't care who your favorite modern director is, they've all learned from past directors and they all use little things here and there from other movies. They all pay tribute to their heroes as well. Lars Von Trier dedicated his last film to Andrei Tarkovsky and anybody who knows both directors can see the influence of Tarkovsky plainly throughout the film. Doesn't make von Trier a plagiarist anymore then Tarantino using something from a Howard Hawks film, or Steven Spielberg using something from a Luchino Visconti film, or J.J. Abrams using something he got from a Stanley Kubrick film that he got from an Akira Kurosawa film that he got from a Shakespeare play, or Michael Bay using something he saw on a Budweiser commercial while he was sniffing magic markers.
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Who cares! he's a mediocre director. Hawks, on the other hand, is one of the best."I like my water fresh"
Who cares, Tarantino sucks ass .His films suck as well but Rio bravo was a great film .
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QT's movies are masterpieces. Rio Bravo is garbage.
shareI manage to enjoy both RIO BRAVO and Tarantino's films, but I'm just nutty that way.
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Layman's translation: "I have really strong opinions about movies, but you should ignore them because my taste is terrible."
shareYour opinion is legitim, but is also one of the stupidest i ever read.
shareOther references to Rio Bravo in Tarantino's work include:
True Romance (written by Tarantino). The scene where he's trying to sell the cocaine to the hollywood director guy. He directly references it when explaining what a "real" movie is.
Natural Born Killers (written by Tarantino). Towards the end of the film, Woody Harrelson's character looks over at Juliette Lewis and says "Let's make some music, Colorado." before they open up with a pair of shotguns. This is actually a slight change to the original line which was "Let's make some noise, Colorado". It could also be seen as a hybrid of the Rio Bravo line and the similar line of "Let's make some music" in the remake of Rio Bravo called El Dorado. The line is spoken right before the main characters open up with their rifles on a bell tower.
Pulp Fiction (written, directed by Tarantino) during the rape scene Bruce Willis escapes and steals a sword which he uses to kill one of the rapists. The other rapist turns around and, seeing his dead friend, tries to reach for his gun. Willis says something along the lines of "You want that gun? Pick it up." Which is a reference to the bar scene in Rio Bravo not long after Ward Bond's character is killed.
There may or may not be others, but these come to mind.
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I think there is no contridiction enjoying a 'right-wing' film as a liberal. It's part of our history and to my mind history of cinema is always interesting, the bad and the good things. And even if Howard Hawks had these kind of stupid, conservative ideologies one still cannot deny that he was an amazing artist. Especially the construction of space is spellbinding.
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