According to Courtney Love, Quentin Tarantino once asked Kurt Cobain to play Eric Stoltz’s part in Pulp Fiction as Lance the Jesus-esque drug dealer, hence the special thank you note to Quentin in the back of In Utero. Read more »
Why is Quentin Tarantino allowed to slurp up Hong Kong cinema and remix it into his slick Hollywood productions? Because his hard-on for the genre comes from the heart… but what does City On Fire director Ringo Lam think? Read more »
Part audio track remix, part “dick, dick, dick, dick” supercut, Dainumo’s Reservoir Dogs viddy is very hypnotic. The cut-up Coconut beat isn’t as textured as Pogo’s, but it works and solves a serious dilemma: How do you enjoy a film you’ve watched ten times too many? Read more »
Pink Hitler & White Russians: Coens vs. Tarantino Show Opening
How do you fit hundreds after hundreds of Tarantino and Coen brothers lovers into the relatively small Chelsea’s Bold Hype Gallery? Slowly. The line was three floors, two hallways, hour+ long and by the time you snailed on up in there, all the White Russians were drunken up. (See photographic evidence.) Read more »
These movie fan art gallery shenanigans usually go down in Los Angeles, but if you’re itching to geek out over Quentin Tarantino and Coen brothers tribute art or pick up girls dressed as Mia Wallace, you’re in luck. Spoke Art is following up on their Wes Anderson Bad Dad extravaganza with a group show 100 artists strong. Judging by this video, it will be fun. “Quentin vs. Coen,” Group Show, Apr 7 – Apr 9, Bold Hype Gallery, NYC
Speaking of rip-offs, this ain’t. This is a compilation of homages in Kill Bill, side by side with the original films that Quentin Tarantino loves so well. You can’t call it a rip-off, since he’s based his entire career on stitching together glossy reenactments of his favorite film bits. Read more »
While he peripherally approves, Quentin Tarantino will not be participating in the Jackie Brown prequel in the works. Tarantino is, however, glad to point out that The Switch (the basis for the prequel) is the same book he got caught shoplifting at K-Mart when he was fourteen. Read more »
Gaga, when not making fun of celebrities who wear pants, is scheming to get exhibited in the Louvre. And, as if the Pussy Wagon in ‘Telephone‘ didn’t tip you off, Gaga wants to be in a Tarantino movie too and he is reportedly keen on it, so there might be some sort of Gaga assassin in the works. A Gagassassin: She will smash you with beer can hair curlers and stab you with coke-fiend clavicles!
If Dannez Hunter’s case didn’t pivot so erratically around Jewish conspiracies and such, he may have had a half-valid point about Tarantino plagiarizing a part of his idea. Having read the actual affidavit, it looks like every rational comment is diluted with buckets of crazy. Read more »
Quentin Tarantino has just purchased New Beverly Cinema, saving the struggling moviehouse from becoming a Super Cuts. The landmark is one of Los Angeles’s few cool culture hubs, but is it in danger of being smothered with Grindhouse kitsch or will the new landlord leave some breathing room for auteurs and masters? Read more »
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