Tag: Quentin Tarantino
If Quentin Tarantino directed Star Wars, he would definitely focus on the pre-trilogy exploits of lovable outlaws Han Solo and Lando Calrissian, but the above trailer may be the next best thing. All it takes to recast A New Hope as pulpy, stylish action-comedy gold, it turns out, is Samuel L. Jackson’s voice and some surf rock on the soundtrack. […]
Ooh. That’s classy. Check these sleek, faux-Penguin book covers created by London graphic designer Sharm Murugiah. Tarantino’s screenplays have never looked more Penguin. Ooh, Quentin, you’re so literary. Wasn’t his screenplay for From Dusk ‘Till Dawn like three pages and then “[vampire fight]” ? Enjoy Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill : Vol.1 & 2, […]
A newly discovered species of wasp that lays its eggs inside other insects, which kill their hosts as they hatch, has been named for an appropriately badass fictional character: Beatrix Kiddo aka The Bride, the protagonist of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill. Science Codex points to Kiddo’s mastery of the five point palm exploding heart technique as potential […]
Legendary film score composer and octogenarian Ennio Morricone, who’s done the music for four Quentin Tarantino films including the Kill Bill series and Django Unchained, has kind of been talking shit about the director and says their working relationship is over. Morricone did a number of spaghetti western tracks for Django and later told his […]
This brilliant, simple 8-bit web game allows you to play through one of Quentin Tarantino’s most beloved sequences: Kill Bill, Volume 1’s “Crazy 88” fight scene, in which Uma Thurman’s Beatrix Kiddo hacks and slashes her way through a seemingly endless stream of sharply-dressed opponents. The controls couldn’t be more straightforward–arrow keys to move, space bar […]
