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Quentin Tarantino originally began his career as an independent filmmaker using nonlinear storylines and aestheticization of violence. He has made several films starting with a movie called My Best Friend’s Birthday in 1987; unfortunately the final reel of the film was mostly destroyed in a fire. However the screenplay from that film was used for the film True Romance. Tarantino acted as well as directing, screenwriting and producing. One of the films that he acted in was From Dusk Till Dawn which he also wrote the script for.
Tarantino is known for several of his films ranging from Reservoir Dogs to Kill Bill to Pulp Fiction. When reading about Tarantino’s work I was surprised, I didn’t know that he had done as much as he has and I was very impressed. Kill Bill was unlike any film I had seen when I watched it and I was hooked on the movie from beginning to end. That was actually the first time I heard of Quentin Tarantino’s name, then I realized that he was actually the director for several films I liked. I think the reason I am interested in his films is because they follow a style that I am not used to seeing. Films like Sin City and Death Proof which were co directed with Robert Rodriguez were films that came out at a time when there was nothing similar to them so it was easy to be interested in them. Several of Tarantino’s films were nominated for Oscar awards such as Inglorious Bastards and Pulp Fiction.
Inglorious Bastards which came out in the summer of 2009 is a World War 2 movie about US soldiers in France which was occupied with Nazi’s. It turned out to become Tarantino’s highest grossing film and took the number one spot in the box office worldwide. It is a film that I personally have not yet seen but am definitely looking forward to after reading about Tarantino on Google and Wikipedia. I have heard and read very good reviews on the movie; I just haven’t gotten around to watching it. The movie was nominated for eight Oscars and won one for best supporting actor.
Tarantino has received several awards for his work including the Icon of the Decade award in 2005 at the Sony Ericsson Empire Awards and a lifetime achievement award in 2007 presented by Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at the Malacanang Palace in Manila. I am very impressed with Tarantino’s works and achievements; he even starred in Wait Until Dark on Broadway in 1998. The reason I am so impressed with Tarantino’s work is because of the fact that he dropped out of school at the age of fifteen. He was also raised by a single mother due to the fact that his father had left before he was born. Even after dropping out of school he still attended an acting school at the James Best Theatre Company in Toluca Lake. It is impressive to me to see someone that dropped out of school to end up having as much success in life as Tarantino.