Sunday, 28 December 2008

Films of importance during the first term prt 4

The next film i actually believe is this directors one of the best films... Deathproof by Tarantino, i personally think this is Tarantino third best 'Directed film', with Reservoir Dogs second and Pulp Fiction first.
But first theres one thing i want to clear up... Can people stop going on how original Tarantino is, he's a damn good director (but i would say he's a better writer then director) but he is a homage director... He is paying homage to classic films and his ideas are directly lifted from something else.
Example in Jackie Brown, how the job scene shows you it from the different perspectives, this is taken from the film The Killing by Stanley Kubrick which is a robbery shown from the different gangster.
Anyway back to Deathproof, Im a big fan of Grindhouse horrors, Zombie Flesh Eaters, Basket Case etc and this film is one the money if you like it.
As the film didnt do aswell as it should of but i think that is because people didnt get it, as i kept arguing this point with my ex (which wouldnt surprise the ex lol) that its good film and she didnt get.
This film is complete Grindhouse, scenes that have no point, cheesey dialogue, cheesey acting (with Kurt Russel up there with some of the greatest slasher characters), girls and cool death scenes, which is what grindhouse is about.



That is probably my favourite death scene in any film, its a scene that makes you scream YES!!!
That scene is a grindhouse death scene, for example when her face is on the wheel you can take that from the banned film Happy Birthday To Me, which is hard to get and was a Beta Max classic, not so much VHS, but all banned films where easy to get Beta Max.



I had to add this scene in because as i was saying about Gilda, this scene is sexy, even though she is wearing short shorts... It is just very sexy and i believe the cinematography adds to this, the low wide shots and when she is on the fall, the movement of the female character and cutting just makes this scene very sexy... And of course the song.

There is another reason why the film is great, homage to stunt men, as the character is an ex stuntman but also the fact Tarantino has used stuntmen and paying homage to car chases like Bullet or Vantage Point.
It also mentions about C.G.I in the film but the important thing is C.G.I doesnt make car chases exciting and this is what this film does, it reminds you why C.G.I is over used which is about time because ive felt C.G.I has ruined some points in cinema.




(DONT WATCH THIS IF YOU WANT TO WATCH THE FILM)

All in sll its not everyones taste but to the people who get this film, they love, i love it, my dad loves it, my mum loves it so if your a horror fan and a proper horror fan and none of this 'I know what you did last summer' shit, then youll take your hat off to this film.

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