Quentin Tarantino - The man and his movies

[kannannn]

Quite boring for me. I couldn't get interested in he heist, it going wrong, what happened to the colourful characters....when that is the case the gore sticks out like a sore thumb...or ear in this case.

You don't have to. That's the point

All heist movies in noir settings more or less follow this three part plot structure - a motley crew planning the heist, the actual heist and finally the comeuppance of the characters. What Tarantino does - and does beautifully - is to turn this plot structure on its head and instead present us with a simple narrative on human behaviour when their trust and honesty is stretched to the most demanding limits. And he does this by doing away with the dramatic elements. The heist sequence is obviously the pivotal and most dramatic element of any heist movie!! In an act of supreme bravery, Tarantino chops out the heist sequence out of the narrative and cleverly relies on just dialogues to keep the viewer hooked. Now even the dialogues are nothing if they don't get the Tarantino treatment. Look at the opening diner tip sequence, where the swirling camera adds to the heady effect or the surreality of Tim Roth's rehearsal of his police encounter story to know what I mean.

Another reason RD works for me is because of the way Tarantino thrusts the brutality of violence on the viewer without even showing it. Most violence occurs off screen and still the potency and might of the characters' acts bursts out of the frame incessantly. In fact, the violence completes the virility of the all male group as I see it. Tarantino often compares the violence in his movies to moneyshot. If that's the case, RD is a porn fest!!