DZ-13: True That - Tips from Tarantino

Listen to steal Tarantino's technique for planting details that detonate as payoffs three scenes later.

Chapter 1: Of Milk and Men

Tarantino is widely heralded as one of the great writer/directors. Yet new writers are advised to avoid emulating Tarantino because his voice is so strong. Only Tarantino can get away with being Tarantino. Or so the theory goes.

But if Tarantino is that good, why shouldn't we look under the hood and analyse his screenwriting? You don't have to want to emulate his voice to want to understand why his craft is so good.

Chapter 2: The Bloodied Purpose

To that bloodied end, Chas and Stu look at three scripts from distinct phases of QT's career: TRUE ROMANCE, KILL BILL (Volume 1), and INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS. Stu and Chas break down QT's use of structure, detail and - in particular - dramatic irony in an attempt to understand how Tarantino's films are just that good.

Chapter 3: Epilogue, or, Links To Things We Talk About

As always: SPOILERS ABOUND and all copyright material used under fair use for educational purposes.

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FILMS

• TRUE ROMANCE (1993) — (w) Quentin Tarantino (d) Tony Scott
• INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (2009) — (w) Quentin Tarantino
• KILL BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR (2011) — (w) Quentin Tarantino
• KILL BILL: VOL. 1 (2003) — (w) Quentin Tarantino
• KILL BILL: VOL. 2 (2004) — (w) Quentin Tarantino

SCRIPTS

• Study the script: TRUE ROMANCE (1993) — Quentin Tarantino
• Study the script: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (2009) — Quentin Tarantino
• Study the script: KILL BILL: VOL. 1 (2003) — Quentin Tarantino
• Study the script: KILL BILL: VOL. 2 (2004) — Quentin Tarantino

LINKS

• YouTube: USC School of Cinematic Arts: James L. Brooks and Larry Moss at USC (YouTube)
• Read: The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith: Writing for Tony Scott: A Quentin Tarantino & Richard Kelly Q&A
• YouTube: The Dice Tower: Dominion Review (YouTube)
• YouTube: The Dice Tower: Dominion Intrigue Review (YouTube)

EPISODES IN THE FILMMAKER SPOTLIGHT SERIES

• DZ-18: Michael Bay - F*ing the Frame and P*ing the Page
• DZ-76: Spotlight on Sofia Coppola
• DZ-13: True That - Tips from Tarantino

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• DZ-05: Shifting audience point of view and heightened emotions
• DZ-08: Status Transactions

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