Quentin Tarantino is a successful American director known for films such as Kill Bill, Django and Hateful Eight. His style of violence separates him from other directors as he uses a strong, visual amount of violence which makes his films original and unique as no others use this kind of style of strong violence. Which some say is over the top and question whether it is necessary, which was said about the Hateful Eight (Item 3) claiming that the violence in this film was not needed to the extent Tarantino used it. (Item 7)
But i disagree with this and agree with how Tarantino defends himself, as his violence gives people a sense of reality and how it was like years ago, it also adds narrative to the story in the way he uses it. The violence shows how it would of been which gives the storyline some realism, making you think about how it actually was. This is related to a lot of his films as he uses violence for a reason and not just as an effect. As in all his films he uses the same techniques and themes which is his signature. Themes which include a lot of racism and cinematic techniques like the use of long shots and tracking shots. Without the violence the audience would not feel anything which would make the film pointless and the main purpose of making a film is to be seen by an audience. By claiming The Hateful Eight's violence is not needed this takes away the purpose of the film as it is there to show what is what like and create a sense of realism. But it shows that a lot of people don't care about this as The Hateful Eight was the highest grossing film in USA. Not just this film but most of his film are a big hit all around the world and his style could be the reason why people enjoy the film. With many of his films being ranked in the top 10 at box office including Hateful Eight (Item 3), Kill Bill Vol.1(Item 2), Vol 2, Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs. With Inglourious Basterds getting 438 million and Django Unchained (Item 1) getting $30 million with a lifetime gross of $162 million. All theses film include high levels of violence which shows that it works as the all have large box office ranks and rake in the money.
Samuel Jackson Interview on deadline.com (Item 10) - Projector
Actors of his film agree with the techniques he uses this to attract bigger audience which creates the bigger film, giving it a good name. Samuel L. Jackson expresses this in an interview in where he goes into detail about Tarantino, Django and slavery (Item 10). With Jackson explaining that Tarantino and his use of slavery and his techniques he uses in his films are the way to bigger audiences so people like working with hime even if he does have an unusual take on his films. In Django a lot of techniques used were what would have really happened all them years ago. This includes the beating down of slaves and the shooting of Indians. The way Samuel Jackson talks of Tarantino, it shows he is a big fan of his work and the use of violence, that may put some members of the audience off, doesn't put him off from working with him.
In a popular Tarantino film, Django, the violence clearly shows how he is different from the others. (Item 1) With his violence easily noticeable throughout. Some of the violence includes severe whipping, being eaten by dogs and the visual of people being forced to fight to the death. The use of violence in this film is graphic and this kind of violence is continued throughout all of his films.
Other examples of violence he uses in his films include the plucking of eyeballs, torture, hangings and slicing of humans.
A lot of his earlier films do not contain the high amount of violence but this has increased throughout time, in which he has adapted. An early film of Tarantino, Jackie Brown, which was made in 1997 (Item 15) contains a low level of violence and racism which is not his usual type of film, with only 4 deaths throughout. Which shows throughout time his films have changed (Item 8) as he has worked at creating his own style and for years now he has continued to use his style which is original and is what makes him an auteur. A later film of Kill Bill Vol 1 which was made in 2003 (Item 2) contained 63 deaths and included a lot of blood thirsty killings and scenes which show his style which has been carried on after this film. Hateful Eight is also a good example to show the high use of violence that Tarantino has used in his more recent films, made in 2015, it contains 49 acts of brutal violence (Item 3). This can be due to the amount of money the film has to work with, as killings cost a lot more so more money will be needed. In his earlier films less money was there but after his success more money will have been offered to him leading to his more visual scenes. This can be a reason into the high increase of violence in his film. An example of this is Reservoir Dogs, which cost around $2 million and contained just 10 deaths. Whereas Kill Bill: Vol.1 cost around $30 million and contained 63 deaths and many violence scenes.
Tarantino interview on Chanel 4 (Item 11) - Projector
In the interview Tarantino is shown to get angry with the constant question on the use of violence and you can see he angrily has to explain himself every time. (Item 11) Being forced to explain it is not real life as many see his violence as extreme. Even tho he has been explaining this for the past twenty years. This started when the interview made a reference to his films and real life violence asking whether there is a connection between them. This angered Tarantino as he is angry about being asked questions he has already been asked. All the interview was meant to be is a commercial to promote Django (Item 1) but Tarantino felt went off topic in which he threatened to walk out of the interview. This interview shows the impact, his style of violence has on his viewers. As it was not the first time the question had been asked and it wont be the last time. This shows his style is completely different to anyone else's making him stand out from the others. No other director gets as much attention towards there violence as Tarantino does. Clearly showing his violence is completely different to any other director making it his own.
