Quentin Tarantino is one of the best and most influential directors of his generation and in the history of cinema. Not only have his works received critical recognition, but they have also captivated audiences with their authorial flavor, that cinematic “flavor” that stands out from the rest and makes his productions resonate deeply. Hit maker like Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill and unglorious bastardsThe 62-year-old American was surprised by the revelations about some of the films of the century.
In an interview with L Podcast Bret Easton Ellisthe director talked about his tastes, but limited himself to saying the second half of the productions that make up his favorite list. Find out below what they are:
10. Love without barriers (2021, Steven Spielberg)
“here, “Steven shows he still has talent.”voiced about the film that follows New York City in the 1950s, where two teenagers of different ethnic origins fall in love. Their romance fuels the hatred between the Jets and Sharks, two rival gangs vying for control of the neighborhood streets.
9. Cabin Fever (2002, Eli Roth)
“There’s something so charming. Eli’s sense of humor, his bloody sense of humor…it works wonderfully. People forget the tension in the first half because It gets really funny in the last 20 minutes. maybe hostel Tarantino said of the film, which tells the story of Burt, a college student vacationing with friends in the mountains, who accidentally shoots a local man with a skin infection. In a panic, he leaves the scene, leaving the man dead. When the man falls into a tank, he infects the water supply, and soon one of Burt’s friends is infected, so now the friends fight to stop the infectious disease that unleashes his carnivorous voraciousness.
8. Game of chance (2011, Bennett Miller)
“Brad Pitt’s performance was one of my favorite star performances of the last 20 years: A movie star came along and reminded you why he was a movie star He commented on the film based on true events, which tells how the athletic director of the Oakland Athletics baseball team, Billy Beane, became famous in 2001 by achieving great success with the Moneyball Method, which consists of planning and building a competitive team with far fewer financial resources than most teams in the major leagues.
7. Chocolate (Braccia Bencayo, 2008)
“This is a movie you’ve probably never heard of before. People get amazingly drunk. They trained a 12-year-old girl for four years to play the lead role in this movie. This is one of the best kung fu fights I’ve ever seen in a movie,” the director said of the film, which depicts the story of an autistic woman with great martial arts skills who tries to get revenge on a gang. Chocolate It can be seen on Apple TV.
6. Satan’s mercenaries (Rob Zombie, 2005)
“That gritty voice of Peckinpah, the cowboy, Manson… that wasn’t there before, and he enhanced it in this movie. Peckinpah had never been a part of horror before this,” Tarantino explained. “He combined it with sick rural characters, and now it has become popular. He added about the film, which revolves around the Firefly Family, a family of assassins, who embarks on a bloody escape when on the run from a revenge-hungry sheriff.
5. Passion of Christ (Mel Gibson, 2004)
“I laughed a lot during the movie. It’s not because we were trying to be perverted, laughing at Jesus’ madness; Extreme violence is fun for me, and when you get past it, it’s funnier and funnier. We were just complaining and laughing about how bad this was. Mel did a great job directing. It put me through that time. I talked to Mel Gibson about it and he looked at me like I was completely crazy.He emphasized the film, which depicts the torment of the last hours of Jesus of Nazareth.
4. School of rock (Richard Linklater, 2003)
“We had a great time at the cinema” Tarantino recalls. “It was a really fun show. I think that was what caused Jack Black to blow up with Rick Linklater and Mike White. This made it special. It’s the closest thing to the Bad News Bears we’ve ever seenHe added about the production, which tells the story of an unemployed guitarist who pretends to be a teacher in a school.
3. Donkey: The Movie (Jeff Tremaine, 2002)
“I don’t remember laughing this way from start to finish since Richard Pryor…While I was making Kill Bill, I thought this movie was so funny I had to show it to the crew, so we found a copy of it, We saw it and just died“, he launched comedically.
2. Fierce wolves (Aharon Keshalis and Navot Babushado, 2013)
“Not only is it the best movie in Busan, It’s the best movie of the yearTarantino said of the film, which follows a series of brutal murders linking three men: the revenge-hungry father of the final victim; A local police investigator working within the bounds of the law and the main suspect in the murders, and a religion professor who was arrested and later released due to police negligence.
1. Bloody game (Kenji Fukasaku, 2000)
Tarantino recalls seeing the film before its US release while scouting locations Kill Bill In Japan. “I had no idea what I was about to see…it was crazyHe said about the film, whose events revolve around forty-two ninth grade students who are sent to a desert island with food and various weapons and the mission of killing each other and being the last to survive.
