As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I'm severed.
Quentin TarantinoRead
Australian genre films were a lot of fun because they were legitimate genre movies. They were real genre films, and they dealt, in a way like the Italians did, with the excess of genre, and that has been an influence on me.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Quentin Tarantino appreciates Australian genre films for their authenticity and influence on his work.
In this quote, Quentin Tarantino expresses his admiration for Australian genre films, highlighting their genuine approach to genre filmmaking. He compares them to Italian films that embrace the excesses typical of their genres, suggesting that this boldness has significantly impacted his own creative style and filmmaking choices.
Themes
Australian FilmsGenre CinemaInfluenceAuthenticityExcess
In practice
Example use cases
In a film discussion about the evolution of genre cinema, one might cite this quote to emphasize the importance of authenticity in filmmaking.
More from Quentin Tarantino
All quotes →Something stopped me in school a little bit. Anything that I'm not interested in, I can't even feign interest.
Quentin TarantinoRead
To me, Godard did to movies what Bob Dylan did to music: they both revolutionized their forms.
Quentin TarantinoRead
A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
Quentin TarantinoRead
To call Clive Barker a 'horror novelist' would be like calling the Beatles a 'garage band'... He is the great imaginer of our time. He knows not only our greatest fears, but also what delights us, what turns us on, and what is truly holy in the world. Haunting, bizarre, beautiful.
Quentin TarantinoRead
As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are.
Quentin TarantinoRead
Similar quotes
My goal is for 'Heavy Rain' to leave an imprint in you and change a little bit of who you are and how you see things. Maybe the key characters and key moments will leave a trace in you. If you don't have this ambition as a video-game creator, then maybe you should do something else, because this is what creation and art is about.
David CageRead
In the late '70s I started to search for the perfect sound - whatever that might be, before that I was mainly interested in drugs, insanity and the rock'n'roll lifestyle.
Lou ReedRead
We don't experience our lives as plots. If I asked you to tell me what your last week was like, you're not really gonna give me plot. You're gonna give me sort of linked narrative. And I wanted to see how do we bring that into fiction without losing the reader.
Teju ColeRead
Compose with utter freedom and edit with utter discipline.
Erica JongRead
Poetry is a street fighter. It has sharp elbows. It can look after itself. Poetry can't be used for manipulation; it's why you never see good poetry in advertising.
David WhyteRead
I love drag, and I love people who gravitate toward it. Because the people who do drag are people who dance to the beat of a different drummer.
RupaulRead