50+ Facts that few people know about Quentin Tarantino’s films

Quentin Tarantino is one of the most recognized film directors of our time for his unique taste and great talent. Tarantino’s films (eight in total) are filled with references to long classics from the 70s, with fun scripts, different and thought-provoking soundtracks and casts of actors who have accustomed us to explosive performances, such as Uma Thurman and Samuel L. Jackson. In Rent dogs to the The eight hatedTarantino is able to always create high expectations about his new works.

On the occasion of the premiere of his new film, Once upon a time in HollywoodO awesome.club shares with you some curiosities behind each of the productions of this fantastic director.

The blue suit that Django wears in the cotton field was inspired by the work of Thomas Gainsborough, The Blue Boy (1770). The scene where Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio) hits the table during her speech and cuts her hand was totally real. The actor, bruised and bleeding, continued to act as if nothing had happened, lending enormous dramatic force to the moment. The role of Django, starring Jamie Foxx, was initially written for Will Smith, but he turned it down because of the sheer amount of violence in the script. Although some of the scenes in this film belong to the western genre, Tarantino prefers to call it southern (southern), as the story takes place in the southern United States. The term “Django” means “I wake up” and refers to the French jazz musician Django Reinhardt. Throughout the film, the expression nigger (“black”, but said in a pejorative tone and as a racial insult) is mentioned 116 times. According to Tarantino, this was done with the intention of reflecting the racism experienced before the civil war of 1861. When King Schultz, a character played by Christoph Waltz, dynamits the car to explode it, whistles the main song of the film’s soundtrack.

Death Proof it is the only Tarantino film to take place in chronological order. That is, there are no time jumps to which this director has accustomed us. The police officers in the film were played by father and son Michael and James Parks, who also appeared in Kill Bill, playing the same roles. The jukebox that appears in the scene where Jungle Julia, played by Sydney Poitier, enters the bar, belongs to Tarantino himself, and the names of the songs were handwritten by him. Tarantino once said in casual conversation that he didn’t want to die in a car accident like the one in the movie. Pulp Fiction. His friend, Robert Rodriguez, responded that he had to pay to have his car “death-proofed”, hence the film’s title. During a scene in a mini market, actress Rosario Dawson’s character’s cell phone has a ringtone called Twisted Nervea song that also appears on Kill Bill. Another similarity between the film and Kill Bill are the scenes of yellow cars with red interiors and those in which the central theme is women’s feet. The story is a tribute to the so-called muscle cars (muscle cars), characterized by having a sporty appearance without being luxurious, such as the classic Dodge Charger and Chevy Nova models.

The music in the scene where Daisy (Jennifer Jason Leigh) sings and plays the guitar is called Jim Jones at Botany Bay, and it’s a typical Australian ballad. The film’s script was leaked in early 2014, prior to filming. For this reason, Tarantino decided to cancel the production and did not resume it until the end of the same year, changing the ending to surprise the public. The eight hated it is the first film in which Ennio Morricone produced original music, and it won him the Oscar for best score. One of the biggest influences for the screenplay was the film The Enigma of Another World, 1982. In Tarantino’s universe, this movie takes place at the same time as Django Unchained, which had been conceived as a sequel of sorts. The role of Bob, played by Mexican actor Demián Bichir, was originally going to be that of a French man. It was the first time Tarantino had used more than two words in the title of his films. Furthermore, it is the director’s longest film, clocking in at just over three hours. To record this film, the 70 mm format was used, very common in western films of the 1970s.

Tarantino wrote the role of Mr. Pink for himself, but ended up giving up and leaving him in charge of Steve Buscemi. The budget for this film was so low that the actors had to wear their own clothes. Edward Bunker, actor who played Mr. Blue, was arrested for robbery and later became a crime novelist. He died in 2005, aged 71. Most of the story was filmed in a warehouse and in just 35 days. Mr.’s apartment Orange was on the top floor of the place. Mr. Blonde is the only character who reveals his name, Vic Vega. Tarantino has said that he is Vincent Vega’s brother, making a connection with pulp Fiction🇧🇷 Much of the film’s budget was allocated to licensing the music. Stuck in the Middle With You, of the band Stealers Wheel🇧🇷 Tarantino insisted that this be the main melody of the film. Terry Gilliam inspired Tarantino with a series of advice — given during a workshop at the Sundance Institute, an entity created to create and support artists. For this reason, he appears in the credits.

The scene where Shosanna is in the cafe was the only one actually shot in Paris. Actor Samuel L. Jackson is part of the film as the narrator of the life of Hugo Stiglitz, whose name is a tribute to the actor, producer and screenwriter. Tarantino wrote inglourious bastards before filming Kill Bill: Volume 1, since I couldn’t finish the script. However, the latter debuted six years earlier, in 2003 – Inglourious Basterds was only released in 2009. Daniel Brühl and Christoph Waltz did their own dubbing in German, French and Spanish to ensure the authenticity of the characters. Leonardo DiCaprio was considered for the character of Colonel Hans Landa — who was eventually played by Christoph Waltz. There’s a reason the movie’s name in English is Inglourious Basterdsand not “bastards”, but Quentin Tarantino is not willing to reveal it.

The film is based on the novel rum punch (by Elmore Leonard), in which Jackie has the last name Burk. Tarantino changed his last name to Brown in honor of the movie Foxy Brown, from 1974🇧🇷 In Leonard’s original work, Jackie is a fair-skinned woman. However, Tarantino decided to make a change so he could work with actress Pam Grier. It is the least violent film in the Tarantino universe: there are only nine scenes in which shots occur. In the scene where Pam Grier enters a cell along with more inmates, music plays Long Time Woman, played by herself in the 1970s. Sylvester Stallone wanted to play the role of Louis Gara, but he ended up being given to Robert De Niro. Jackie’s automobile in the movie is the same Honda Civic that Butch drives in Pulp Fiction. John Travolta was the first option for the role of Ray Nicolette, but he was finally awarded to Michael Keaton.

The famous yellow outfit is inspired by the costumes that Bruce Lee wore in the movie. Death’s game, from 1978. Tarantino is the owner of the famous yellow truck with which Beatrix escaped from the hospital. According to special effects expert Christopher Nelson, 450 gallons of fake blood were used in filming. Uma Thurman and Tarantino devised Kill Bill and the character of Beatrix Kiddo during the filming of pulp Fiction🇧🇷 Tarantino delayed recording the first volume of the film because Uma was pregnant. When Beatrix Kiddo arrives in Tokyo, she plays the same song as in The Green Hornet, as a reference to Bruce Lee films. In real life, the actor who portrayed Hattori Hanso wielded machetes and was an icon of 1970s martial arts movies. His name is Sonny Chiba.

There is a continuity error in the scene before Mia Wallace overdoses. At first, she is wearing Vincent’s coat. When she lights her cigarette, she appears without that coat, and when it’s already lit, the same coat appears again without explanation. Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus was close to being chosen to play Mia Wallace, but was committed to the comedy series project. seinfeld🇧🇷 The Weinstein brothers were the ones who suggested Uma Thurman, who rejected the offer several times before finally accepting it. Marsellus Wallace and Mia do not speak to each other throughout the film. Psalm Ezekiel 25:17 is not real, it was written by Tarantino and Samuel L. Jackson. The cereal Lance eats in the movie was Tarantino’s favorite brand and also appears in Reservoir Dogs. Tarantino wrote the character of Lance with himself in mind. But the role ended up going to Eric Stoltz. The famous suitcase of Jules, Samuel L. Jackson’s character, belonged to Tarantino.

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