Quentin Tarantino And His Preference For Violence

Quentin Tarantino is a film director who has managed to create his own brand. When we go to see his films, we know it includes  film, music, fetish-like Actors, close-ups of women’s legs, several honors, etc.  Tarantino loves to show his respect to other filmmakers like Alfred Hitchcock, kung fu films, even  Soras ,  spaghetti western e.

Tarantino does what he wants. He takes screenshots, plays with colors, and recycles plans. He reinvents the scenes, and mixes everything up until he finds what he’s looking for. Many accuse him of plagiarism, and he admits that other films inspire him.

Everyone uses their preferences and influences to their advantage, and uses them to their own advantage. Thus, when someone creates something completely new in the 21st century, he or she “always” copies, or modifies something that has already been done.

Tarantino has pointed out more than once that a person doesn’t have to go to schools to make good movies, he just has to have a passion. His passion is reflected in his films. Now that we have said all this, let us ask this question: why do we like violence so much? Why are Quentin Tarantino’s films so special?

Special features of Tarantino films

Quentin Tarantino attended exhibition courses and worked in a film store, a place he called the source of his inspiration. The idea for  Reservoir Dogs came to his mind one day while he was with his friends. At the time, Tarantino didn’t think it was possible to make a real movie, so he was good at making arrangements for cheap production with his friends. Producer Lawrence Bender read his script, and gave him the opportunity.

He shows his respect for many different films. Let us mention a few examples. The famous  Pulp Fiction story of violence picked up parts from Fellini’s film  8 1/2,  and Uma Thurman’s costume in  Kill Bill  reminds us of Bruce Lee.

Tarantino’s films are about the viewer’s immersion in the world of intertextuality. His films have their own plots and identities, while at the same time they are full of references and hints. After Pulp Fiction in (1994), people finally blessed Tarantino as a director and screenwriter. He got the attention of the audience and critics, and this led to him winning the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

Other films such as  Jackie Brown  (1997),  Unscrupulous Bastards  (2009) or Kill Bill  (2003) ended up being the basis for the Quentin Tarantino trademark. Finally, his most recent films, Django Unchained  (2012) and  The Hateful Eight  (2015), were a declaration of love for a forgotten film genre: spaghetti western. With these films, Tarantino restored the core of this genre and filmmakers such as Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone, who composed the most recognizable soundtracks.

The next interesting fact about Tarantino’s films is that he is personally responsible for the soundtracks of the films.

On the other hand, anachronism is not something that would make Tarantino worry. In the end, he always makes all the pieces of the puzzle snap together perfectly.

Quentin Tarantino and his preference for violence

If there’s anything that defines Quentin’s Tarantino movies, then it’s violence. Fully open violence and carnage are sometimes so absurd that there is nothing to laugh about. One detail of his films is that there are rarely characters in his films who should be sympathized for,  and because of this, the viewer is not interested in who dies and who survives. The Hateful Eight  is a perfect example of this.

If you’re about to watch Quentin Tarantino’s movies, don’t expect to find any lovable characters. Be prepared to see blood and violence, and laugh at the same time.

The fun is that despite the confusing narrative and outright violence, the viewer always falls in love with his films. The scenes are like a beautiful art form. The famous Reservoir Dogs ’ ear surgery scene has been made unique thanks to its background music and dance, while at the same time it was a“ replica ”of a scene in the film Django  (Corbucci, 1966).

Can violence be fun? Are there limits to violence? Tarantino has said on several occasions that his films are a pure fantasy that viewers can enjoy. Instead of questioning whether his violence is moral or not, we should just enjoy it. The music used by Tarantino makes the violence he portrays beautiful and aesthetically pleasing. There is a clear difference between films that portray violence in a realistic and brutal way and those that use violence simply as entertainment.

Violence in the entertainment industry

Moreover, Tarantino has talked about the fact that kung fu movies are really violent, but no one ever questions their morality as they are purely entertaining. When it comes to raw and violent films like The Passion of the Christ  (Mel Gibson, 2004),  Das Experiment  (Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2001), or Irréversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002), audiences feel no pleasure at all, just discomfort.

This does not happen when we watch films directed by Martin Scorsese or Quentin Tarantino, for example. These filmmakers use violence as a cathartic method to portray freedom and purification through imagination.

In addition, Aristotle has made a few references to violence in his work Poetry. Here he analyzes the Greek tragedies and all that they brought with them. Why did the Greeks enjoy seeing violence or scenes that included incest? Exactly because they were taboo. Nevertheless, they are characteristic passions that people tend to suppress due to their immorality. The violent plays were cathartic for the Greeks, and therefore they enjoyed seeing them.

Several psychoanalytic writers, such as Freud, immersed themselves in this topic. He and many other experts concluded that the preference for violence would seem to be characteristic of people, something that in one way or another we have tried to turn into art.

Tarantino always reminds us that movies are nothing but fantasy. Their unrealistic sides are exactly what his fans enjoy the most. They are cathartic, passionate and emotional. Tarantino’s films are undoubtedly meant to be enjoyed.