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...meeting was two years ago, on a street in Hollywood: Pam Grier, queen of ultraviolent "blaxploitation" flicks in the '70s, ran into Quentin Tarantino, king of ultraviolent indie cinema in the '90s. The director, it turned out, was a big fan. He even had a poster of Grier's 1973 movie Coffy up on his office wall. THE BADDEST ONE-CHICK HIT-SQUAD THAT EVER HIT TOWN! boasts the poster, which sports an illustration of a shotgun-wielding Grier in low-riding stretch pants and a revelatory bikini top. "I got an idea," Tarantino told Grier. "I want to write...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: GUNNING FOR '90S GLORY | 12/8/1997 | See Source »

...than they do conventional comics. The story itself, along with its universe of pop-culture causality, features characters who are archetypes straight out of genre films: mobsters, samurai, sexy female assassins. And each "episode" of "Scud" is dedicated to a director in whose style the issue is cast: from Quentin Tarantino to Jim Henson to "the memory of Orson Welles...

Author: By Susannah R. Mandel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: KILLER Comics | 12/5/1997 | See Source »

...PLAYERS] Pam Grier, Sam Jackson, De Niro; dir. Quentin Tarantino...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: THE HOLIDAY STOCKING IS TOO FULL | 11/24/1997 | See Source »

...Murphy, the associate producer of "Natural Born Killers," is suing "Pulp Fiction" filmmaker Quentin Tarantino for $5 million, reports People Daily...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tarantino Gets Bitchy | 11/17/1997 | See Source »

...When QUENTIN TARANTINO spotted Natural Born Killers producer Don Murphy at L.A.'s eaterie Ago, he didn't send over an air kiss. Instead, fuming about being badmouthed by Murphy, and by his partner in her book, Killer Instinct, the director went over and punched him repeatedly. Tarantino was put in a cop car, while Miramax head Harvey Weinstein helped broker a truce. No charges were filed, but Murphy is considering legal action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 3, 1997 | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

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