Word: tarrantino
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...abhorrent and below contempt in a civil society. But I also believe that the worst crime is state-backed violence against a citizenry. When most of my white colleagues leave Harvard, they will enter a world where violence is something viewed on the evening news or in a Quentin Tarrantino movie. I, on the other hand, will not only see it in my community, but have a good chance of being a victim myself. To whom can I take my concerns...
...backing down today as critics assailed him for attacking Hollywood films and record lyrics on moral grounds. At a Los Angeles fund-raiser last night, Dole charged that "Hollywood's dream factories turn out nightmares of depravity." Dole said films likeOliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers"and Quentin Tarrantino's "True Romance" "revel in mindless violence and loveless sex," and urged film executives to emphasize family-oriented programming and products. He alsoattacked rap artistsin whose songs "sexual violence is given a catchy tune."Sarah Brady, chair of Handgun Control Inc., retorted that Dole, who supports arepeal of the assault weapons...
...Quentin Tarrantino...
...movie opens with escaped convict Julian Goddard (Dylan McDermott) wandering the desert, when Johnny Destiny, driving a 1969 Plymouth Roadrunner, stops and offers him a lift. Destiny (Quentin Tarrantino) brings Goddard to Las Vegas where Goddard left his former love, Lucille (Nancy Travis), and his share of the money from the bank robbery for which he was incarcerated...
...Tarrantino knows that he is not as good an actor as he is a writer or director. He is, however, a personality, and he comes to the movie with a reputation for hipness (his nervous, goofy performance at the Academy Awards notwithstanding). And hip is all he need be, for his character requires minimal acting ability and much ability to draw attention. Quentin Tarrantino, despite some child-like excitability, draws our attention because we know him, and we know that he could have written this movie better...