Induction Project

Evidence

Item 1
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
I have chosen to use Reservoir Dogs as my focus film due to the storyline as it is set up to have a lot of violence in it. I also know from watching the film right from the start there is violence and thought the film too. I have also choose this film because this is the first time that Tarantino wrote and directed a film; I feel that this will show the way that he made films from the start and if he had continued his style throughout his film directing carer.

Item 2
Kill Bill Vol 1 (2003)
I have chosen this to be one of the sub films to study because this is one of Tarantino's all known films and is also critically acclaimed nominated for two academy awards, best writer and best director. This film I feel will be good evidence for my investigation because it was made in the peak of his carer, making the sequel to the movie the next year. This is also an action movie and is known partly for its violence.

Item 3
Django Unchained (2012)
I have chosen to use this as one of my sub films because this is Tarantino's most recent film and he won the academy award for best original screenplay. This was also criticised due to the amount of violence in the film and there were many interviews discussing the films violence. The film also touched on many nerves as the film also touched on slavery in the film. I feel that this as the most recent film he has made will show his style in its moment recent stage and how far or how similar his style is too Reservoir Dogs at the start of his carer.

Item 4
Tarantino by Jim smith (2005)
This book is about Tarantino and his film making and picks up throughout the book about his use of violence through his films up to Kill Bill Vol 2. The book also talks about he write of stories with Natural Born Killers being the main one talked about in the book. The book hints at the use of Tarantino's use of violence in the writing of Natural Born Killers and other stories he wrote; including the ones he also directed.

Item 4
Movie Makers by Ian Freer (2009)
This book talks about the style that Tarantino uses in his films and focuses on many I have chosen apart from Django Unchained. The book has fifty iconic directors that it talks about but only four pages were there for Tarantino, not much is written about him but the detail and what the write is important as evidence for my investigation.

Item 5
An Interview with Tarantino by Rotten Tomatoes (written) (online)
http://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/quentin-tarantino-talks-inglourious-basterds-rt-interview/
The interview is mainly about his script writing for he film but one of the questions asks about how much violence he is putting into the scenes of the film. Tarantino talks about the violence being a rubber band and that you have to stretch it until you find the perfect point and amount that people can take.

Item 6
An Interview with Tarantino by the Telegraph (written) (online) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/7165045/Quentin-Tarantino-interview-All-my-movies-are-achingly-personal.html
The interview talks abut the amount of violence in the film Inglorious Bastards, and how critics are not sure on the amount of violence on the film and the amount of violence in all of his films.

Item 7
An Interview with Tarantino by the Daily Mail (written) (online)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-2260197/Quentin-Tarantino-Django-Unchained-The-story-Western.html
Tarantino in this interview talks about Django Unchained and the way that it is different to all of his other films including the amount of violence ion the film and the emphasis on the violence in his films.

Item 8
An Interview with Kirsty Walk by BBC 4
I have chosen to use this documentary because one of its main discussions it talks about is the violence of Tarantino's view on this topic. It also links the violence with the most of his film including Kill Bill Vol 1 and Reservoir Dogs which are films that I am looking at. Therefore this is a good source.

Item 9
Auteur Theory by Warren Buckland
I have chosen this book because it will back my argument with the actual theory of an auteur and I will use quotes from the book to back my points up when I reference the auteur theory. Therefore this is a good source.


Rejected Evidence

An Interview with Tarantino by Channel 4 (video) (online and on tv)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrsJDy8VjZk
I chose not to use this because although the interviewer asked Tarantino about the amount of violence in his movies and if it was excessive, Tarantino refused to answer the question spell there so no reason to have this as evidence.