On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Michael Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:47:47 -0500 > Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Quentin Tarantino's early introductions to African-American culture: > > > full: > > > http://www.npr.org/2013/01/02/168200139/quentin-tarantino-unchained-and-unruly > > He was a little tongue-tied on this topic, but I really like the analogy > with opera ('grand opera' as he rather touchingly called it). 'Unchained' > is > really a lot like opera, in the sense that the story is implausible and > incoherent, the production is over the top, the actors are all hamming > it up to a fare-thee-well, the dialogue is like no language anybody > ever spoke -- and you eat it up with a spoon and call for an encore. > It is worth keeping in mind that Tarantino is a very awkward interviewee. He is simply not that articulate explaining his work in words. He is also a really terrible actor. But who cares? As a film-maker, the guy is a genius. You can watch Jackie Brown a half dozen times and discover something new each time. -raghu.
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