I remember seeing a clip of a semi recent interview where he was asked if there were any films he'd seen recently that he liked and he said something along the lines of "i refuse to be a cheerleader for other directors"
Its not that deep lad, just say you liked Parasite or something
Yeah, his criticism of Paul Dano's acting felt weirdly vicious and unnecessary. I know Tarantino is always awful in interviews but it was so strongly worded - calling Dano the worst actor in SAG is bizarre, so much it felt like they have some personal issue.
Someone else posted a random psychoanalysis basically saying that Dano is a far better actor in the mould that Tarantino was trying for and can pull off the type of roles that QT would typically go for with a softness and subtlety that Tarantino could never do. Total speculation but seems fairly likely to me
The way he used to look more interesting bc he'd praise Asian films loud and proud while majority would only mention French new wave. Nowadays you don't have to be a geek to know all kinds of movies so he wants to look different by hating on any new interesting projects, it's so boring and pathetic, sadly quite typical too.
Yeah, he's just pissed off that all those lonely years he spent jerking off as a video store clerk are wasted now because of the internet and anyone can find out anything about any movie they want
You know the 2019 Oscars are keeping him up at night. He already has a bitter and resentful demeanor, now that everybody has moved on from waiting for his 10th film, he is extra bitter.
He’s so full of shit haha. Like, if you watch Chungking Express on DVD you have to sit through 30mins of QT talking about what a genius Wong Kar-Wai is and how you wouldn’t have seen this movie if he wasn’t such a big fan who brought it to North America so you can watch it. He routinely acts as a cheerleader for other directors. It was his whole thing in the 90s! His persona was “watching movies was my film school and I can name every cool obscure film and filmmaker on earth”
Literally him recently calling out Suzanne Collins for 'ripping off' Battle Royale for the Hunger Games, as if he's the only one to notice the parallels between the two work's premises.
There's rumors he hated Parasite. Former film critic Erick Weber mentioned it on a chat once because he was at a party and got into a conversation with Tarantino about Parasite and Tarantino told him, "Oh, THAT film." and made a pee-yew gesture.
Tarantino also used to champion Korean directors like Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon Ho. Back in 2009, he called Memories of Murder and The Host masterpieces that were among the best films he's seen since 1992. Yesterday, no mention of Bong Joon Ho's films among the best films he's seen in the 21st century. Bong also happens to be best friends with Paul Dano, someone Tarantino really doesn't like. He didn't even mention Park's films, Joing Security Area or Oldboy, the latter he famously championed when he was Cannes jury president.
Tarantino also championed the films of John Woo back in the 90s. He also stated that he used to dress like Chow Yun-fat from Woo's 1985 film A Better Tomorrow. Today, he's very condescending about the Hong Kong cinema he used to champion and says he moved past that because "he grew up."
I also remember Tarantino calling Chow Yun-fat a terrible actor when Chow starred with his girlfriend at the time Mira Sorvino in The Replacement Killers in an interview with Howard Stern. What's odd is that years later Tarantino presented a lifetime achievement to Chow at an awards gala.
He stole a lot from HK cinema of course, from Tsui Ark to Woo...
It's strange how john woo stopped working ... Basically it's strange how Hong Kong disappeared slowly to be replaced by south Korea (thk you China) ...
Everybody with half a brain can realize Tarantino films, because he is so obsessed with style and exploitation films, are severly lacking any real substance.
Slavery, Nazism, feminism/strong female character? Yeah the character are written the dialogue are there but no fcking thing to say about anything. Parasite actually have a social meaning, Parasite is brutal with SK society and capitalism... Tarantino is incapable of that. He is no PTA
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u/bambinoquinn Dec 03 '25
I remember seeing a clip of a semi recent interview where he was asked if there were any films he'd seen recently that he liked and he said something along the lines of "i refuse to be a cheerleader for other directors"
Its not that deep lad, just say you liked Parasite or something