A to Z Challenge 2020 - Quentin Tarantino

Here’s a complete filmography of Quentin Tarantino:

Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Tarantino: directed it
Brief Thoughts: Driven by dialogue, story structure, carefully selected music, and a cast inhabiting generic names including “Mr. Pink,” this is the one that proved the art of cinema was taking a giant leap forward.

True Romance (1993)
Tarantino: wrote it
Brief Thoughts: Directed by Tony Scott, this is the that proved even if Tarantino just provides the script, it can still become a cult classic.

Pulp Fiction (1994)
Tarantino: directed it
Brief Thoughts: The one that proved he was definitely no flash-in-the-pan.

Natural Born Killers (1994)
Tarantino: provided the story
Brief Thoughts: Oliver Stone would later direct U Turn and Savages, less manic examples that prove he’s less a politically controversial filmmaker and more akin to Tarantino than it seems.

Four Rooms (1995)
Tarantino: directed “The Man from Hollywood”
Brief Thoughts: You’ve got to be a true completist to have seen this one. Proves that even in a collection of dynamic young filmmakers working on the same project, his work stands out as the best.

From Dusk till Dawn (1996)
Tarantino: wrote, starred in it
Brief Thoughts: Even though he’s made a brilliant career as a director, Tarantino always wanted to be an actor. This is his biggest role.

Jackie Brown (1997)
Tarantino: directed it
Brief Thoughts: Often overlooked as less flashy than Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, and thus valuable as the template for his later projects.

Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
Tarantino: directed it
Brief Thoughts: This is where I came in as an active fan of his career.

Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
Tarantino: directed it
Brief Thoughts: The first film where Tarantino allows a calm scene of seemingly ordinary dialogue to build its own dramatic tension.

Sin City (2005)
Tarantino: directed car scene with Clive Owen and Benicio del Toro
Brief Thoughts: Easily Benicio del Toro’s best scene in the film, and arguably most interesting acting to date.

Grindhouse (2007)
Tarantino: directed “Death Proof”
Brief Thoughts: His fourth and to date last collaboration with Robert Rodriguez, another underrated project. “Stuntman Mike” arguably best character name in any of his projects.

Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Tarantino: directed it
Brief Thoughts: Still working its way to being considered a classic, but well on its way. Might actually supplant Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction to be considered his best.

Django Unchained (2012)
Tarantino: directed it
Brief Thoughts: Second collaboration with Christoph Waltz might somehow have improved in the quality of the performance.

The Hateful Eight (2015)
Tarantino: directed it
Brief Thoughts: The film he challenged himself to pivot almost entirely on dialogue. Of course it works.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
Tarantino: directed it
Brief Thoughts: Probably as mainstream Hollywood as he’s ever going to get, which of course is still purely Tarantino.