Analyzing Tarantino's Use Of Violence In Movies

So what purpose other than entertaining does violence have in films? Tarantino believes that violence in movies is pure comedy. Tarantino believes that it’s just highly entertaining. Violence is a way to showcase the “status” of people. Social situations, power, wealth, greed, emotion, anything you can think of. He uses violence as a stepping stone to explore these different emotions. Comparing his movies to real life crisis, Tarantino defended his work saying “we all intellectually ‘know’ the brutality and inhumanity of slavery, but after you do the research it’s no longer intellectual any more, no longer just historical record – you feel it in your bones. It makes you angry, and want to do something. I’m here to tell you, that however bad things get in the movie, a lot worse shit actually happened.” Tarantino doesn’t beat around the bush about the dark side of life. He doesn’t ignore that there are world crisis, but he also doesn’t let that get in the way of his movies. Tarantino believes that death can be considered brutal or cruel, but another look at it is
It toys with our expectations and mixes humor and violence. One minute, Jules and Vincent are walking around talking about generic gangster topics, giving some comedic-relief to the film, and then they murder someone. Another situation that’s serious, but comes out in a comedic way is when Mia (Uma Thurman) has overdosed and is lying on the floor, dying. Jules and Vincent argue about who should use the needle to help her, and how to use it. Tarantino uses these moments to talk about life or death situations, yet somehow still makes the audience laugh. Tarantino dulls the violence on the screen by shifting the focus to humorous elements. Tarantino makes the characters relatable, while the violence isn’t. He doesn’t want the violence to be relatable to the audience, but he wants the audience to enjoy