Movie-Making Visionary Quentin Tarantino

There are many writers and directors who are considered movie-making visionaries. Among those names is fifty-two-year-old box-office favourite Quentin Tarantino. With his well-written characters that clearly develop as the film progresses, and a musical soundtrack that neatly packs together some of the most recognisable films of the past twenty-five years, Tarantino has earned his place in the movie-making hall of fame. His first venture into the industry, Reservoir Dogs was widely accepted as a landmark film, with a strangely perfect soundtrack accompanying the film’s progression. However, there is one scene that no audience member can ever forget: Mr Blonde’s torturing of the captive police officer, to the upbeat Stuck in the Middle With You by Stealers Wheel. This essay will explain the reasons behind Tarantino’s choice to use this specific song in this scene through the analysis of the connections the text has to the scenes proceedings, and why though it seems a strange choice of song, it is in fact extremely appropriate.

Born 27th March, 1963, Tarantino was always a big fan of cinema. As a child he was more interested in watching films and reading comics than paying attention in class at school. He once noted that one of his earliest memories was of his grandmother taking him to see a John Wayne movie. After dropping out of
On the 23rd of October, Reservoir Dogs was released in cinemas, causing his name to be on the tip of everybody’s tongue. The film follows six men - Mr Blonde, Mr Blue, Mr Brown, Mr Orange, Mr Pink and Mr White, and their attempts to reconcile the events that have transpired: a planned bank heist gone wrong. With the cops apparently being tipped off, two of the six men dead and another bleeding out, we watch as the film takes us back to show us how the heist was set up, who the characters are, and if there is indeed an undercover cop in the group (Tarantino,