Michael Schramm
Related: postmodern cinema - Quentin Tarantino
Tarantino: His Films, the Politics of Representation, and Postmodernism
(by Michael Schramm)
Quentin Tarantino, in his film Pulp Fiction, has created the ultimate formula, example, and critique of postmodernism. Every person, line, and scene in the film is not only self referential, but refers to a larger sense of tradition and formula, while at the same time supposedly breaks that formula and creates an originality that has brought Tarantino, deserving or not, to the forefront of current “auteur-star-directors.” The film is seen as a statement, made by Tarantino, that must be unwrapped by its audience in order to discover the whole of Tarantino’s “genius.”While he really only has about three major motion pictures in the can, his work is so incredibly self-promotional that it has become not only a part of pop culture, but of modern film discussion and critique. By promoting himself and his knowledge, his techniques have been followed many times over by other emerging directors: he has made himself and his success “hyperreal:” here is someone who once worked in a video store and now has full command of a 35mm piece of film.
Michael Schramm via http://www.retardedjimmy.com/tarantino.html [Mar 2004]
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