Friday, August 13, 2004

What's Wrong with Quentin Tarantino

Relapsed Catholic links to an article that reveals exactly what's wrong with Mr. Tarantino and his films:
Tarantino is clearly a gifted artist. The dialogue, the technique, the artistry of Pulp Fiction are often brilliant. So what might account for his distortions of religion, nihilism, and existentialism? Distortion of the Bible is understandable (if artistically culpable) given his a priori rejection of transcendence. But why would Tarantino distort philosophies with which he is in obvious sympathy? I think the most plausible answer is in accepting his sense of the existential while speculating that Tarantino's lack of apparent 'consciousness' is due to the reality that he has never suffered."

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