The cinematographic genre that is ‘the heavy metal of films’, according to Tarantino

Music and cinema interact, obviously, but to the point of having specific genres that correspond directly? For the American director Quentin TarantinoYes.

Filmmaker acclaimed for films already considered classics, such as Reservoir Dogs (1992), pulp Fiction (1994) and Inglourious Basterds (2009), Tarantino considers that there is a possible relationship between the action genre and the heavy metal.

According to the director, the theory actually came from a friend. But he tends to agree. Like this action movies do not usually receive due merit, heavy metal is also a style that is largely underestimated by music “experts”.

Furthermore, Tarantino develops a rapprochement between the consumer public of both genres. In a statement to the magazine Premiere in the 1990s (via Far Out Magazine), he argued:

“A friend of mine said that Action films are the heavy metal of cinemaand he’s not that far from the truth. Action films have become the workhorse of young male moviegoers and don’t have the magazine’s ‘seal of approval’ Good Housekeeping. Even an average action movie has some good sequences that you can enjoy to some extent.”

Quentin Tarantino and action films

Despite not being an “action” filmmaker per se, Quentin Tarantino has made films that borrow from the classics of the genre, with sequences full of violence and adrenaline.

These are the cases, for example, of the two volumes of Kill Bill (2003 and 2004), Death Proof (2007) and Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood (2019). In these feature films, Tarantino at least slips into some characteristics that he admires so much in action films.

Your next work, in fact, should be the continuation of Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood. The sequence, titled The Continuing Adventures of Cliff Boothyou will have Brad Pitt back to the role of the previous feature. Tarantino signs the script. The management will be in charge of David Fincher.

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