Hey friends, somehow I have another piece in the ol’ Village Voice. This one is about Quentin Tarantino and why I hate when people say that his movies are just rip offs of other movies. I want to sincerely thank C.J. Holden for setting me off on a rant about that topic in a comment thread a while back, some of which was adapted into this more concise and polished version.
Let me know what you think.
VERN has been reviewing movies since 1999 and is the author of the books SEAGALOGY: A STUDY OF THE ASS-KICKING FILMS OF STEVEN SEAGAL, YIPPEE KI-YAY MOVIEGOER!: WRITINGS ON BRUCE WILLIS, BADASS CINEMA AND OTHER IMPORTANT TOPICS and NIKETOWN: A NOVEL. His horror-action novel WORM ON A HOOK will arrive later this year.
January 3rd, 2013 at 3:14 am
Required reading for any Tarantino fan.
Some guy in the comments accuses you of being 20. Do you laugh at him for this assumption that only hipster 20-year-olds would like Tarantino, get angry that he totally did not get that you weren’t favoring new films over old, or be flattered that he thought you were 20?