Argumentative Essay On Tarantino

Tarantino-Comparative Essay
Alex Bouter

Tarantino is an extra-ordinary, peculiar and quirky director that spent his younger years hibernating in a video rental shop, where he learnt all he knows about films. He took what he learnt and made some of the most controversial movies ever seen in the film industry. While he was there, he formed certain opinions about all the movies he watched and got fixed on certain genres, which he now incorporates in all of his films. Manipulating his audience is his main aim and he does this through influencing conventions and in some cases flipping them on their heads. The above statement can be attached to Tarantino’s films as he has a certain method of making films that make fun of conventions and use them to get a certain reaction from his audience.

Tarantino’s use of conventions sometimes leave the audience in disarray, not knowing what is going on and
Pulp Fiction is a film focused on sex, drugs and rock n’ roll which in itself is a convention. He exposes many issues that most people believe to be “hush hush” subjects. Another subject that is taboo to some, that Tarantino uses, is explicit violence or exaggerated violence which is the convention of action-violence films. In Source H it shows a popular internet cartoon show called ‘Happy Tree Friends’ which can be linked to Tarantino’s films, as it shows really gory violence that is unfavorable to some. In his films, this convention is almost in every scene which adds a whole different genre to some of his films. Source A talks about how Tarantino uses this to his advantage and exaggerates violence to the point where it is surrealistic and fake in some circumstances. This exploits the audience as they believe the film to be a joke but can’t get enough of it because of its entertainment factor. Numerous people are attracted to violent films and this is how Tarantino gets some of his