Quentin Tarantino

Cited on the shows, as a critic is, not present.

Wikidata Q3772: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

Counted as other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: The Killing (1956); The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974); King of New York (1990); The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010); Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019); Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026); Breathless; Buddy Buddy; James Bond series. Count them as director (10 films), writer (10 films), actor (5 films), producer (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

A Clockwork Orange (1971): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026), which they were tied to as referenced as the 'post-Tarantino' fanboy-critic phenomenon: A Clockwork Orange ⇒ Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (the host's read). The contrapuntal needle drop descends from Singin' in the Rain in Clockwork Orange and Stuck in the Middle with You in Reservoir Dogs.
    “all the way back to singing in the rain in Clockwork Orange or stuck in the middle with you in, in, in, in Reservoir dogs.”
    The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 0:22:08 · Adam Nayman (0.55 sure it was them)

Alien (1979): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026), which they were tied to as referenced as the 'post-Tarantino' fanboy-critic phenomenon: Alien ⇒ Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (the host's read). Ripley stripped to underwear at the end is a vulnerability beat that Miasma echoes.
    “Yes, it is echoed in Teenage Tech”
    The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 0:47:57 · Adam Nayman (0.50 sure it was them)

Apocalypse Now (1979): 1 line

  1. lineage (visual influence) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as owner of the New Beverly theater: Apocalypse Now ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). The dogs at Spahn Ranch play the role of the Duvall helicopters, constantly present and disorienting.
    “He wanted the dogs to be the helicopters.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:25 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as owner of the New Beverly theater: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the maker said so). Tarantino said Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice influenced the characters, looks, and scenery.
    “Quinn said Bob and Carol and Ted Alice was a big influence on this movie”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:09:23 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Buddy Buddy: 1 line, within their own work

  1. unmapped (reason to retire) · them, directly: Buddy Buddy ⇒ Quentin Tarantino (the maker said so: every interview). Tarantino says in interviews he is retiring so as not to make a Buddy Buddy.
    “I was like, don't want to make buddy buddy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:04:58 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

City on Fire (1987): 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · them, directly: City on Fire ⇒ Quentin Tarantino (the host's read). Tarantino was accused of ripping off many movies while he called it homage.
    “He was saying he was doing homages and other people were saying, you just ripped off all of these 7 movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:49:33 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)

Clean Break (novel): 1 line

  1. lineage (adaptation) · through The Killing (1956), which they were tied to as champion of The Killing in the 90s: Clean Break (novel) ⇒ The Killing (the host's read). The film is the screen version of the novel Clean Break.
    “Clean Break was the name of the book.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:05:46 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Do the Right Thing (1989): 1 line

  1. unmapped (borrowed line) · them, directly: Do the Right Thing ⇒ Quentin Tarantino (the host's read). Sean says Tarantino lifted the 'shoot me in a dream, wake up and apologize' line from Do the Right Thing into Reservoir Dogs.
    “you shoot me in a dream, you better wake up and apologize, which is something that I think Robin Harris says in the movie, which later appears in Reservoir Dogs”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:50:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Ed Gein: 1 line

  1. lineage (real-life source) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer ('one of the few perfect movies'): Ed Gein ⇒ The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (the host's read). The film was a little influenced by Ed Gein, whose skin masks and grave digging fascinated Hollywood.
    “it was a little influenced by the great Ed Geen.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:17:18 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

Friday the 13th (1980): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026), which they were tied to as referenced as the 'post-Tarantino' fanboy-critic phenomenon: Friday the 13th ⇒ Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (the host's read). The in-film franchise is very much Friday the 13th while also running through the paces of Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer.
    “It is very much Friday the 13th, but it's also gone through some of the same paces as Scream, and I know what you did last summer and things like that.”
    The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 0:21:40 · Adam Nayman (0.50 sure it was them)

Lee Van Cleef: 1 line

  1. lineage (source of a detail) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as owner of the New Beverly theater: Lee Van Cleef ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the maker said so: he told me; I asked Quentin about it). The painting of Rick in the driveway came from Tarantino finding a giant Lee Van Cleef painting in the actor's garage while scouting.
    “that's why I put a painting of Rick in the driveway.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:44:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Night of the Living Dead (1968): 1 line

  1. lineage (inspiration) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer ('one of the few perfect movies'): Night of the Living Dead ⇒ The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (the host's read). Hooper saw the line down the block for Night of the Living Dead and decided to make a horror film with his own ideas about Vietnam-era America.
    “Toby Hooper, who directed Chainsaw Massacre, went and saw Night of the Living Dead.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:03:15 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)

Pulp Fiction (1994): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as owner of the New Beverly theater: Pulp Fiction ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Marcellus's you-pride-only-hurts speech to Butch is the same speech Pacino gives DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
    “And it's the same speech that Pacino gives DiCaprio at Rousseau and Frank in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:32 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

Sleepaway Camp: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026), which they were tied to as referenced as the 'post-Tarantino' fanboy-critic phenomenon: Sleepaway Camp ⇒ Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (the maker said so: interviews with Jane). Sleepaway Camp is among the films in Miasma's DNA, along with Nightmare on Elm Street 2.
    “I think the movies that are in this movie's DNA or that have come up in interviews”
    The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 0:30:53 · Adam Nayman (0.50 sure it was them)

Spike Lee: 1 line

  1. people (feud) · them, directly: Spike Lee ⇒ Quentin Tarantino (the host's read). Sean thinks Spike's long clash with Tarantino is partly because Tarantino took things directly from this movie.
    “So there's this longtime clash between Spike and Tarantino.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:50:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Stanley Kubrick: 1 line

  1. unmapped (drew on his chess life) · through The Killing (1956), which they were tied to as champion of The Killing in the 90s: Stanley Kubrick ⇒ The Killing (the host's read). The speaker says the movie comes out of Kubrick's chess life in several ways.
    “I love how much this movie comes out of Kubrick's chess life in multiple ways.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:09:39 · Griffin Newman (0.70 sure it was them)

Sunset Boulevard: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026), which they were tied to as referenced as the 'post-Tarantino' fanboy-critic phenomenon: Sunset Boulevard ⇒ Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (the host's read). Billy is partly a Sunset Boulevard figure, which Anderson played with in costuming, and the film acknowledges the Norma Desmond comparison itself.
    “the Sunset Boulevard reference”
    The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 1:14:37 · Gillian Anderson (0.90 sure it was them)

The Hateful Eight (2015): 1 line

  1. theme (opening echo) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as owner of the New Beverly theater: The Hateful Eight ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). The slow pan out to the painting of Rick echoes the slow pan out to the Jesus statue in Hateful Eight.
    “It's very similar to the beginning of Hateful 8, where there's this very slow panout and it's like a Jesus Christ statue.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:44:05 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (visual influence) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as owner of the New Beverly theater: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Tarantino wanted the Spahn Ranch sequence to feel like Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
    “Tarantino wanted it to look like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and had his crew research, Texas Chant, and the whole feel of it and how desolate it was.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:06 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958): 1 line

  1. lineage (based on) · through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019), which they were tied to as owner of the New Beverly theater: Wanted: Dead or Alive ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Bounty Law is based on Steve McQueen's Wanted Dead or Alive.
    “Bounty Lostar, which was based on Wanted Dead or Alive with Steve McQueen”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:16:14 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Friday the 13th (1980): 4 lines

  1. unmapped (template) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer ('one of the few perfect movies'): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). The imposing masked killer and the final girl in Chainsaw became the slasher template Friday the 13th and Halloween used.
    “We have that, that ends up in Halloween, Friday the 13th, everything else.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:04:06 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (final girl prototype) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer ('one of the few perfect movies'): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). Sally is the ground-zero prototype final girl later ripped off in every Friday the 13th and most Halloween movies.
    “she's the prototype ground 0 final girl that then gets ripped off.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:06:46 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (rip-off) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer ('one of the few perfect movies'): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). The final girl running to Jason's mom for help copies Sally running to the gas station guy.
    “Friday the 13th rips it off.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:41:15 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. lineage (lineage) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer ('one of the few perfect movies'): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Friday the 13th (the host's read). Friday borrowed the seemingly friendly helper who turns out hostile and the killer who keeps getting back up.
    “a seemingly friendly helper who ends up being not friendly, the Texas chainsaw move.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:46:48 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Halloween (1978): 2 lines

  1. lineage (ancestor) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer ('one of the few perfect movies'): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Halloween (the host's read). Halloween felt like it invented modern horror, but on rewatch Chainsaw is the real ground zero.
    “whenever I watch Chainsaw, I'm like, no, actually this is ground zero.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:03:01 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. programming (double feature) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer ('one of the few perfect movies'): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Halloween (the host's read). Bill pairs it with Halloween to compare how much Halloween cribbed from Chainsaw.
    “I went Halloween just to compare and contrast like how much Halloween, crib done, chainsaw, all that stuff.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 1:31:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

The Dark Knight (2008): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through James Bond series, which they were tied to as rumored to want a Bond movie: James Bond series ⇒ The Dark Knight (the host's read). Nolan's Batman films are read as a commentary on Bond.
    “I think Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight movies are also a commentary on James Bond, if you look at them from one direction”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Skyfall’ With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:46:41 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (homage) · through The Killing (1956), which they were tied to as champion of The Killing in the 90s: The Killing ⇒ The Dark Knight (the host's read). The clown mask is said to look basically like the Joker mask Nolan pays homage to in The Dark Knight.
    “Nolan obviously pays homage to in the Dark Knight”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 1:28:00 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)

Alien (1979): 1 line

  1. lineage (inspiration) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer ('one of the few perfect movies'): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Alien (the host's read). Chainsaw is what inspired Ridley Scott to make Alien.
    “Texas Chainsaw Basker is what inspired Ridley Scott to make alien.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:51:40 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (visual influence) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer ('one of the few perfect movies'): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (the host's read). Tarantino wanted the Spahn Ranch sequence to feel like Texas Chain Saw Massacre.
    “Tarantino wanted it to look like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre and had his crew research, Texas Chant, and the whole feel of it and how desolate it was.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:37:06 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

One-Eyed Jacks (1961): 1 line

  1. unmapped (led to) · through The Killing (1956), which they were tied to as champion of The Killing in the 90s: The Killing ⇒ One-Eyed Jacks (the host's read). Brando had seen The Killing and Paths of Glory and wanted Kubrick to direct his western.
    “Marlon Brando had seen the killing and had seen paths of glory and thought Kubrick was great.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Spartacus with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 0:39:11 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Paranormal Activity (2007): 1 line

  1. unmapped (indie legacy) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer ('one of the few perfect movies'): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Paranormal Activity (the host's read). Chainsaw invented the no-money, unknown-actors, one-idea indie horror run that Halloween, Blair Witch and Paranormal Activity followed.
    “This, Halloween, Blur Witch, paranormal activity. We have no money. You don't know these actors.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:02:31 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Paths of Glory (1957): 1 line

  1. unmapped (led to) · through The Killing (1956), which they were tied to as champion of The Killing in the 90s: The Killing ⇒ Paths of Glory (the host's read). Kirk Douglas saw The Killing and wanted that director for Paths of Glory.
    “And then didn't Kirk Douglas see this and went, oh, this is paths of glory.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 1:05:46 · Patton Oswalt (0.35 sure it was them)

Quentin Tarantino: 1 line, within their own work

  1. unmapped (reason to retire) · through Buddy Buddy, which they were tied to as filmmaker; cited on Buddy Buddy and Private Life of Sherlock Holmes: Buddy Buddy ⇒ Quentin Tarantino (the maker said so: every interview). Tarantino says in interviews he is retiring so as not to make a Buddy Buddy.
    “I was like, don't want to make buddy buddy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:04:58 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Reservoir Dogs (1992): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Killing (1956), which they were tied to as champion of The Killing in the 90s: The Killing ⇒ Reservoir Dogs (the maker said so: a Tarantino quote the host reads). Tarantino said Reservoir Dogs was his version of Kubrick's heist film, without meaning it as a ripoff.
    “but I did think of it as my killing, my take on that kind of heist movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:47:05 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them)

San Diego Comic-Con: 1 line

  1. industry (industry) · through The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), which they were tied to as commentator on Twilight: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse ⇒ San Diego Comic-Con (the host's read). Twilight fans camping out for Hall H changed fandom protocol, then Marvel fans retaliated.
    “the Twyhards are the one who started that thing of like, Hall H is the biggest venue”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 1:42:51 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022, Netflix): 1 line

  1. contrast (contrast) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer ('one of the few perfect movies'): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022, Netflix) (the host's read). The Netflix legacy sequel replaces the original's horror with influencers and a DEI angle.
    “It was like a DEI, Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:28:47 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

The Blair Witch Project (1999): 1 line

  1. industry (marketing precedent) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer ('one of the few perfect movies'): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ The Blair Witch Project (the host's read). The 'based on true events' opening was smart and was ripped off by Blair Witch in 1999, pre-internet.
    “We didn't know any better in 1999.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:17:13 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2: 1 line

  1. contrast (contrast) · through The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), which they were tied to as admirer ('one of the few perfect movies'): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ⇒ The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 2 (the host's read). Part 2 reuses the framework but changes the tone to slapstick comedy.
    “Texas Chainsaw Messker 2 is basically a slapstick comedy.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:27:15 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (51) everyone in directing

Writing (17) everyone in writing

Other (10) everyone in other

Acting (6) everyone in acting

Producing (1) everyone in producing

What was said about them, by kind

career (11)

  1. career (career): Don Johnson → Quentin Tarantino. Directors who grew up on him now cast him: Rian Johnson, Tarantino, McBride, Hill.
    “all these guys, like Ryan Johnson and Tarantino and McBride and Hill, are all in the age range too, have been like, Don Johnson, that's the coolest guy.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Miami Vice - Pilot Episode · 0:56:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Sylvester Stallone → Quentin Tarantino. Stallone's self-made breakout is likened to Tarantino crossed with acting, and Tarantino was the runner-up for who won the movie.
    “It's Tarantino crossed with acting almost?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:14:52 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Quentin Tarantino → Pulp Fiction. Tarantino was in Amsterdam when he wrote the film, so Vincent's Amsterdam talk is his own life.
    “Quentin was literally in Amsterdam when he was writing it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:06:31 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  4. career (career): Quentin Tarantino → Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel. Siskel and Ebert asked whether Tarantino was too much too soon; 30 years later he is one of the best.
    “Tarantino gets what's age the best too, because even they said that in that Ebert Cisco thing I mentioned earlier where they're like, is this too much too soon?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:09:47 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  5. career (career): Quentin Tarantino → Jackie Brown. Tarantino waited 3 years for Jackie Brown, which was not celebrated like Pulp, so the proof took closer to 10 years.
    “he waited 3 years to make Jackie Brown and Jackie Brown, which is incredible film, but was not celebrated like pulp too.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:09:59 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  6. career (career): Quentin Tarantino → The Hateful Eight. Tarantino keeps putting himself in his movies, e.g., Death Proof and narrating Hateful Eight.
    “He puts himself in a lot of the movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:42:55 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  7. career (career): Quentin Tarantino → Daniel Day-Lewis. Tarantino is fine disappearing for years then coming back, like Day-Lewis.
    “almost like a Daniel DeLouis.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:42:25 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  8. career (career): Quentin Tarantino → Sleep with Me. His cameo in Sleep With Me, riffing on Top Gun, is the same kind of theory talk.
    “It was like that movie we talked about on a previous pod about his cameo and sleep with me.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:10:17 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  9. career (career): Reservoir Dogs → Quentin Tarantino. He cast himself in his first film and became a rock-star director unlike any since.
    “He put himself front and center in the 1st movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:26:31 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  10. career (career): Quentin Tarantino → Spike Lee. Spike (via Jordan) is named as a rare comparable in sought-after notoriety.
    “Maybe Spike. It's like, because of Jordan.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:27:39 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  11. career (career comp): Zach Cregger → Quentin Tarantino. Four films then a breather would be like Tarantino's Kill Bill then the stop-down.
    “for Quentin, that would have been like the kill Bill and then the stopdown after that, right?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · 1:16:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

contrast (4)

  1. contrast (contrast): Quentin Tarantino → Steven Soderbergh. His press presence lifted him beyond being just a cool indie filmmaker like Soderbergh.
    “propelling him out of just being like Soderberg or like a cool interesting indie filmmaker”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:27:10 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Quentin Tarantino → Steven Spielberg. Spielberg would not do a talk-show couch turn the way Tarantino did.
    “That is Steven Spielberg doesn't do that.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:27:29 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Quentin Tarantino → Orson Welles. After the debut he was compared to Welles, but unlike Welles he topped it with Pulp Fiction.
    “The the person, the number one person that he was compared to after this came out was Orson Wells.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:26:45 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. contrast (contrast): James Cameron → Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino promised early retirement; Cameron said he would never retire and was spending his prime years diving.
    “But Tarantino was talking about his long promise thing of, you know, I'll retire when I'm 50.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:28:23 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Bronagh Gallagher → Quentin Tarantino. Trudy is the silent third person every drug house has, which Tarantino had to put in a movie.
    “So he's like, I got to put that into a movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:33:33 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)

industry (4)

  1. industry (industry): Quentin Tarantino → Killing Zoe. Tarantino produced Killing Zoe, written and directed by Roger Avery.
    “He produced that, which was written by and directed by Roger Avery.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:23:57 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Quentin Tarantino → Reality Bites. Reality Bites got My Sharona for its convenience store scene; licensing chose it over the gang rape scene, and Tarantino says he is glad.
    “Reality Bites also wanted it for the convenience store scene.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:49:51 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. industry (industry): Quentin Tarantino → City on Fire. Tarantino was accused of ripping off many movies while he called it homage.
    “He was saying he was doing homages and other people were saying, you just ripped off all of these 7 movies.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:49:33 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. industry (industry): Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma → Quentin Tarantino. The movie sits in the post-Tarantino phenomenon of cinephile-flattering films, but Jane is an artist, not a hack.
    “this is the post-Tarantino phenomenon of like, you know, critics get turned into to fanboys”
    The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 0:12:57 · Adam Nayman (0.50 sure it was them)

people (5)

  1. people (feud): Spike Lee → Quentin Tarantino. Sean thinks Spike's long clash with Tarantino is partly because Tarantino took things directly from this movie.
    “So there's this longtime clash between Spike and Tarantino.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:50:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Quentin Tarantino → Lawrence Bender. Bender's acting teacher's wife passed the script to Harvey Keitel, which got it financed.
    “Bender gives the script to his acting teacher, whose wife gave the script to Harvey Keitel.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:21:15 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. people (original writer): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (and the planned Fincher follow-up) → Quentin Tarantino. The Netflix deal ties Fincher and Tarantino.
    “I know you're very upset about the Netflix vacation of Fincher and Tarantino.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:35:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. people (people): Natural Born Killers → Quentin Tarantino. Brian loves the Tarantino script of Natural Born Killers but hates the Stone film.
    “which I hate the movie, but I love the script”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:20:26 · Brian Koppelman (0.85 sure it was them)
  5. people (people): Breathless → Quentin Tarantino. The Richard Gere remake of Breathless is one Tarantino loves.
    “Tarantino loves?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Return of the Jedi · 2:13:27 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): King of New York → Quentin Tarantino. The Rewatchables did a King of New York episode with Quentin Tarantino.
    “We did a great rewatchables episode about it with Quentin Tarantino about 5 years ago.”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:07:25 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (cultural-impact-comparison): Wes Anderson → Quentin Tarantino. In 2001 there was a sense Anderson could be as significant a voice as Tarantino, who came slightly earlier.
    “there was a feeling in 01 that I think he had a chance to be like as significant a voice as Tarantino.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 0:17:14 · Chris Ryan (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Quentin Tarantino → Antonioni and Kurosawa. He married high and low: exploitation plus Antonioni and Kurosawa plus yakuza movies.
    “It's the marriage of the high and the low.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:14:48 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

unmapped (5)

  1. unmapped (admirer): The Texas Chain Saw Massacre → Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino wrote that Chainsaw is one of the few perfect movies ever made.
    “To me, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the few perfect movies ever made.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan · 0:00:56 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (reviver of stars): Quentin Tarantino → Brad Pitt. Tarantino revives superstars; Brad and Leo got best performances from Basterds, Django and this.
    “He likes to revive superstars and he's the fixer.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:19:54 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (borrowed line): Quentin Tarantino → Do the Right Thing. Sean says Tarantino lifted the 'shoot me in a dream, wake up and apologize' line from Do the Right Thing into Reservoir Dogs.
    “you shoot me in a dream, you better wake up and apologize, which is something that I think Robin Harris says in the movie, which later appears in Reservoir Dogs”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Do The Right Thing’ With Sean Fennessey and Wesley Morris · 0:50:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  4. unmapped (reason to retire): Quentin Tarantino → Buddy Buddy. Tarantino says in interviews he is retiring so as not to make a Buddy Buddy.
    “I was like, don't want to make buddy buddy.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:04:58 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. unmapped (advocacy): Quentin Tarantino → The Killing. Tarantino championed The Killing in the 90s, drawing more people to it.
    “I think Tarantino was like really, really advocating for that movie in the 90s, and so a lot more people got onto it that are more our age.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 0:45:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

verdict (4)

  1. verdict (verdict): Quentin Tarantino → Pulp Fiction. Quentin won the movie; Jackson is the runner-up.
    “Sam Jackson didn't win the movie, but it's definitely Tarantino.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:40:51 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (favorite actors): Quentin Tarantino → Michael Madsen. Tarantino has gotten the best out of actors like Travolta, Madsen, Jamie Foxx, David Carradine.
    “He's definitely gotten the best Madsons, yeah.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood’ Live From Sundance With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:19:29 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Quentin Tarantino → The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. Tarantino said on a Video Archives episode this was the Wilder film to end on.
    “this is the one he should have ended on.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:05:09 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. verdict (verdict): The Twilight Saga: Eclipse → Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino told Eli Roth the Twilight movies are for 12-year-old girls and a gateway drug to cinema.
    “They're for 12-year-old girls and they might be a great gateway drug to cinema.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Eclipse · 0:09:36 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Quentin Tarantino: Bill's Jimmy Kimmel story: Tarantino picked his audience-theater parody script, gave notes, and directed it on air.
    “So he picked my bit.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:28:30 · Bill Simmons (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Quentin Tarantino: Tarantino planned My Sharona for Pulp Fiction but Reality Bites got the rights first.
    “Quentin Tarantino, was supposed to use my Sharona.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan · 0:59:17 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Quentin Tarantino: Reservoir Dogs is disqualified for Brian because Tarantino disowned his earlier first feature, never properly distributed.
    “he's disowned it as a formal part of his filmography”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:40:29 · Brian Koppelman (0.85 sure it was them)