Film Courage: What did studying Quentin Tarantino teach you about storytelling? Tara Wood, Filmmaker of QT8: The First Eight: Haha what
did Quentin teach me about storytelling? His attention to detail on
every level. I think that's what Quentin taught me. Like you
have to pay attention to everything it's all important the fact that he has the
kangaroo from Pulp Fiction on the shelf and Jackie Brown and I believe in
The Hateful Eight those little those little things not only is it cool but it's it's
cool here you know because I kangaroo meant so much back then in Pulp Fiction
to bring it now and gives the viewer something to look for look forward to I
mean that's his type of thing but uh what's another example of the detail DM
oh like uma shoes her little tiger a6 which I've got a little white ones on on
the when she walks across the glass I think it says on the bottom of
it we're of the other like little things like that that speaks to
her character it is amazing you don't notice as it floats by maybe but we
still pick it up as humans right our brain still maybe not the fuck you on
the sneaker specifically but the attention to detail shows right I should
think of another good example of that but he's there's nothing out of place in
a Tarantino script or a Tarantino film or even in his marketing I mean he's a
master pretty much across all aspects of filmmaking and I think I think that's
what I learned about would I hope to carry with me is the
attention to detail and then there's also the part of Quentin where people
want to hear him speak he's a so it's the same with like Kevin Smith where
like they're so fascinating to listen to they are fascinating and that's not true
with a lot of directors but those two yes and deaf right Quentin like there's
no subject thanks so much you look again when you're listening to somebody or
watching somebody do what they love to do or talk about something that they
love and there's that knowledgeable about it it's you're just engrossed it's
it's amazing he's fantastic but you don't so here's a great example I'm not
an f1 fan right I don't follow it SENNA's my favorite
documentary I love that documentary it's so good I don't care about the racing
right so this is why I like revisiting Tarantino films whether you're a fan or
not to sit and just look at the majesty that he creates is fascinating he he's
he's just fascinating and in you to something in an interview that he pays
attention to detail and he'll go I think you use the example of the pub and
listen to people speak how much research did you put in on Quentin and also on
Rick just just you were already a fan of their films you knew their work but I
mean how much more were you were you doing not a lot actually and I was very
specific not to I watched their films I didn't want to know about personal stuff
I didn't want to dig into I didn't want to know that stuff so again going back
to that innocence and the the stories to come out as I sat with people I wanted
that to be fresh to me and what and what resonated so that I give if I heard that
in the news somewhere else or read it somewhere it would have been I feel like
deluded so I was I was very careful to not or I thought I should say I fought
not looking at certain things all right because there's grape there's great
books on Quinton on style and on his history and I I almost
did I was like maybe I should be better informed but it's somebody else's
opinion of and I just kind of wanted whoever I was sitting with I wanted
theirs I didn't want another opinion to to be in my brain or something to be
said and I've heard it elsewhere so I dismiss it right so I was very careful
to not do too much research yeah I find that interesting because it's sometimes
very helpful in getting the best out of someone because there's a sense of
discovery if you know too much and then again at the personal life I find that
clouds I mean just being in the world you hear about quitting turns you know
right so there is already enough there that you almost have to you know plate
your muffs on tonight hear about him when a film comes out or what how people
talking about filmmaking ever in general or daily life actually comes out so
there's definitely there's enough out there about Quinn I I didn't want to I
didn't want to flood more right I have since yeah it's fine I agree I think
sometimes knowing who someone's spouses or whatever it clouds the interview
because now you have that in your mind if you don't know that personal stuff
then you now you're just talking about the work if that's what you're there for
if you're there for something where it's more personal than I'd be different but
if it's about the work I I agree I think that would be so a great example
actually is with regard to Huma so there's so much in the news about luma
and after that the car accident oh they've they've fallen out they hate
each other there's there's so many different stories about that
relationship and when the truth came out from uma it was okay that that that's
what the truth is right so and actually she came out and said something out the
post the Weinstein stuff I don't have a shoe with Quentin so you know I've issue
with the fact that the footage was was withheld from me right and they had a
falling out it was a terrible thing that happened
and life happens right sure but they have since come back to each other and
they're their friends and what have you so if I did do too much investigating
into into that story there's a lot of conjecture out there about it and it may
have skewed how I took what I learned in the process all right it also even
reading comments I think can consume because sometimes you're not sure where
is this person someone on the inside is it just some person that's delusional
though who actually is close to that person where they have the correct
information yeah there's just a lot of voices right right in the world today
especially with social media and such that so then your advice maybe for
another documentarian is go in but don't don't go in blind of course but then
don't go in maybe with too much because it's better for the discovery I think so
I think so with regard to people right mom that's a good point right if you're
documenting if it's a historical documentary or something like that
that's much different obviously I'd read everything on that subject right and
then you balance out everything you take in but um I think when it comes to
people we're not our culture isn't very respectful of that so in order to be
respectful I think you need to hear it from from the person right I don't think
the the research applies necessarily
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