Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American filmmaker, actor, film programmer, and cinema owner.
His films are characterized by nonlinear storylines, satirical subject matter, aestheticization of violence, extended scenes of dialogue, ensemble casts, references to popular culture and a wide variety of other films, soundtracks primarily containing songs and score pieces from the 1960s to the 1980s, alternate history, and features of neo-noir film.
How Quentin Tarantino’s Battle to Own ‘Pulp Fiction’ Exposed the Digital Rights Minefield
variety.comQuentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” hit the multiplexes in 1994, few could predict the effects the kinetic, darkly comedic adventure would have on the film business.
More than a quarter-century later, the movie many consider to be the director’s signature work has influenced Hollywood again — in ways no one could have foretold.Last year, the filmmaker made plans to release NFTs based on the picture, and was sued for doing so by Miramax, the studio that released “Pulp Fiction.” Tarantino owns the copyright to the screenplay for the movie, but the studio, which owns the copyright to the movie, believes its claims extend to technology that wasn’t even created in the era when John Travolta turned heads by dancing with Uma Thurman in one of the film’s most memorable scenes.
The lawsuit over this case is wending its way through federal court in Los Angeles. The industry should get used to that kind of off-screen drama in the future.“We have a new technology.
We spend a lot of time exploring and really trying to figure out whether our clients have those rights to exploitation with new technologies,” says Amy Siegel, a partner and co-head of the entertainment, sports and media industry group at O’Melveny & Myers, which is not involved in the case.
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