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.
In writer/director Quentin Tarantino’s career, the filmmaker has really only handled one major adaptation with “Jackie Brown.” That1997 film was adapted from the novel “Rum Punch” by Elmore Leonard, the same author that wrote the string of books that the show “Justified” is based on (Tarantino in talks to direct episodes for its new incarnation). “Jackie Brown” is considered one of the filmmaker’s more patient and mature outings.
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