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.
TCM Classic Film Festival Opens With John Travolta At 30th Anniversary Screening of ‘Pulp Fiction’
deadline.comTurner Classic Movies (TCM) will open the 15th annual TCM Classic Film Festival on Thursday, April 18 with a 35mm screening of the classic neo-noir Pulp Fiction (1994).
Two-time Academy Award nominee John Travolta will attend to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film. Pulp Fiction kicks off a weekend of programming set within the theme “Most Wanted: Crime and Justice in Film,” as well as the 30th anniversary of the network. “Pulp Fiction is one of the most important and influential movies of the 1990s.
It was Quentin Tarantino’s magnum opus and the beginning of a well-deserved comeback for John Travolta,” said Ben Mankiewicz, TCM primetime anchor and official host of the TCM Classic Film Festival. “Like Bonnie and Clyde and The Godfather, it changed our thinking about the type of stories Hollywood could tell.” Pulp Fiction gives an inside look at a community of criminals, starring Travolta, Uma Thurman, and Samuel L.
Jackson, who were all nominated for Academy Awards for their turns. The film earned writer/director Tarantino his first Oscar, as well as the Palme d’Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.
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