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.
Will Cannes Film Festival Continue Its Fast & Furious Journey To Crash The Oscar Race – Who May Be Going All The Way To The Dolby?
deadline.comNo one really expected this year’s Cannes Film Festival to replicate the stellar showing of last year at the Oscars where three official selections – Killers Of The Flower Moon, Anatomy Of A Fall, and The Zone Of Interest – took an unprecedented three of the ten slots for Best Picture and a total of 20 nominations and 3 wins between them.
How many times can the French catch lightning in a bottle like that achievement? Who thought 2019 could be equaled or topped when Parasite became the first Palme d’Or winner to also take the Best Picture Oscar since Marty did it in 1955, and where Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood (also an official selection that year) went on to ten nominations and two Oscar wins?
Cannes had largely been thought too risky, too early for serious launches of potential Oscar nominees and winners, except for those hoping to land a spot in the Best International Film (formerly Foreign Language Film) race where Cannes has always been influential.
Now clearly things are changing, especially with the increased Global footprint and membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
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