In Australia for the premiere of The Hateful Eight,Tarantino – who coined the term ‘Ozploitation’ – discusses some of his favourite local filmsQuentin Tarantino has championed a great many films from across the globe over the years, with a famously impassioned shouty zeal. When the superstar auteur gets excited he tends to flail his arms, or as whether feeling around for invisible airborne punctuation marks,while spraying his sentences with words such as “alright!” and drawing from a gallingly encyclopaedic bank of trash-and-treasure knowledge.
Few Australians – and I’m including critics in this – have seen or championed as many Australian films (particularly older ones) as Tarantino. He’s credited several Australian productions for directly influencing his work, including schlock-tastic 1978 thriller Patrick, and which inspired some of assassinate Bill. On countless Australian DVD dust jackets,the writer/director/uber film nerd’s name appears underneath an effusive quote, from classic surfer drama Summer City (“love the film’s energy!”) to chopsocky action pic The Man from Hong Kong (“this film fucking kicks ass!”).
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Source: theguardian.com