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Tarantino lets go of gentlemanly ways
(AFP)
Updated: 2007-08-03 10:03
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Quentin Tarantino
"One of the things I've always been rather proud of about me as a
director and especially my handling of women is, I've always been a
gentleman," the 44-year-old "Pulp Fiction" director said.
But in his latest film, inspired by the 1960s B-rated or so-called
"grindhouse" movies, Tarantino laughed that he "sent the gentleman home."
"You don't want to see a grindhouse movie made by a gentleman. You want
to see it through the eyes of somebody who's turned on by his women and
who finds them sexy and is presenting them in what he considers the
sexiest way possible," he said.
"Death Proof" tells the story of two sultry women who unleash vengeance
on serial killer Stuntman Mike, played by Kurt Russell. The film also
pays tribute to the 1970 Dodge Challenger, a car iconic of US
counterculture.
Tarantino, wearing an orange shirt with images of the cars, warned his
audience that his perception of sexiness could be different from theirs.
"You would all have slightly different versions of what you find sexy.
But it ain't your movie," he said, wagging his finger at the audience and
laughing.
"It's my movie. It's my job to help you see it through my eyes."
Tarantino has featured many empowered gun-and-sword-wielding women in his
movies, from "Jackie Brown" to "Kill Bill."
He said his portrayal of women came from being raised by a single mother.
"I was always raised more or less to believe that there is nothing a man
can do that a woman can't do."
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