In Australia for the premiere of The Hateful Eight, Tarantino – who coined the term ‘Ozploitation’ – discusses some of his favourite local films
Quentin 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, as if 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, which inspired some of Kill 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...
Quentin 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, as if 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, which inspired some of Kill 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...
- 1/15/2016
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
Mel Gibson, whom I interviewed for Venice Magazine in late 2000, was my first real childhood hero I sat down with. If you were a Gen-x male, Mel Gibson was the closest thing we had to Paul Newman, Steve McQueen and Sean Connery: a guy's guy whom guys wanted to emulate and women wanted to copulate. If you were a guy who liked girls, the math in the previous equation was pretty simple: be like Mel. Sadly, Gibson's life has taken a very public turn for the worse in the last decade, since his personal legal and troubles stemming from a 2006 DUI arrest in Malibu were made public, one from which his image has yet to fully recover. It was an unfortunate fall from grace for a guy who literally had Hollywood, and the world, in the palm of his hand after sweeping the 1995 Oscars with his box office smash "Braveheart.
- 6/30/2015
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Gold Coast-based veteran writer, producer and director Phil Avalon is currently developing a World War I film, The Stolen, with director Geoff Davis. After more than two years. production, the film is close to completion.
The Stolen follows an unknown soldier who grew up on a farm in Queensland, signing up at a very young age to join the war. He returns home only to find that his family destroyed by bushrangers who have killed his father and kidnapped his sister.
Avalon first heard of the film through actor and good friend Tony Bonner, who appeared in his last film, surfing drama Liquid Bridge (2003), which also starred Ryan Kwanten.
.Bonner had been in the film for a while at that time., Avalon recalls. .He suggested that I have a look at this project. So I had a look at the scripts and the vision of the director Geoff Davis. And...
The Stolen follows an unknown soldier who grew up on a farm in Queensland, signing up at a very young age to join the war. He returns home only to find that his family destroyed by bushrangers who have killed his father and kidnapped his sister.
Avalon first heard of the film through actor and good friend Tony Bonner, who appeared in his last film, surfing drama Liquid Bridge (2003), which also starred Ryan Kwanten.
.Bonner had been in the film for a while at that time., Avalon recalls. .He suggested that I have a look at this project. So I had a look at the scripts and the vision of the director Geoff Davis. And...
- 9/20/2012
- by Yuan Liu
- IF.com.au
London, July 17 – Mel Gibson’s former co-star John Jarratt has slammed the ‘Braveheart’ star’s ex Oksana Grigorieva for damaging the reputation of the actor.
The Wolf Creek star branded Grigorieva a ‘despicable person’ who made a ‘mockery’ of Gibson by taping his alleged phone rants.
Gibson has been hit with a series of scandals this month after several separate tape recordings were released online, in which the actor can allegedly be heard making various threats towards Grigorieva.
Jarrett, who has been pals with Gibson since they starred in Summer City in 1977,.
The Wolf Creek star branded Grigorieva a ‘despicable person’ who made a ‘mockery’ of Gibson by taping his alleged phone rants.
Gibson has been hit with a series of scandals this month after several separate tape recordings were released online, in which the actor can allegedly be heard making various threats towards Grigorieva.
Jarrett, who has been pals with Gibson since they starred in Summer City in 1977,.
- 7/17/2010
- by News
- RealBollywood.com
Australian actor John Jarratt has lashed out at Oksana Grigorieva - branding her a "despicable person" who made a "mockery" of Mel Gibson by taping his alleged phone rants.
Gibson has been hit with a series of scandals this month after several separate tape recordings were released online, in which the actor can allegedly be heard making various threats towards Grigorieva.
In one taped call, a man said to be the Braveheart star hurls abuse and berates Grigorieva over her dress sense, purportedly telling her, "You look like a f**king pig in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of n**gers, it will be your fault."
But Wolf Creek star Jarrett, who has been pals with Gibson since they starred in Summer City in 1977, insists the alleged rants were taken out of context and were part of a private argument that should never have been made public.
He tells Sydney's Daily Telegraph, "I've had a few blues (arguments) with my partner and they're not very nice, the 'C' word has been used on both sides. But no one has put that up on the internet, thankfully.
"On the two occasions (Gibson) has been outed, one he was drunk and talking (confidentially) to a police officer and the other was a tape that was released. It's not like he has come out in public and said all these nasty things. He was drunk... like none of us have been?"
"If my daughter went into the Outback in a pair of hot pants, I would say, 'Be careful you don't get raped by a bunch of rednecks.' That doesn't mean everyone in the Outback is a redneck. It was said in the heat of the moment."
And he blames Russian singer Grigorieva for Gibson's damaged reputation - insisting she's out to wreck his life.
Jarrett adds, "The despicable person in this is the woman, who has disgustingly taped this guy because he's extremely famous and tried to ruin his life. She has taped an argument they are having in an acrimonious split - something that happened behind closed doors - and he's been made a mockery of. It's disgusting."...
Gibson has been hit with a series of scandals this month after several separate tape recordings were released online, in which the actor can allegedly be heard making various threats towards Grigorieva.
In one taped call, a man said to be the Braveheart star hurls abuse and berates Grigorieva over her dress sense, purportedly telling her, "You look like a f**king pig in heat, and if you get raped by a pack of n**gers, it will be your fault."
But Wolf Creek star Jarrett, who has been pals with Gibson since they starred in Summer City in 1977, insists the alleged rants were taken out of context and were part of a private argument that should never have been made public.
He tells Sydney's Daily Telegraph, "I've had a few blues (arguments) with my partner and they're not very nice, the 'C' word has been used on both sides. But no one has put that up on the internet, thankfully.
"On the two occasions (Gibson) has been outed, one he was drunk and talking (confidentially) to a police officer and the other was a tape that was released. It's not like he has come out in public and said all these nasty things. He was drunk... like none of us have been?"
"If my daughter went into the Outback in a pair of hot pants, I would say, 'Be careful you don't get raped by a bunch of rednecks.' That doesn't mean everyone in the Outback is a redneck. It was said in the heat of the moment."
And he blames Russian singer Grigorieva for Gibson's damaged reputation - insisting she's out to wreck his life.
Jarrett adds, "The despicable person in this is the woman, who has disgustingly taped this guy because he's extremely famous and tried to ruin his life. She has taped an argument they are having in an acrimonious split - something that happened behind closed doors - and he's been made a mockery of. It's disgusting."...
- 7/16/2010
- WENN
Australian actor John Jarratt has leapt to the defence of his "old mate" Mel Gibson. The Wolf Creek star, who has been friends with Gibson since they starred in Summer City together, said that he thinks Gibson's ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva is "disgusting" for allegedly leaking tapes of the actor's violent rants. Jarratt told The Daily Telegraph: "The despicable person in this is the (more)...
- 7/16/2010
- by By Rebecca Davies
- Digital Spy
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