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July 26, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 387

V/A, Natural Born Killers [OST] (1994) I liked the film – an Oliver Stone rewrite/trashing of a Quentin Tarantino script. Well, I reckon it works well, or worked – it’s been a while since I’ve seen it. But I’ve always loved the soundtrack. I still have my CD – still play it in the car, […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1994, Cowboy Junkies, Film, Leonard Cohen, LP, Movie, Natural Born Killers, Nine Inch Nails, Oliver Stone, Patsy Clie, Quentin Tarantino, Record, Soundtrack, The Vinyl Countdown # 387, Trent Reznor, Vinyl ·

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August 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 508

V/A, Pulp Fiction [OST] (1994) I saw the film six times on the big screen. I went to it three days in a row. Final year of school. Friday afternoon. So good we could only talk about it all night after, on the piss, already quoting lines. So back the next day with a new […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], 1994, Cinema, Film, LP, Movies, Paramount, Pulp, Pulp Fiction, Pulp Fiction [OST] (1994), Quentin Tarantino, Soundtrack, Surf Rider, The Lively Ones, The Vinyl Countdown # 508, Twist, V/A, Vinyl, Wellington ·

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February 28, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Scoring The Quentin Tarantino Movie Soundtracks: The Music That Characterises His Films, Plays Characters In His Films

Quentin Tarantino uses music to set the scene, he uses it to evoke, to create a mood, to pay tribute to other movies (often this is secondary to setting/mood) and to help motivate the characters in his films. He uses music as a character in his films; the soundtrack becomes a character – in the […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Death Proof, Django Unchained, Film, Inglourious Basterds, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Moive, Movie, Natural Born Killers, Plays Characters In His Films, Pulp Fiction, QT, Quentin Tarantino, Reservoir Dogs, RZA, Score, Scoring The Quentin Tarantino Movie Soundtracks: The Music That Characterises His Films, Soundtrack, The Hateful Eight ·

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August 21, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Tom Roston: I Lost It At The Video Store – A Filmmakers’ Oral History of a Vanished Era

I Lost It At The Video Store: A Filmmakers’ Oral History of a Vanished Era Tom Roston The Critical Press This well-intentioned, slim volume aims to bring together a range of voices around the idea of the local video store being the birth place of modern independent cinema and indie-filmmaking; most famously Quentin Tarantino and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Filmmakers’ Oral History of a Vanished Era, Alison Anders, Book, Book Review, Darren Aronofsky, David O. Russelll, Director, DVD, Film, Film Review, Filmmaker, Films, I Lost It At The Video Store, I Lost It At The Video Store: A Filmmakers’ Oral History of a Vanished Era, Indie Filmmaking, Interviews, James Franco, Journalism, Journalist, Kevin Smith, Movie, Movie Review, Movies, Quentin Tarantino, Tom Roston, Video Store, Writer ·

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February 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight [OST]

Various Artists: Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight [OST] Verve Even when I have been less enamoured with the finished film product I’ve still been impressed with the soundtracks from Quentin Tarantino films – as it happens I rather loved The Hateful Eight – but waited to hear its soundtrack for the first time up on […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Ennio Morricone, Film, Film Review, Film Score, Jack White, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Movie, Movie Review, Quentin Tarantino, Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight [OST], Roy Orbison, Score, Soundtrack, The H8ful Eight, The Hateful 8, The Hateful Eight, The White Stripes, V/A, V/A: Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight [OST] ·

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February 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Films That Stay With Me: Adam Fresco

Adam Fresco works in film, theatre and TV as a writer, director, producer, performer and professional acting coach. Born in London, he arrived in Auckland a decade ago, having worked in professional British Theatre and TV. The Director of DramaTrain.co.nz and Producer for Imagine Studios NZ, Adam is a self-confessed film nut. He regularly reviews […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 8 1/2, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Acting Coach, Adam Fresco, All That Jazz, Apocalypse Now, Blue Velvet, Braindead, Brazil, Bruce Campbell, Cabaret, Casino, Citizen Kane, Cloud Atlas, Dancer In The Dark, David Lynch, Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead, Die Hard, Director, DramaTrain, DramaTrain.co.nz, Duck Soup, Elephant Man, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, F.W. Murnau, Film Review, Films, Five Films, Five Films That Stay With Me, Five Films That Stay With Me: Adam Fresco, Flicks.co.nz, Freaks, Hard Boiled, In Bruges, Inception, Jaws, John Carpenter, John Woo, Lenny, Leon, Lesson of the Evil, Luc Besson, Marathon Man, Monty Python, Movie, Movie Review, Mulholland Drive, Oldboy, Pink Floyd The Wall, Planet FM's Kick Arts, Producer, Quentin Tarantino, Requiem For A Dream, Sam Raimi, Seven Psychopaths, Sleeper, Special Guest, Spellbound, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, Terry Gilliam, The Battle of Brazil, The Dead Zone, The Devil's Rejects, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeosie, The French Connection, The Hitcher, The King of New York, The Life of Brian, The Lobster, The Thing, The Wizard of Oz, This Is Spinal Tap, Throne of Blood, Velvet Goldmine, Weekend, Wild at Heart, Wolf Creek 2, Woody Allen, Writer ·

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January 25, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Hateful Eight: Film

The Hateful Eight Director: Quentin Tarantino FilmColony/The Weinstein Company Where the last two Tarantino films have left me cold – Django almost worked, but it was too long and had no real point despite claiming it might – The Hateful Eight lingers; heck it might actually be the best QT film of all. Like Jackie […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 12 Angry Men, An Inspector Calls, Director, Django Unchained, Film, Film Review, Filmmaker, H8ful Eight, Jackie Brown, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kill Bill, Movie, Movie Review, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson, The Hateful Eight, Western ·

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January 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Swami John Reis & The Blind Shake: Modern Surf Classics

Swami John Reis & The Blind Shake Modern Surf Classics Swami Records Straight away you think of Comanche and a small handful of other classic surf-rock/pop moments from the Pulp Fiction soundtrack – but it’s particularly that shronk-vibe of Comanche that informs the world of Swami John Reis & The Blind Shake as they put […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Brian Setzer, From Dusk Till Dawn, Guitar, Instrumental, John Zorn, Link Wray, Modern Surf Classics, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Surf Pop, surf-rock, Swami John Reis, Swami John Reis & The Blind Shake, The Shadows, The Ventures ·

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October 29, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1250

V/A, Kill Vol. 2 [OST] (2004) I think I preferred the film Kill Bill Vol. 2 to Kill Bill Vol. 1 but I liked them both – last (fully) decent effort from Quentin Tarantino. But even with patchy, overly long, far-too-indulgent films (and perhaps releasing Kill Bill in two parts was the real start of […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged [OST], Ennio Morricone, Goodnight Moon, Johnny Cash, Kill Bill Vol. 2, LP, Malcolm McLaren, Quentin Tarantino, Shivaree, Soundtrack, Uma Thurman, Vinyl ·

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June 22, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Django Unchained: DVD

Django Unchained Director: Quentin Tarantino Starz/Anchor Bay Quentin Tarantino films create – and then exist in – their own world. It is a remarkable skill he has, all the borrowings, the petulant pastiche, the obvious nudge-wink silliness; there are so many hallmarks of his style, the obvious being the peppy dialogue and hipper-than-hip/kitsch-gets-all-dressed-up-good-and-nice-ya-hear soundtrack but […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Christoph Walz, Django Unchained, DVD, Film Review, Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson, Spaghetti Western ·

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