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September 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Non-Fiction
I saw Pulp Fiction three times in a row, three days, same cinema, same session time. Took a different group of mates each time. Introducing them. I’d seen Reservoir Dogs. I was a fan. When I moved to Wellington, I saw it on my first weekend here. (Had bought a Reservoir Dogs poster to mark […]Archive
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, […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
June 22, 2013 by Simon Sweetman