Quentin Tarantino is up there with the greatest of screenwriters. Not only is he a screenwriter, he's also great director. He won best writing for Django Unchained, and best writing for Pulp Fiction in the Academy Awards. He's also won best screenplay for a motion picture twice in the Golden Globes, and has been nominated a number of times for either best screenplay or director for a motion picture. He started his career in 1987, co-writing and directing a movie that would later be destroyed in a lab. He started to become a success in 1992, when "Reservoir Dogs" came out, becoming an immediate hit. Here's a small portion of part of the script of "Pulp Fiction".
It is impossible to tell where the Young Woman is from or
how old she is; everything she does contradicts something
she did. The boy and girl sit in a booth. Their dialogue is
to be said in a rapid pace "HIS GIRL FRIDAY" fashion.
YOUNG MAN
No, forget it, it's too risky. I'm
through doin' that shit.
YOUNG WOMAN
You always say that, the same thing
every time: never again, I'm through,
too dangerous.
YOUNG MAN
I know that's what I always say. I'm
always right too, but –
YOUNG WOMAN
– but you forget about it in a day
or two -
YOUNG MAN
– yeah, well, the days of me
forgittin' are over, and the days of
me rememberin' have just begun.
YOUNG WOMAN
When you go on like this, you know
what you sound like?
YOUNG MAN
I sound like a sensible fucking man,
is what I sound like.
YOUNG WOMAN
You sound like a duck.
(imitates a duck)
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack,
quack, quack...
What do you like about this section of dialogue? What are some of the trademarks of Tarantino's work?
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