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| Nelson_Mandela 06/18/19 2:51:51 PM #387: | #90. Jackie Brown https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/Jackie_Brown_%281997%29.png Dir: Quentin Tarantino Genre: Drama, Crime Year: 1997 Quentin Tarantino set himself up to fail with Pulp Fiction. The movie was such a phenomenon that anything he did afterward would be panned for feeling too different or too much the same. So it's no surprise that Jackie Brown is probably the least-discussed movie of his despite being the most mature and restrained one that he's ever done. Jackie Brown is a crime thriller with the thematic undertone of getting older. For a dude writing this in his mid-30s, it's pretty damn profound. Pam Greer and Robert Forster are perfect for these roles--aging workers in the crime world who just want something more out of their lives. The action is appropriately subdued, and by the end of it, you wind up loving these characters more than any other Tarantino film. It's the last QT movie that removed the campiness from its call-backs--and as much as I love the more overt homage period of his career, this is something I wish he would return to one last time. --- "A more mature answer than I expected."~ Jakyl25 "Sephy's point is right."~ Inviso ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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