Pam Grier on Quentin Tarantino

Pam Grier reacts to the work of collaborator Quentin Tarantino.
Source: The Plot Thickens
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[@DarkAlley92]

The thing I always say about Quentin is that after he was basically anointed the new king of Hollywood with pulp fiction the first thing he does was turn around and make a film starring a middle-aged black woman in one of the most smart, mature, dignified roles a woman in that position has had before or since, he’s a fucking real one

[@garrettramirez428]

Dude made the most woke film of the 1990s, but they kept trying to cancel him lol

[@RyanMichero]

Hell yeah. You can see once he really got some Hollywood capital he could cash in and do whatever the hell he wanted to, the first thing he says is "I wanna make a fuckin' Pam Greer movie!"

[@kevinkuenn5733]

I sometimes wonder what Tarantino's career would've looked like if Jackie Brown had been as big a hit as Pulp Fiction. Kill Bill is fun and all, but I get the sense that Quentin was disappointed in Jackie Brown's reception and decided alright, if I throw buckets of blood around will you take notice?

[@viperrecords3288]

It’s funny because one day I decided to have a Quentin Tarantino filmathon and watched every single one of his films and the first movie I started with was Jackie Brown. And I honestly feel like that’s one of his best movies.

[@viperrecords3288]

It’s funny because one day I decided to have a Quentin Tarantino filmathon and watched every single one of his films and the first movie I started with was Jackie Brown. And I honestly feel like that’s one of his best movies.

[@sammihaka2056]

Jackie Brown gave critics a hard time in accusing Tarantino of sexism; he gave Pam the opportunity to play probably the most realistic female hero in a crime movie - using nothing but her deceit and cunning to outwit the feds and her murderous boss in a half a Million dollar heist, and Pam smashed it.

[@moominpic]

A bit the same with Spike Lee calling him racist for using the N word, Pam once commented he was probably jealous that QT had made a movie about a black, middle aged woman before Spike.

[@AHighlander]

@@moominpic Hah! Probably true.

[@obsidiancrow450]

Jackie Brown is honestly the most adult of all the Tarintino films. one of my favorites. Pam is phenomenal

[@jppennypincher9051]

Super underrated. It’s my number 3 after PF and OUATIH.

[@xavierpaquin]

It's because he didn't write it

[@jman8449]

@@xavierpaquinyes he did. Ever heard of an adapted screenplay?

[@daveyboy_]

The Thing is - it came out after Pulp Ficton are so it didn't do as well but GD it's imo his Best Movie. Up there with OUATIH

[@imperialstats]

It’s Sam’s fav out of Quentin movies too

[@csymindspring]

I honestly was shocked when Pam Grier did not get an Oscar nomination for this movie. She was phenomenal.

[@ashleystovalldaman]

It’s politics more than product. Rarely do I agree with the awards

[@scofield321]

I‘m more shocked that color purple didn‘t win an oscar when you consider for how many oscars it was nominated, what a shame!!

[@user-uz5ll8gj6h]

She should have.

[@MaybeDHitHim]

She did a good job. But the competition was better.

[@MaybeDHitHim]

​@@scofield321 what's that got to do with this?

[@cvdevol]

Jackie Brown is a great film. The most "normal" of all the Tarantino films. Just a good old-fashioned crime drama. Love it!

[@laratropp8832]

That's probably why I don't like it that much. If I watch a Tarantino film, I want something more unusual. Just like you said, this is a classic gangster film.

[@Wallyworld30]

@@laratropp8832 It's Tarantino's only movie he didn't write the story for. It was based on an Elmore Leonard Novel "Rum Punch". That's why it feels so different. I saw it in the theater and hated it because it wasn't Pulp Fiction 2 but I gave it a second chance 10 years ago and now it's one of my favorite movies. Funny what expectations can make you feel about a film.

[@samsabruskongen]

Totally underrated movie.

[@illogical001]

I don’t knlw what you two are talking about (Lara and Wally), Tarantino only made 2 other films prior to this and it was definitely „Tarantinoesque“

[@maninredhelm]

@@illogical001 He'd directed 2 but written 5. He had an identifiable style even in the films he didn't direct. Jackie Brown was the reverse, it had his directing style instead of his writing style. Watching True Romance and Jackie Brown back to back is a good way to compare the writer vs the director, although that pits a less mature writer vs an experienced director. He sold the script to True Romance before making Reservoir Dogs, then when Reservoir Dogs was a big hit the owners of True Romance decided it was worth making using the director of Top Gun. I have trouble imagining Top Gun directed by Tarantino.

[@omnivorous65]

Not only did Tarantino give Grier the chance to play a complex, intelligent character, which also felt immensely "real ", his directing enabled Grier to deliver the best performance of her career showing the world what a talented, nuanced actress she can be given the opportunity.

[@turdferguson7264]

Very true. And Robert Forster probably gives a career best performance too.

[@rodinowright6591]

Too bad, her career didn't pop off like Travolta 's did

[@charlesderosas5577]

It was her semi comeback too in a way right?

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

I had such a crush on Pam Grier seeing Jackie Brown as a kid. Funny thing is, I think Tarantino had a crush on her too from seeing her '70s stuff when he was a kid.

[@John-lp5xh]

She has a straight nose

[@mr.melendez3872]

She looks amazing in Foxy Brown

[@someguyik]

1970s Pam Grier is the best looking woman to ever appear on the big screen.

[@user-be7tc2bd6e]

@@someguyik And she had a relationship with Richard Pryor too. I bet that some strange brew. LOL.

[@maxmotors9497]

She was still so gorgeous and he saw it, and he showed it to us and showcased her amazing acting and beauty. Her charisma is undeniable.❤🎉

[@johnpendarvis7885]

Every young man who saw Pam in the 70's films fell in love with her. I know I did.

[@ronaldrussoe1749]

Many palms were greased

[@MikeHunt-fo3ow]

not me......that happened when i saw paul newman.......im not gay though...but my boyfriend is lmao jk

[@hankheavy]

I saw her in the 90s and thought she was one of the most gorgeous women I've ever seen lol

[@tinyturnip7676]

This is one of Robert Deniro’s more understated works . I loved him trying to unravel the telephone cord while stoned 😅

[@KitagumaIgen]

We saw JB and Wag the dog back to back. That's contrasting roles if there ever were such a thing.

[@poindextertunes]

“LOUUISSSS”

[@pixelcultmedia4252]

I love how his character's persona is bolstered by Deniro's past macho characters only for Deniro to completely undermine all of it with his stoner performance. So hilarious.

[@Bonn1770]

I liked the part where he's watching his lady friend singing and is rocking in his chair with excitement.

[@giorgiopalmas7934]

He's good at playing dumb mooks because he is one.

[@LPVPisFr33]

In the late 90's I was working in the mailroom for a top law firm in Montréal. The law firm was representing a film company. I was making photocopies of a contract when I saw the name of Rutger Hauer. Took back the copies to the lawyer, mentioned I was a fan of Rutger he then asked me if I wanted to meet him. I said sure and the next day went on set. Has I arrive I took a lead from the person I was with because they were waiting on the producer. I'm looking around, then out of the blue coming around the corner I see Pam Grier (had no clue she was on the movie) she walks in front of me about 10-15 feet away, sees me, smiles and says ''Hi''. My knees buckle and I believe I said ''Hi'' but it was probably just a incoherent sound. The most beautiful woman I've ever seen. Few minutes later met Rutger, talked for about 5 minutes(it was between scenes) got a picture with him and then we left. He was very cool dude!

[@someinternetrando4993]

"At the end of the day all I wanted to do was a good job"...and she NAILED IT.

[@goblinslayer7096]

"At the end of the day, all I wanted to do was a good job" man do I identify with that.

[@Woozlewuzzleable]

I didn't like Jackie Brown when it came out because I was dumb and wanted another Pulp Fiction but it grew on me and now I think it's great.

[@viperrecords3288]

I was 19 when it came out and didn’t appreciate it. Saw it later when I was an adult and still to this day think it’s top three one of the best Quentin Tarantino movies.

[@MatthewGill-nv4tb]

​@@viperrecords3288same for me..... but I finally just watched it for the first time. Amazing fucking movie

[@MatthewGill-nv4tb]

​@viperrecords3288 hateful 8 got better for me after I realized how he made The Thing into a western....

[@viperrecords3288]

@@MatthewGill-nv4tb oh my God I never saw it that way, but yeah, you’re right the hateful 8 is the thing but a Western lol

[@MatthewGill-nv4tb]

@viperrecords3288 the movie starts with the ending music from the thing. Ennio morricone did music for both

[@kijekuyo9494]

She should have won the Academy Award for Best Actress that year--not that I give a damn about the Oscars, just that she got the recognition for an excellent performance.

[@EACru2002]

Jackie Brown ages the best out of QT's films, but I don't mean it ages in the traditional sense because I think most if not all of QT's films have aged very well. What I mean is, Jackie Brown ages better and better as YOU the viewer age. I remember watching Jackie Brown when I was younger, and I actually did still like it back then, I wasn't one of those that was like, "Ew, what's this." But looking back on it, I liked it, but I really didn't get it. I wasn't ready to hear what it was saying, not really. Maybe I knew conceptionally what it was saying, but deep down, I was still a young kid with my life in front of me. As you get older and time marches on you reach the point where you realize, "There's more behind me than in front of me." And THAT is when you finally actually hear what Jackie Brown is saying. That's when you finally understand what the characters in the movie are feeling, what they're going through, their motivations, hopes, dreams. That's why I say, it's the film that ages with you.

[@Calzaghe83]

100% you encapsulated into words what I felt after seeing this movie 20 years after the first time I watched it. At the time I thought it was a good movie, but a bit disappointed it wasn't Reservoir Dogs or Pulp fiction. After watching it again as an older man, it held a much deeper meaning and appreciation. Top 3 or 4 Tarantino film for me.

[@GaminHasard]

Damn. Well written. Have a nice day!

[@user-uz5ll8gj6h]

I love this movie. Pam was perfect and I love that she won at the end.

[@tfodthogtmfof7644]

I think Jackie Brown was Quentin’s attempt to create a vehicle worthy of Pam Grier’s talent. It was an homage to one of the criminally under appreciated Grand Dames of cinema. A showcase of the sort of complex, nuanced, and capable character she could bring to life. Without Pam Grier there could be no Jackie Brown. It was a gift to the movie fans.

[@garryblanchard4960]

I agree with everyone who says this is Tarantino’s best work…I can watch it over and over and always pick up new touches that I have missed on previously viewings…Quentin T. is a true genius of the cinema.

[@bubscat2984]

JB Tarantino's best film.

[@dr.juerdotitsgo5119]

Amen

[@drainel9707]

Easily

[@redrick8900]

It's a terrible and boring movie.

[@brianban110]

it's a good movie but not his best, Pulp Fiction is.

[@RockyScorcese]

@@redrick8900I believe that says more about you that it does of the movie

[@dremunoz2600]

Jackie Brown is seriously his most underrated film....crazy because it's a GREAT film.

[@naysayer1238]

It's the only one I like.

[@viperrecords3288]

It’s top three probably best films of his.

[@peabody3000]

honestly it's the last film of his i appreciated

[@drainel9707]

Honestly. Jackie Brown and Death Proof are really the only ones to stay with me after all these years

[@DIOBrando-ij2bp]

There’s no way Jackie Brown, the film everyone on the Internet loves to say is his best film, is also his most underrated film.

[@Gummo22]

Jackie Brown is top 3 QT films all day. And it’s primarily because how Pam Grier nailed this roll, perfectly.

[@artdeco64]

Pulp Fiction Jackie Brown Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

[@cosmokramer9198]

@@artdeco64my top 3 too!

[@Gummo22]

@@artdeco64 can’t really argue with that tbh

[@777jones]

Agreed the 2 female leads carried the movie. Pam Grier most of all.

[@writeralbertlanier3434]

I'm not surprised Pam was wary about the film at first. I got that vibe from film actors I met and talked to at film festivals years ago: wary, cautious, hesitant mindset and demeanor when it came to making movies and getting projects.

[@heatrayzvideo3007]

She's fantastic and Jackie Brown is possiblly my favourite Tarantino movie (depending on my mood)

[@jamesstanton2012]

Wish he would have adapted more Elmore Leonard novels! This is definitely my favorite

[@SmokeyTreats]

Loved what Graham Yost did with Elmore Leonard's 'Fire In The Hole" Justified FX series!

[@Telstar62a]

If you haven't, check out "Out of Sight" with George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez (and a host of other greats in it)

[@twofingersmyfriends3830]

Pam's performance in 'Jackie Brown' is so underrated. Especially in the scene near the end where she and Michael Keaton are arguing in the interrogation room. She really went for it, and she proved herself.

[@user-hh7wy8vg5v]

Just an awesome film! I love every character. Keaton and Grier and Sam especially! Pam is so beautiful too. Wow!

[@vanstry]

Pam Grier has always been a great actress and a lovely woman. It was awesome that she got that movie, she was hands down the star.

[@likearollingstone007]

My 2nd fave from Tanrantino after Once upon a time…

[@juniorjames7076]

Its my 2nd favorite after Hateful 8.

[@Cree8Ball]

​@@juniorjames7076these are some bold takes, and I respect the hell out of them

[@badlieutenant13]

NOBODY on this planet could be more jackie brown than Pam. She just was Jackie brown, period, the end.

[@juniorjames7076]

My childhood was the late 70s/early 80s when I would sit with my dad as he watched his beloved crime/mafia "Bronson takes on the local mob" films of the era. Telly Savales, John Saxon, Robert Forster....I'm familiar with all of them through these films. Jackie Brown was a love letter to this era of cinema, and I knew my father would have loved it!

[@charlesclark3840]

The Moonshine War, 1971, starring Charles Bronson. Also an Elmore Leonard book adaptation.

[@Lilo-rw4hf]

Jackie Brown is a timeless classic movie which I can watch over and over again.

[@thishollowhill]

Gosh shes gorgeous

[@JohnStanworth]

Very nice, humble woman.

[@Sabacc]

Glad you noted this was sourced from The Plot Thickens podcast. Their full Pam Grier season is excellent.

[@Patrick-sh9tt]

An amazing film and performance

[@michaelcapeless3268]

Great movie! Almost my favorite of Tarantino's... never get tired of watching it. Interesting to hear Pam Grier's stories. Thank you.

[@ChristopherNealBUSHIDO49ERS]

Ms. Grier was FANTASTIC in this film. Q knocked it out of the park with this one! Great video and new sub!

[@joemagarac405]

My favorite Tarantino film. Criminally underrated.

[@tiffsaver]

WOW. My appreciation of Pam Grier just took a quantum leap through the ceiling. What a woman.

[@writeralbertlanier3434]

Jackie Brown was a surprise in some respects: a more thoughtful character study mixed with crime drama. The character is not unlike others that Grier played in B films in the 70s but there is more maturity and depth not only because this is an older woman but a more fully rounded character.

[@LouisWritingSomethingCrazy]

Such an underrated film.

[@sugarpuddin]

God I love that woman! She was her best in beauty in 1975 Foster Friday. I guess it should be of no surprise my wife looks like Pam Grier

[@SoNoFTheMoSt]

Thanks for sharing, this is awesome :)

[@hugobranca]

Jackie is my favourite Tino flick. And I love all of them.

[@classiclife7204]

This is sweet. Glad Quentin gave Grier the chance - she did all those exploitation movies and cheesy TV series, and we all knew she was better than that. Glad her memories are good. You know, the same could said about Robert Forster. He went out strong, working till the end - mostly as a result of this movie (besides his own talent of course)

[@TheRealNormanBates]

I always felt Robert Forster should have played Aldo Raines. He actually played Apache indians in movies in the 1960's, and it would have been nice having an older actor from an older generation leading the younger generation into war. Besides, for as much as I like Brad Pitt, he was a comic book character that did not fit at ALL. I still really dig *Inglourious Basterds* though. Christoph Waltz kinda seals that deal.

[@juniorjames7076]

My childhood was the late 70s/early 80s when I would sit with my dad as he watched his beloved crime/mafia "Bronson takes on the local mob" films of the era. Telly Savales, John Saxon, Robert Forster....I'm familiar with all of them through these films. Jackie Brown was a love letter to this era of cinema, and I knew my father would have loved it!

[@pixelcultmedia4252]

She really did rise to the occasion and elevate her craft on Jackie Brown.

[@HG-pi3qp]

Perfect time for me to see this- thanks

[@theshapeexists]

I had a crush on pam growing up. She was HOT

[@RobertSpitzer]

Pam Grier was my first Hollywood crush. I have always loved her work, and thought Jackie Brown was fantastic.

[@doobybrother21]

He wrote that movie for her. With her in mind. Nobody else could have played it.

[@Dfturcott]

You never know who you will inspire, or how that could or will come back to you.

[@YolandaAnneBrown95726]

I absolutely love Jackie Brown since Day 1 and I haven't stopped loving it decades later.

[@TheRealValus]

Oscar worthy. 👑

[@atomicinjun7645]

Seeing Pam and Robert Forster act together, it took me back to the 70's and reminded everyone how good they both were and how good they could be given the right material and director. This film was flawless in tone and delivery at every twist and turn.

[@JanWynd]

Jackie Brown certified classic! Everybody nailed their roles in this film. SamJack had qouteables for days, Dinero as the socially-awkward ex-con, Fonda who's antics made you literally wanna slap her thru da screen..LOLOLL, Keaton in rare-form as a dickhead cop(Keaton absolutely BODIED that role, he was born for it!), Grier always 2 steps ahead of muhfukkaz, Tucker with the short but indelible cameo, ...the damn soundtrack and film-scoring was true to the Blaxploitation-film-aesthetic that Quentin was emulating/paying homage to...Just an all-around, well-executed classic that I've watched several times and will continue to watch several MORE times. Shoutout to the entire cast that made this film what it was...

[@Luke-kg7vu]

Love me some Pam Grier 🤗 Fell in love with her and that fro after watching Coffy

[@gozerthegozarian9500]

Jackie Brown was a one-of-a-kind film. Outstanding.

[@americanpancakelive]

A fantastic film that, I dunno, feels overlooked to me. I hope that young people discover it.

[@WarGhoulKharas]

Underrated soundtrack.

[@jimsinger2521]

Favourite movie of all time.

[@knelle1114]

He’s a great director.

[@mathewsbusiness1263]

Love me some Pam Grier

[@aaronarnett2096]

It's his best. I think in part due to the source material. QT didn't have to give these characters humanity. Leonard does that with ease. Dovetail the two autures and you get things like Jackie Brown. Amazing.

[@avardmacgregor746]

You were great, Pam.

[@Telstar62a]

Pulp Fiction was a great movie. Then he took a big leap up with Jackie Brown. He developed the characters just so well; sometimes in the matter of a few seconds. When Max and Jackie are talking in her apt. and he asks "Who's this?" and she says, "Del-Fonics"...Next thing you know he's in the record shop picking up their tape. That speaks pages about his character in one simple step. And it was so unusual and refreshing to see actual grownups playing out the story and not 30-year olds playing grownups.

[@matthewbond375]

Jackie Brown is probably my favorite QT movie, and I love them all!

[@AmericaWhatsup]

Great movie that lets Pam's talent shine.

[@daskritterhaus5491]

l saw Pam's stuff when she first came out, and she did Law&Order and STILL showed that authenticity

[@brandonmartin08]

“A little bigger?…. Aint nothing wrong with that” 🤷‍♂️ -Max Cherry

[@daxmusix]

Everything about Pam Grier is sexy, and she should’ve won all the awards simply on her facial expressions in this movie. Genius.

[@steveconn]

She brought back Pam's career to her entire Elvis sneer range.

[@dangchanneldeg6948]

I love me some Pam Grier.

[@Levipaulsen]

It must be so weird watching movies like a normal person in a normal capacity and in the movie you're watching as entertainment they invoke you as a person. Same thing with movie stars flipping through TV on a Sunday or whatever and then one channel is just footage of yourself.

[@deeg8849]

Love Pam Grier and appreciate that QT wrote a script totally for her. No better show of respect for her contribution to film than that. While she has worked since Jackie Brown, I don't think she's been given such a great leading role. (which is a shame) And btw, Jackie Brown is my fave QT movie. It is so good on every level

[@decencywarrior9598]

Great flick Pam and Q were at the height of their talent, until the next one 💜.

[@ThefetchNZ]

It’s his best movie IMHO❤

[@ashokjain5940]

When you talk of Jackie Brown and don’t remember the book Rum Punch, you do great injustice to Elmore Leonard. He created the great female lead character who can’t be ignored. Tarantino had his contribution to her black and middle aged and Pam Grier immortalised her. The strength and vulnerability she gave to her character was immense, something to which Robert Forster added a balance very rarely seen in world cinema.

[@galacticwarlock2271]

Pam Grier is dope and she was great in Foxy Brown.

[@user-wn4xw3lh9t]

That one line hidden says volumes " well at least I tried". Well done all!!!!!

[@jorgevaldez9257]

Jackie Brown is one of my favorites of Tarantino. Just a slow burn amped up in the right scenes... like a mature coolness of a movie that was perfectly cast.

[@CommieGobeldygook]

3:00 Tragic

[@eddiebrown8549]

My favourite QT film…🙏

[@mikecziraky2037]

I hear a lot of humility in her voice.

[@larrydrozd2740]

His best movie...

[@jeovanneramos5066]

She's a gorgeous woman and with a great sense of humor.

[@howardrussell3919]

I just assumed that Tarantino would exploit Pam Grier like so many other directors had in her 70's movies. Not one nude scene of her in Jackie Brown. That's when I knew he was the man. Anyone else would have had her naked within 5 minutes after the movie started! Tarantino's films remind me a lot of the film director Sam Peckinpah. The ways he shoots scenes, the various camera angles he uses, I'm like that's Peckinpah for sure.

[@doric_historic]

Jackie Brown is just one of those movies that takes little effort to sit back and enjoy every viewing...

[@johnmunro4952]

I saw Jackie brown in a cinema in Amsterdam. Perfect Tarrentino moment.

[@quatreraberbawinner2628]

Shes adorable

[@rickfalcon5572]

So that’s what that term means. Mind fucking blown🤯

[@gabriellucena5153]

In Postal 2 there is a reference to Jack Brown in the paradise mall

[@cartomancycarmen]

Stunning lighting concept. Annie Lebowitz take notes 📝

[@JayStar-yj9pu]

Not to mention PF involves seriously complex parallels with Die Hard and Rocky 4

[@racializedkanadian]

Jackie Brown is my favourite Tarantino film for sure.

[@user-tm8jt2py3d]

This is beautiful. I fell in love with her because of Jackie Brown.

[@furtherback6131]

Wow.

[@STIKFIGUR3]

lots of love for Jackie Brown in the comments and I gotta agree. I wanna add that I like the pace and feel of that one, with excellent performances all around.

[@danijelandroid]

Pam Grier played a character in at least 6 movies where the character's name is in the title of the movie.

[@edwardduarte7393]

My friend said that its aged really well. Pulp Fiction was HUGE.

[@lugie69]

Jackie Brown is a perfect movie in every way and it's without a doubt Quentin's best.