How Tarantino Writes A Scene

[@johncole4882]

I like Tarantino because he respects the intelligence of the viewer. He doesn’t have to spell every single little detail out and hold our hands. Doing so sets up unrealistic dialog in artificial situations

[@retromemories8522]

I don't like all of his movies, but I feel like I always have to think when I watch them.

[@王珂-k7d]

Unlike those Marvel shit

[@dbp2625]

@@王珂-k7d you can't really compare Tarantino aber Marvel

[@dennydarkko]

王珂 AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@sillythygoose]

John Cole what about the time where half way through the hateful eight a narrator comes out of nowhere and explains to us that someone poisoned the coffee when we weren’t watching?

[@ZEGTHEFISH]

The bar staff asks why the non-linear structure? Quentin Tarantino walks into a bar.

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

Underrated post.

[@TheCloserLook]

lol XD

[@Nothing-hb9cf]

If Tarantino is so good, why isn't there Quentin Tarantino Special Edition HD texture pack"?

[@davidlecorchick8864]

Tarantino orders a "Royale with cheese".

[@badoli1074]

A thinking mans joke! Nice!

[@2mbst1]

As a german, I remember immediately recognizing the wrong hand gesture and seeing his reaction and thinking "oh crap, shit's going down". Awesome video!

[@oodjee]

It's an actual thing? I thought maybe Tarantino made that up for the film.. wasn't sure. Wow, that's even cooler.

[@LatherSk]

@@oodjeeIn Europe we start counting from thumb, so we would never show 3 that way.

[@riss0is]

@@LatherSk I'm portuguese and we don't do it the "german way". We do it like the guy in the movie did it.

[@iiifreddydiii2578]

NETSPLIT note to self when invading Germany 👀

[@gammelhund]

Swede here, I wouldn't react in any way, people use either way here.

[@crispycleanerboi]

Hook: "You had my curiosity" Pledge: "Now you have my attention"

[@ToonScapeTV]

dnx ima leave the likes at 69

[@Selrisitai]

I'd actually say it the other way around.

[@4k-music381]

dnx Django is ma favorite Tarantino movie🔥

[@sambitmohanty949]

Can u pls write a comment explaining what hook and pledge exactly are?

[@ShredOfficial]

@@Selrisitai its a quote from django

[@ericrenquist6494]

The Hateful Eight is an amazing example of Tarantinos dialogue. The movie hardly has anything happening except dialogue, and I didnt get bored once. Most movies are filled with action to draw attention away from shit writing.

[@2ndAveScents]

You're gonna love Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

[@jadenmcmillan6312]

Daniel Gregson just watched it , what a masterpiece

[@sperrin]

Big black dingus.

[@notcool2594]

Eric Renquist Same can be said about reservoir dogs

[@XDarkBrotherhoodHD]

Daniel Gregson Once Upon A Time is already one of my favourite movies

[@doctorhandsome]

The opening scene of Basterds is so brilliant. One often-overlooked aspect of it I love is how Landa requests that they speak English, innocently claiming it's because he rarely gets to converse in it. As a movie audience, we're used to foreign characters speaking English for our convenience, so we're conditioned to shrug this off. As the scene progresses, we gradually realize that, "in-universe," it's done so that Landa's quarry are in the dark about what's being said, and the realization is horrifying.

[@DUMBCAT86]

"That's a bingo!"

[@KaptainKerl]

a random german farmer in 1933 woudn't know english

[@Odinsday]

@@KaptainKerl I'm at least 100% sure he is French.

[@JustanamebroDK]

I think it was more for practical reasons. It's easier to speak English with an accent. But tarantino uses it to great effect, as you pointed out.

[@4UDIOTAPE]

That is such a good point. Hadn't considered it for the first scene!

[@jongibson4766]

"Tarantino could direct an exceptionally good horror film" You're 100% correct, but it'd literally kill people. I would have a heart attack in that theater.

[@Oxbayer]

I didn't even know I wanted that and now it's all I want.

[@331Dylan]

That basterd opening scene already scare the shit out of me. Great great movie.💯💯

[@davidwinburn3875]

Death Proof is probably the closest we will ever get, and it's... Passable. I recommend watching it to see what I mean, it it's his worst work. That's not to say that it's bad, but it's his worst work.

[@sam8404]

@@331Dylan if something like that scared you then you'd definitely have a heart attack if Tarantino made a real horror film.

[@televisiontunnelvision3303]

I don’t think he’d be good at horror tbh. He’s good at what he does, but I think his self-indulgence would kinda kill the terror,

[@williamhealy6381]

my favourite dialogue from pulp fiction is between jules and vega, when jules asks vega what the whopper is called in paris and vega says "i didnt go into burger king", this is realistic dialogue and i love it

[@ahmedamine24]

@l Also they're full of peacocking and one-upmanship.

[@DarksteelPenguin]

Burger King didn't exist in France back then.

[@Zaz5y]

DarksteelPenguin Yes it did.

[@ericwillis7480]

I remember when I first saw it in 95, I was the only one in my family that got it. The dialog was very interesting and I got it. It was the greatest movie I had ever seen up to that point.

[@gabrielhoward2250]

I wonder if it was a call back to pulp fiction, in from Paris with love Travolta also talked about Burger King 🤣

[@popskiptea8707]

Christophe Waltz in Inglorious Basterds is one of the most memorable performances I've ever seen. I'd go as far as to say Tarantino's best character.

[@hnanetoo]

🤝

[@vlastimil-furst]

Yeah, he wasn't bad at all in Django Unchained either, but the role of Hans Landa went really well with his diverse language skills.

[@krypticunlimited6925]

I would have to agree. Him, Calvin Candie, and Jules are probably the Tarantino characters in terms of their monologues and their performance

[@kiraxxxxxxxxx]

@@krypticunlimited6925 and then Stephen appears and steals everything on screen.

[@ChrisLawton66]

I like him because he's one of the few actors that doesn't sound like Tarantino speaking.

[@MikePhoenix007]

The opening scene from Inglorious Basterds is one of the greatest movie scenes ever written and performed, if not *the* greatest.

[@sandro-nd6ir]

Indeed

[@TomEyeTheSFMguy]

X to Agree

[@Sisiphe_T]

Totally agree, I was coming to say the same thing. The acting of the guy hidding the jews is brilliant, as brilliant as Christoph's acting.

[@Mitch-nx2ic]

If you disagree with me that's fine but I have to say, everyone applauds the farmer scene in IB but I really don't find it that compelling and in a way I think its actually a little cheap. Alfred Hitchcock explained in the most simplest way how to build tension using two people talking at the dinner table and then showing a bomb on a timer underneath them. All Tarantino has done is copied this. If Tarantino wanted to make the scene better in my opinion he should've done this: After the farmer tells the Nazi commander where the jewish people are hiding (Hans points to floorboards and says: "im going to switch back to french now"), I would've cut to underneath the floor boards and stayed with the girl character. Have her listen to the french dialogue, then you hear the men come in and walk around. (this would heighten the tension allot more because you don't see the men or the guns being drawn and don't know what there response will be) and then boom, everyone starts getting shot up around her. (then you could cut back to the farmer cowering above) I think it's shocking and more interesting.

[@sandro-nd6ir]

@@Mitch-nx2ic u got a point though

[@mrclean2538]

In my opinion the last line of Inglorious Basterds reflects perfectly what Quentin Tarantino achieved with it. "This might just be my masterpiece."

[@user-vx1up7ty7z]

Can't believe I didn't realize the meta-ness of that. Thank you for pointing it out

[@lordfusiondar1003]

That was him after he made Pulp Fiction

[@namanjain8632]

That's why inglorious bastards is my favourite movie of all time.

[@televisiontunnelvision3303]

I found that to be a little too self-indulgent. Kinda pulled me out the movie.

[@LuisAngel-mu4zv]

@@televisiontunnelvision3303 me too just a little but still

[@CoreyGIvey]

I was hoping you would use the bar scene from Inglorious Basterds. I lived in Schweinfurt, Germany for almost five years. The moment he held up his three fingers, my stomach dropped and I knew there would be blood spilled. Great writing requires in depth research at times.

[@Torihappyness]

Corey G. Ivey i concur, when i watched that scene,and he pulled out three fingers,and the Germans entire disposition changed,i knew the gig was up,but didn't know how! Research is an important part when writing.

[@BigCityBegz]

They way you name dropped Schweinfurt, Germany made me chuckle as it sounds like somewhere a Tarantino character might come from.

[@CoreyGIvey]

j pb Thug: (looks at Corey with a raised eyebrow) "Schweinfurt?" Corey: "" Yeah, Schweinfurt." Thug: "Does that mean anything in German?" Corey: (replying dismissively while searching through the folders in the briefcase) "It means 'Pig Crossing'." Thug: (repeating Corey's response with a hint of confusion) "Pig crossing???" Corey: "Yeah...ironically I never saw any cops."

[@riotangel4701]

I had already known about that German gesture long before I watched that movie. When the British spy did it and the SS officer's following facial expression I knew it's Game Over.

[@fuckoff6431]

@@riotangel4701 what does three glasses mean

[@UltimateKyuubiFox]

“Hawks wouldn’t know where to look.” Where do mice hide? Under the floorboards. God, that’s bone chilling.

[@UltimateKyuubiFox]

Rin That would be the gist of it, yes.

[@mickesmanymovies]

As a side note, an actual hawk would probably have no problem finding the rats, since small rodants are one of the things they eat.

[@freddiewompton]

If under normal circumstance, you're absolutely right. But this isn't normal circumstance. This would be rats underneath floor boards of a house. Much harder, hawks are experts at hunting, rats are experts at hiding.

[@herpydepth1204]

UltimateKyuubiFox yeah as soon as I heard rats I knew he knew

[@tamaradimarco878]

UltimateKyuubiFox That was my exact thought the moment he said that line.

[@theawakened94]

The pledge is similar to chekhovs gun. "if you show a gun in a story, somewhere down the line it has to go off" or something like that.

[@Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human]

If ypu hang a gun on the wall in act one, it should be fired in act two. It was an example created to explain how the pledge works in a simple analogy.

[@jpatt194]

The flamethrower in the shed in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.

[@frankie9772]

Exactly! In some ways the pit bull dog as well, but it also acted as an actual character.

[@montywoodside]

As an aspiring writer, I was trying to wrap my head around 'the Pledge' and this gun analogy helped me do just that. Thank you for the comment

[@theawakened94]

No problem man ! good luck on your writing :)

[@seanhudson7328]

"Mar-garrr-eeehhhhtttiiii" I laugh everytime 😂😂😂😂

[@robertforgaci9427]

italians laugh harder.. trust me ahahahah

[@Jackson-bm9mo]

gorlammi

[@MattiaFormichetti]

Robert Forgaci yep, most definitely 🤣🤣

[@abdallahsawalha8835]

Bravo

[@StephensCrazyHour]

That whole scene is hilarious

[@PatrickHogan]

Brad Pitt voice: *BONJOURNO*

[@MovieManiacTalks]

One of the funniest moments in any movie ever. I never cease to laugh so hard I lose my breath.

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

Me entering Spanish class: *BAWNJORNO*

[@m.m.1301]

You have no idea how much more funny it is for an italian

[@camdude6670]

GORLAAMEE

[@aimilist]

Yaaaas im not the only one who remembers this

[@andleer]

For me, the scene in Inglorious Basterds, with Landa and the spys, also was a great way to show the malicious personality of Landa. He knew from the begining, they are spys, but he trys to agonize them and does his best to make the situation more and more uncomfortable for them and seems to enjoy their struggle.

[@TheCloserLook]

A proper sociopath :)

[@TheRisingSun56]

@@TheCloserLook In that instance he's not being a sociopath, Sociopath's can't feel or at least can't understand feeling. You can feel the amusement Landa has watching the crew squirm as he pulls the thread of their Italian cover inch by inch like the proper Sadist that he is.

[@dvo1245]

@@TheRisingSun56 *agree, def a sadist!!! He absolutely overjoyed by other people's pain & struggle...

[@UteChewb]

Yes. For me one of the telling moments is when he is talking to the woman in a restaurant and at the end of the conversation he stubs out his cigarette in the cake. It had a brutal uncaring feel to it that gave me chills. I knew this guy was a monster and didn't know how I knew.

[@oliverford5367]

​@@UteChewb It's ambiguous if he knows she's Soshanna or not. So it's a uncertain whether he realizes she is, and lets her go, or isn't sure

[@kingnikolai5799]

To sum up this video… Tarantino is a genius let’s just admit it

[@chrisredfield6274]

Well he is. Literally. His IQ is genius level lol

[@televisiontunnelvision3303]

He has his limits when it comes to writing.

[@colenelson8537]

I think you miss the point of the video. Why do we idolize these great writers, musicians, actors, artists? When you can break down great art like this, it is proof that anyone can be an artistic genius, and a genuine proposition to go out and do it. All you have to do is take the first step, so do it.

[@incipidsigninsetup]

@@televisiontunnelvision3303 wtf does that even mean? Everyone has their limits when it comes to anything.

[@somebody7130]

incipidsigninsetup yeah lmao

[@negan2714]

6:02 I love that scene so much. Lando is basically conducting the choir and letting them know they screwed up without directly saying it.

[@ArmLegLegArmHead47]

Even the "bravo" at the end is purely ironic and almost to be understood in a "mocking" manner.

[@nicklarocco4178]

Tarantino is the only writer I've ever seen who can turn exposition into a story you want to hear.

[@chriswest8389]

Geniuses can break the rules.

[@chazzitz-wh4ly]

It doesn’t feel like exposition, it feels like a conversation you’d have with another person.

[@DiscoBrain]

Tension builds* Tension builds* Tension builds* Ok, all stablished? We good? Alright now blow the whole thing up. Repeat

[@flux202]

Make sure its violent

[@jakovtucak5550]

Marvel be like: tension, tension, bad joke... Tension, tension, bad jole

[@adamnowak7538]

@@jakovtucak5550 ye xd

[@teonyi]

Ive noticed Tarantino films use this a lot, he build up everything, until the very end, then blows everything up with lot's of blood and gore.

[@ionadavies1295]

Teonyi quite literally in inglorious basterds

[@ryanleatigaga7596]

Unrelated topic: Anyone remember that one episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog where a director named Quentin Tarantula comes by the house and tries to shoot a movie with the family?

[@retardedvaxxedliberal]

The Shockmaster! BOOM!

[@rogerkincaid931]

His name was Benton Tarantella, an obvious parody.

[@TriggeringOpinionsandFacts]

mr. Wldasoldmysoul4pussyasateen just like tarentino is really only after actress toes

[@leongotget4157]

Quentin Tarantulino? What is this a crossover episode?

[@akasakikawasaki1890]

Leon gotget came searching for this reference, wasnt dissapointed

[@ryanmatthewrusso4538]

One thing I like from the Barn scene in Basterds is that colonel landa switches to english and the Jews under the floor don't know what he's saying which is even more frightening because I feel like his goal was to torment them first.

[@earlthrashy3260]

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[@tonyhoable]

That's not a barn. It's a house

[@dragonchr15]

I also like Tarantino's incorporation of food into his conversations. Milk. Streudel. Sandwiches. Makes me hungry....

[@12345DJay]

burgers. don't forget the burgers. and the milk shakes

[@dineshaurus]

And coffee

[@notcool2594]

Dinesh Singh Huwhite cake

[@cedarbay3994]

SD Carnation milk is prevalent in OUATIH Clint Booth eats his Mac and cheese sans milk and then is holding milk when he gets into the argument with Bruce Lee

[@RomanThaDroman]

He sure does he know how to make food & beverage look good lol Like when Christoph Waltz poures the two beers in Django for example

[@claytopiaw485]

You: Quentin is the best at dialogue Me: Sí- er, correcto

[@ZrankFappaH]

“The longer a scene can hold, the greater the tension” this man knows how to create tension in a scene like no other!

[@SpongeBob-bs5kx]

Do you know the background music scene

[@alessandrasuarez9482]

Another great scene from Inglorious Basterds- the strudel scene! The silence of Hans Landa after saying: "there's something else I wanted to ask you", the glass of milk paradox... Christoph Waltz was absolutely amazing in that performance.

[@EnPeeSee]

Knowing how Tarantino films go, my first viewing of Basterds had me teetering on the fence of whether Landa remembered Shoshanna, or was in some way reminded by conversing with her for so long. I feel like the scene's end coming as a huge relief was a wise decision, but Shoshanna's gasp when Landa is out of earshot even then manages to hold on to some of that tension. The worst possible scenario didn't happen, but for Shoshanna it very well could have. Notice that every scene Landa is in, he has his subject isolated in some way. You can feel the characters squirm inside, like they're stuck in a cage with a lion and they have no way of gauging just how hungry it is.

[@dearkazuscorner2549]

I watched this one in the theater. I´ll always remember the moment when Landa orders the glass of milk, the whole audience gasped at the same time! So brilliant!!

[@stephensimington479]

Tarantino has admitted he doesn't even think about subtext when he writes. He does admit it exists in his work, but not until after the fact. That's how good of a writer he is.

[@ChicCanyon]

Well what he's said is it doesnt exist, deliberately, in the initial draft and afterwards he "does his directors work" to quote him directly and analyzes the themes and subtext and adds and subtracts as needed to sharpen his thinking.

[@0d0gn]

In college my artsy friend told me. Good dialogue writers are writers that are good at talking to themselves.

[@monkii5258]

“If I come up with a terrific horror film story, I will do that as my tenth film,” - *Tarantino*

[@ritwiklakhanpal7935]

Tarantino is a legend when it comes to Writing Dialogue!!!!! Amazing analysis! Also I'm really excited about 'Once upon a time in Hollywood'😊😊

[@ΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΟΣΡΕΛΟΣ]

Ritwik Lakhanpal also...the lone sepherd for music carpet..boom ! perfect analysis as always from the closer look

[@XOXO-mr2lb]

The cast of 'Once upon a time in Hollywood' is like the avengers of tarantino's universe.

[@DarkMotherFucker-z3m]

i can't stop thinking about once upon a time in hollywood really

[@adamturner1563]

Somebody using @@rajv9732 name is aprehensive about QT making manson sound or look "cool"? Hahaha. charlie was cool anyway, far ahead of his time! IN CHARLIE WE TRUST! 🔱

[@Jose-se9pu]

Well, to be fair, Christoph Waltz incredible performance also helped the the examples you mentioned.

[@manoelandreisfernandes8747]

Oh yeah, it is like hating him in Inglorious Bastards but loving in Django.

[@ZurditaDinamita]

​@@manoelandreisfernandes8747 I love how Waltz has both, one of the most loving, sweet characters of Tarantino and one of the most (if not the most) psychopathic :D

[@job3rg]

Tarantino can keep the audiance entertained with just a conversation. Even if it's 100% German like in Inglourious Bastereds.

[@finw6844]

fax

[@orarinnsnorrason4614]

But it was also expertly done. Because even though Landa makes an excuse about his poor french switching to english had another meaning. Once they switched to english the camera showed the people under the floor, so the audience immediately know that they don't understand what they're saying.

[@guilhermeb1561]

I think i found the word "bastereds" way funnier than it should be

[@sethamerindine1440]

you are aware that there are whole films in German right?

[@williewhite1161]

The dialogue in "The Hateful Eight" was superb and extremely interesting.

[@alohachavez2278]

i fucking love that beginning farmer scene in Inglorious Basterds, left me even farther on the edge of my seat than during the end of Silence of the Lambs. it was so well done and beautifully written, with just the right amount of English to French ratio, just the right amount at stake for the opening of a movie with tension builds every second, just fucking beautiful.

[@DaleBerry]

What a BRILLIANT video. Thank you so much. Extremely educational. Just what I was looking for.

[@TheActionBrick]

I know I'm probably in the minority, but I really like The Hateful Eight. Edit: Looks like there are a lot of people who adore it as well! Awesome! It's just that I've seen a lot of people who either hate it or thought it was "meh".

[@TheXxxtripleexxx]

Masterpiece, don´t understand the hate towards it. Guess you have to understand the dark humor and the dialouge to enjoy it properly

[@arenkai]

I liked it quite a bit too ! Not my favourite Tarentino, but it's no failure in my opinion.

[@Denver0054]

Same here it was great

[@filiporvik2782]

IT's one of the best when they get to the cabin. The part before is too slow.

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

What? I've never met anyone who didn't like it.

[@arenkai]

2:50 EXACTLY !!! Whenever I watch a movie I often go to the kitchen to grab something to eat or drink without pausing just listening to the dialogues because they rarely grab my attention, but with a Tarantino movie it just feels wrong to not be in front of the screen while people are talking and I don't want to pause it either. It's like his movies hypnotise me.

[@mackychloe]

Good point.

[@BenDover-tk3jj]

I remember Landa started laughing out loud when the Actress stated her leg was injured whilst hiking. He knows she's lying and is hysterical at the fact that these four thought they could slip through his grasp.

[@Harmonica821]

Another thing that is worth pointing out in Tarantino's writing of dialogue is the *power dynamic* present at every suspenceful scene he writes. Every conversation has a power dynamic to it, being of phisical power, political power or simply having more knowledge than the other person talking. The reason of why so many dialogue scenes in his movies either end in shootings or have weapons out during conversations is to constantly remind the audience that a misstep might end in the death of someone. That there are consequences to ones words. Lets use the obvious example, Pulp Fiction. All throughout the famous apartment scenes, the set up basically makes the power dynamic that much special. We know from the car scene that Jules and Vincent have guns, and we see that Brett and his gang don't have them (not that we can see), and so that takes us out of a shootout and into an execution, in which we are begging for information on why this is happening; what led to it, and most importantly, what's on the briefcase that is worth killing over? Second Example, in the same movie during the date at Jack Rabbit Slims. The great power dynamic is the fact that Mia is the wife of Marsellus, and we know by the setup at the first scene that Marsellus doesn't take kindly AT ALL to even rubbing his wife feet, so every word that comes out of Vincent needs to be calculated. Either by offending her or falling in love with her, we know that might get him thrown off a balcony, so the looming threat is always there. PLUS, we get to finally know the actual story with Antoine. And the third and best example is EVERY scene with Calvie Candy in Django Unchained. At every moment in every conversation, we know by FACT that he has everything our two protagonists want. The only way of beating him is by playing along and hoping he doesn't find out their true intentions. Dialogue itself is fine, but what makes a dialogue SCENE good is the situation, most importantly the power play. You can't just have characters talking, sprinkle some subtext and call it a day-- NO!

[@reimourrpower9357]

This is the most thorough explanation of how QT writes some incredible scenes that hold your attention for inordinate amounts of time. The part with Hitchcock explaining how tension works with the audience awareness of the ticking timebomb underscores this well. Well done The Closer Look.

[@FilmInsanity]

Reservoir Dogs is still one of my favorite Quentin Tarantino films. It's the perfect heist film that doesn't even show you the heist and has the best conclusion to any film.

[@inukshukentertainment6643]

Has the coolest intro also, when they're all walking and Little Green Bag is playing.

[@georgea.4125]

Explain the best conclusion?

[@FilmInsanity]

Mixalis Antriou All the surviving characters in the film are in a mexican standoff. Mr White defends Mr Orange while Nice Guy Eddie and his father point guns at Mr Orange. Mr White kills both of them even though he's known these two men for years. The police rush into the base. Mr Orange tells Mr White he is a cop. Mr White is broken after realizing the truth. He says screw living by killing Mr Orange and Mr White gets killed by the cops. The ending is so tragic and amazing. There is even small touches like how you can hear audio in the background that tells you what happened to Mr Pink.

[@EvilTwinn]

I can't say I quite agree. I, personally, wish we the audience never found out for certain if there really was a snitch and who he was. I think leaving it unknown makes it a far more interesting story, and something you could really think about and discuss after watching. Not to say it's not a great film with a great ending, but I think it could have been better.

[@HarryBuddhaPalm]

It's a rip off of a Ringo Lam movie called "City on Fire" with parts of "The Taking of Pelham 123" mixed in. Tarantino is nothing but a plagiaristic hack.

[@KyleHarmieson]

I agree with everything you're saying, dude, but one thing... The "Fake Italians" scene in Inglourious Basterds isn't as subtle as you make it out to be. Masterfully done, to be sure, but, unless you're not paying attention, it's really hard to miss the implications of a notorious Nazi officer applauding Italians on their accents, especially since we've seen him speak with utmost respect to everyone else (who isn't Jewish).

[@luckyducky0411]

thank you for saying this

[@ETBrooD]

Kyle Harmieson I fully agree. The suspense in that scene comes from the fact that at first everybody suspects and then actually knows for sure what's really going on, but the cards have not yet been turned over, and the players can't act on their knowledge because of the situation they're in. It's like having your head in a lion's mouth who appears to be sleeping, but you're afraid of waking him up if you pull your head out, and then you hear someone mention that the lion has had his eyes wide open the whole time. That's the moment you really freak out and you're in a kind of psychological double bind.

[@KyleHarmieson]

+Soy Wars: The Force is Shemale That's an interesting thought, and a good analysis of tension. I've just gotta ask, though... What on Earth is going on in your username?

[@ETBrooD]

Kyle Harmieson I'm just really frustrated with the new Disney films so I mock them to keep my sanity :p

[@KyleHarmieson]

+Soy Wars: The Force is Shemale That explains nothing... What is it you're frustrated about? Are my suspicions correct, that you're simply upset about the ratio of female:male characters? That the men aren't "manly" enough for you? Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@taunokekkonen5733]

Tarantino said in an interview that he writes a novel or book-like thing first, then bases the script on that. That's prolly one reason the dialogue is so good; it's meant to be good even without acting.

[@Tobs1313]

Opening scene and the basement bar scene are pure masterpieces.

[@JayInDecent]

They are very immersive and intense

[@MJ-je6zn]

The pledge is actually a well documented idea called Set-up and Payoff, which are the two base units of story telling.

[@ChucksSEADnDEAD]

I don't think so because you can set something up without enthralling the viewer.

[@TheCloserLook]

Yeah, there are a fair few similarities however a set up and payoff are different to the pledge. A set up is more aptly described as Chekhov's gun. A gun shown in chapter 1 has to be fired by the end of the story. A setup simply introduces an element that in some way will play a part later on, it will be payed off however often this comes in the form of subtle foreshadowing or again, a Chekhov's gun where it's purpose is initially vague. The pledge is less subtle and more direct. It is essentially saying "This specific thing is going to happen so stay tuned to see it" If that makes any sense. A pledge is a direct promise to the viewer while a set up often isnt.

[@jberczi6]

Christoph Waltz is amazing

[@jeanleon3537]

*The bad writer example helps a lot more than just explaining*

[@sillyboy2223]

Jean Shirazawa almost like show don’t tell.... lulz

[@x340x]

the best thing is, you can see it in Michael Fassbenders face that he too realizes he blown his cover as well so they both know in that moment that the cover is blown

[@crazyjoedavola5430]

The German soldier that finds out the spy do to his 3 gesture look like a German Vince Vaughn Tarantino is a master of small details

[@RomanThaDroman]

Hmm, i kinda thought he was like a german Rory Culkin lol

[@ErmenBlankenberg]

I thought it was quite obvious that Landa knew that Basterds were just pretending to be Italian and was really blatantly making fun of them for being bad at it.

[@alexman378]

The point is that a lesser director would have Landa outright exposing them in some fashion.

[@ErmenBlankenberg]

Alexander Angelus Yeah, I understood that, but that doesn't change what I wrote

[@uFFFO]

Really? You think the Americans thought their cover worked? After Landa triple-checked their names? What kind of moron just asks peopel to repeat their name three times in a row. I believe everybody at that conversation knew these dudes weren't Italian. But why break the facade (and doom yourself to swift execution) if you can play along and see where it goes.

[@sterhax]

I thought this was incredibly obvious too. I think people who miss this probably miss a lot in film

[@scottbaron]

It's not the point that it's obvious, the sub plot is why he lets them go and doesn't arrest them or make a scene.

[@LnPPersonified]

Does it bother anyone else that he didn't let Sam Jackson finish his story?

[@user-vx1up7ty7z]

He burned down the prison (heh "bright idea")

[@UCjNrKLyRJI-abFA8qiNo92Q]

Django: oh mother F... BANG! Avengers Infinity Wars after credits... hol up

[@ClownDuck]

Kinda like how we never saw what's in the briefcase in Pulp Fiction.

[@sam8404]

@@ClownDuck well yes but actually no.

[@22burnsie]

ClownDuck the briefcase is made to be up to our own imagination

[@arenkai]

I just finished my Tarantino marathon this morning with Kill Bill 2, your video couldn't have had a better timing !

[@TheCloserLook]

I timed it just for you ;D

[@xirensixseo]

i used to be in a drama club and still aspire to be able to write even half as good as Tarantino. every scene in my head plays out differently now, every moment is a chance to draw the viewers, to slowly unravel the story, its bloody magnificent, how he writes.

[@KrishnasisMandal]

Why didn't you talk about the skull carving scene in Django Unchained. That was tense af!

[@nathancowart4713]

That was amazing! Especially when Monsieur Candie cut his hand on the table. Phenomenal

[@sam8404]

@@nathancowart4713 that part was unscripted and accidental. Shows how amazing an actor DiCaprio is.

[@nathancowart4713]

sam8404 Yeah I know it is. I just wanted to add that fact in there. Showing how DiCaprio realized that he should continue the scene and how more intense it would make it.

[@sam8404]

@@nathancowart4713 also shout-out to the crew for keeping the camera rolling instead of stopping everything as soon as he was injured.

[@Imissevolve]

When butch has to go to his apartment to get his watch in pulp fiction is the most suspenseful thing I’ve ever watched ( because of the almost minute and a half long scene of following him to the apartment) And then when you he gets in the apartment and you think everything is safe, he finds the gun and I goes right back to being stressful

[@monosage6242]

Addicted to watching these video essays! My passion is film, each and every aspect of it... and this? THIS CHANNEL! ITS AMAZINGGGG!!!

[@TheCloserLook]

Thanks mate :)

[@TwiliteKiler]

Surprisingly, I have been using this channel for tabletop role playing, and it has also served to be invaluable. Not only is each amazing, but the rate he puts them out is impressive.

[@otiagomarques]

Had that phase, enjoy it! Check: Every Frame a Painting, Lessons from the Screenplay, The Closer Look, CinemaTyler, nerdwriter. KZbin is full of great content about film!

[@monosage6242]

otiagomarques ahahaha I literally am already subscribe to all of those, found them all around the same time and love ALLLLLL!!😂👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼I need to find even more channels now😁👌🏼

[@monosage6242]

Manek Iridius aaaaah lol I don’t usually pay too much attention to it if I’m just writing a comment but thanks for the advice it’s very interesting to think about (I read over the word and it does sound like a broken record haha)😂👏🏼👏🏼😊

[@k0ku365]

I have to watch Inglorious Bastards. Right now.

[@YellowBunny]

Have you watched it yet?

[@mikeymorrison272]

Great movie. Best part is the first 15 minutes. You can feel the scene getting more intense

[@niemanddiemekent7623]

*Inglourious Basterds

[@JayAcKTiiVe]

*we knew wtf he meant

[@anthonyeaton9049]

Except, Inglorious Bastards is a 1978 film by Enzo Castellari, in contrast to Tarantino's 2009 Inglourious Basterds. Tarantino deliberately references the Castellari work in a handful of places, including the film name, but they are two wholly different films. Similar in name and setting only.

[@sverrewilson870]

Quentin should have been brought on board to help Dumb & dumber with GoT...

[@detectivejimmymcnulty1676]

Willeeyson 94 well in that case maybe they should have also brought on Spielberg and Chris Nolan too!

[@JasvirSingh-fd6fp]

There will be One Season only

[@BG-th1ti]

15:31 "Tarantino is a master at building and milking that big release of tension."

[@pijon4924]

i think that tarantino's style of writing is almost comparable to the undulation of a song, building up suspense for two measures and then "releaing" it, it is very beautiful when done correctly

[@capybaratherapy7970]

Thank you. Every single one of your videos is so useful for my writing. I write novels.

[@jonasgrumby4393]

Cool. I'm jealous.

[@leninmckay3144]

A young man is sitting at a bar, nervous of the men next to him he picks up a glass of water and makes a loud sipping noise. He calls over the bartender and softly whispers “I couldn’t do it”

[@HangmanFilms56]

these videos are incredibly helpful, not to mention entertaining. this one in particular helped me balance the level of suspense in my first novel and so far i've gotten a lot of positive feedback on it

[@Nexis]

I don't know where I found you, but this video was one of the greatest I have had the pleasure of coming across. Your perspective into film and writing are inspiring. I will be saving this video for future reference, and inspiration, to my own work. Thank you. Bravo

[@talentleesdorito9771]

How the fuck u got that check sign near ur name and u have only 137 subs

[@JDG-hq8gy]

talentleesdorito 9 he probably used a check character key

[@therantingboy]

"You can't have conflict throughout a movie or it would be endless arguing" 1 min later "the best thing about Tarantino is every scene contains conflict. Conflict is key to making great drama".

[@MarkWrightPsuedo]

That was a poor choice of words. Ideally, every scene is driven by conflict (of varying intensities). I think he meant you cannot just fill every moment, every beat, with conflict because that would become an unending argument. It would also be dull and artificial. Pacing would certainly suffer. Not every conflict need be resolved or dealt with through dialogue either--especially in a screenplay. But the conflict must be there, else there is no reason to have the scene in the first place. Something must be at stake.

[@seriousdog9151]

Viewer: “Aren’t a Hook and a Pledge the exact same thing” The Closer Look: Well yes, but actually no

[@vlastimil-furst]

Well, a hook can be pretty much like a clickbait. Where a pledge seems to me more like a promise that mostly gets fulfilled.

[@swampthang7228]

I've been saying this about The Hateful Eight' s dialogue forever, glad I found this, good job man

[@jonasgrumby4393]

I gave my CD copy to a friend to watch. He didn't like it at all. My friend always was a dumb lug.

[@sam8404]

@@jonasgrumby4393 you mean DVD? Or you put the audio onto a CD?

[@jonasgrumby4393]

@@sam8404 ----Jello/gelatin. Band-Aid/Bandage. CD/DVD. Get it now man?

[@sam8404]

@@jonasgrumby4393 I mean, I get what you're trying to say but you realize CD's and DVD's are different right? Those other things are just brand name vs. generic.

[@jonasgrumby4393]

@@sam8404 ---Of course I know. I was probably listening to CD's 20 years before you were born. Old habits is all man. I just call them CD"s is all.

[@Heisenberdy]

I never had a name for it like 'the pledge' but another layer of why this makes tarintino's dialogues so much more interesting and visceral is due to the fact that 'the pledge' can keep the dialogue interesting for a very very long time simply by being there Every line, pause and expression is in service of it which is why tarantino is the only one that can get away with creating a scene that is just a single dialogue of 10 minutes

[@andreidragostin]

Hook: I kidnapped your wife. Pledge: Here's a little present for you. You can either recognise the ring or the finger.

[@hanzflackshnack1158]

Very well put. I especially like the part about subtext. In real life situations not everything is said; it's understood given the context of the situation. Great insight into why most screen writers fail. Big like and subscribed

[@roseykat8847]

I absolutely love this video, I'm writing a book and your videos help me out.

[@TheCloserLook]

No problem, good luck with the book Rosey :)

[@kristopheraguero1500]

Same, I'm also writting a story and these videos help me a lot!

[@EliasThundertempest]

As an Italian guy, I got quite a few chuckles from this.

[@kamaleyonvt]

ive been an author for many years, and I still love these videos, because it helps me flush out my craft

[@Bunny-qi6oe]

Absoluted loved what you did at 4:56. My man understands subtext visually!

[@aisforamerica2185]

I genuinely love how he uses the same actors for each of his movies haha seeing honey bunny and pumpkin in the old west is awesome

[@spencerj.fraumano6723]

A is for America that wasn’t Amanda Plummer in hateful eight, it was Jennifer Jason Leigh

[@rovsea-3761]

The Hans Landa character is also really well done, because he is consistently upbeat in conversation and dialogue, to just about everyone that he meets. So when his character sudden;y becomes serious, talks efficiently and his expression becomes solid, it arrives with an impact that the audience can sense immediately. When that switch flips, it is terrifying in its abnormality.

[@awesomtrocity2540]

Who here thinks the hateful eight is one of the most genius, beautifully written masterpieces ever? Oh wait no everyone hates it??? Wtffff?????

[@kjanjusz7007]

AWESOMTROCITY I most certainly do not hate it. In fact, it should have gotten the attention and recognition that Django got.

[@youisstupid2586]

It is one of the best movies of all time imo

[@rajinelangrin4838]

Woah woah Not everyone I love that movie

[@bigboss4178]

it's Tarantino's eighth movie, and everyone hates it...Hateful Eight get it? I'm so smart

[@titusmccarthy]

It was hot garbage.

[@Damin-Danger-Ledford]

13:50- I always thought the Spy, and the SS Officer realized the Spy's mistake as well as the rest of the table. That's why they all went so quiet and tense. I absolutely love that part.

[@veggiesarefruits]

That "bravo" in 'Inglorious Basterds' is so great. Plus, the subtlety of using "adieu" AND "au revoir" depending on the situation, in the same scene, was brilliant. His character is one of my favorites in any Tarantino family.

[@spacechimp3199]

No one: Tarantino: More F E E T

[@pepeknamornik2955]

Oh my god

[@spelareNR14]

If he focused less on his fetish and more on his plots he might actually be good.

[@ky._gender6253]

Nils Elmquist I mean I feel like his plots are pretty god but idk that’s just me

[@sam8404]

@Sandra Swan pretty sure he's trolling, nobody could honestly believe Tarantino isn't a great writer.

[@UserJWR]

@@spelareNR14 Plot twist: He creates plot to put his fetish into Hollywood.

[@sapphirewine7470]

2:22 man that drove me mad, love when people make a smart point, even better when you make me feel it

[@bazookatooth]

"When it comes to dialogue, nobody comes close to Tarantino" Joel & Ethan Coen: am I a joke to you?

[@zachsutton9866]

Well It is just like his opinion man

[@ArtfulDodger566]

Coens dialogue is clever and brilliant filled with clever subtexts. Tarantinos dialogue starts like a small flame sizzles, burns and then with a sudden burst engulfs the entire scene.

[@bazookatooth]

@@ArtfulDodger566 amazing writers all round

[@laylover7621]

I can't take my eyes off of Tarantino's dialogues. I have watches several Coen movies and they all had me bored out of my skull.

[@bazookatooth]

@@laylover7621 eh, they both write amazing dialogue

[@fifthgearfoodie5272]

This is very interesting and all with the information you have provided about Skillshare. However, the reason why I subscribed to your channel is because of your utterly exquisite dissecting of Tarantino’s mastery of building suspense. I learned more within 10 minutes of watching your video than I could have learned in an hour long traditional class setting. I am very appreciative of your expertise and I bid you adieu.

[@mooknetherborn9827]

This has been the most ambitious commercial I've ever seen. The way it all ultimately led to an ad for Skillshare was brilliant. /s

[@technicallystupid25]

Either it's on the special features on the DVD for Inglorious Basterds or it's from a video on youtube I found, but I remember that he compares the opening scene in Inglorious Basterds to a rubber band. He said something like "you are stretching it and stretching it and then it explodes". You probably have heard of this, The Closer Look, but I thinks it's a cool fact about the opening scene, and I think it's also a good lesson in creating tension in cinema.

[@prestonnoneya3767]

It was an interview with Tarintino talking about suspense.

[@unsupportedhardvvare]

You sound like Tim Roth from The Hateful Eight lmao

[@perspii2808]

Donovan Owens He really doesn’t lol

[@masterwindu1234]

Oswaldo Mobrey to you

[@matthewmckinnon9298]

It's interesting to think of cinema as a relatively young art/media form. Tarantino is gonna be one of those directors that will always be remembered in the future

[@podolanko7]

I like the tension build up to announcing the SkillShare sponsorment.

[@superultragiggachigga]

I never realized what made me love his Tarantino's scenes til this video. the tension it builds reminds me of when you get called to the office in grade school, and you're sitting face to face with said elder, and that gut wrenching feeling of not knowing what's going to happens kills you.. Tarantino plays on that like a genius and can someone recreate that feeling we don't often recognize in the moment.

[@heroesfan236]

Inglorious Basterds is used so heavily in this video because it’s his best film. It’s a downright masterpiece. Not a single other film he has made even comes close, and this is coming from a an extreme Reservoir Dogs fan (I even saw the film with Michael Madsen).

[@sam8404]

Django Unchained comes close imo but I agree, Basterds is his masterpiece.

[@LadyFairChildVideo]

Kill bill (when seen in its entire lenght and disregarding the volumes thing) is his true masterpiece. it's got some good points about betrayal is seen from several viewpoints, revenge, reaction, comedy, the tarantino violence, dialogue, black and white, an anime section, and a really what seems anticlimatic end (perfect ending). inglorious and pulp are right behind in my ranking of the QT films.

[@moemoeanisong]

The pledge reminds me of Kurosawa's Rashomon. The story starts with the characters saying how awful/appaling something that has just happened was. They tell it so many times you start to wonder what the hell just happened, and that keeps you throughout the movie And Trantino's way of building up tension, IMO, reaches its peak in Once upon a time. And since I'm a huge Quentin fan, I felt the Joker movie lacked that sooooo freaking much, and it's a shame because the story itself had great potential

[@domenico9992]

When you speak I feel the filmmaking love flowing in your blood!❤🎥

[@TheCloserLook]

:D

[@nairnamor1268]

I like how excited you sound as you analyze the scenes.

[@mariannecontrino6297]

Just found this channel, and now I'm binging on as many as I can tonight. Like, subscribe, comment, all that jazz. Anyways, I saw "Pulp Fiction" in the theater with my dad when I was in high school, didn't know what to expect. Now my dad was one that fell asleep, and snored, in EVERY movie we went to, but not this one. Was shocked he not only watched it all, but actually said he liked it. I knew then I was gonna love everything he put out. Finished "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", and while at the moment it's not my favorite, I know with repeated viewings, I'll appreciate it more, and more. For me at least, that's usually how it is with his films. Only Tarentino can make 3 hours feel like no more than 90 minutes. So glad he has the freedom to make movies the way he wants, and not how the studio expects it to be done. Great video, I'm looking forward to rewatching his movies, paying closer attention to all the things he pointed out. Can't think of a better way to spend the next few days of quarantine.

[@dweezytaughtme]

The way he brought in the first scene of Inglorious Basterds, literally had me clapping like I was celebrating a goal!

[@AP-sm2uq]

I've always said Quentin would make an amazing horror movie.

[@andrewaronson3364]

shut up!

[@JDG-hq8gy]

Andrew Aronson don’t be an asshole

[@goosemeister12]

I agree completely, I'd love to see one from 'em.

[@sorosaltgaming]

"..and I know alot of you watching aspire to make movies like me.." Never a truer word has been said.

[@xandariousthe3rd]

4 years later and the Skillshare link still works 💀 thanks man

[@martinjasek5311]

Everyone here is applauding QT and not enough attention goes to the author of this video essay. Very good job man. Theres so much "analysis" on what makes Tarantino himself, and Im sick of most of them for being so superficial and not getting the fundamentals... you get it. Cheers brother!