Quentin Tarantino's Trademarks (Foot Fetish, Fake Brands...)

Axiom3000 · admin Gender: Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Posts: 81

I. Barefoot Actors

Pulp Fiction

- Uma Thurman is barefoot for most of the movie.

- The cab driver, Esmarelda, does not have shoes on.

Four Rooms

- Angela is barefoot throughout the fourth installment.

From Dusk Till Dawn

- Tarantino drinks champagne from Salma Hayek's feet.

Jackie Brown

- Melanie is barefoot in all the scenes that take place in the apartment.

Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2

- Lucy Liu is barefoot as she runs to kill Boss Tanaka. The band at the House of Blue Leaves is barefoot. The Bride is barefoot as she escapes from the hospital and tries to regain control of her legs.

- In the final chapter, at Bill's Hacienda, both Thurman's and Carradine's characters have bare feet. The Bride is also barefoot during her battle with Elle Driver in Budd's trailer. Budd is also barefoot when he meets Elle Driver.

Death Proof

- At the beginning of Death Trap...

II. Red Apple Cigarettes

Reservoir Dogs

- We can also assume that Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi) smokes one in Reservoir Dogs when Mr. White offers him a cigarette (though he never lights his own).

Pulp Fiction

- When Vincent (John Travolta) and Mia (Uma Thurman) sit down at Jack Rabbit Slims, she takes out a pack of cigarettes.

- Pumpkin also has a pack of Red Apples laying in front of him in the opening scene. The red apple and the green worm can be made out when looking closely.

- Butch orders a package.

Four Rooms

- Just before Ted rings Betty, a package of Red Apple cigarettes is visible near the switchboard.

- Last sequence

From Dusk Till Dawn

- On the dashboard of the Gecko's Cougar

Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2

- Julie Dreyfus, who plays Sofie Fatale in the movie, is seen on the Tokyo billboards advertising Red Apple Cigarettes.

- During the approach to Tokyo you can see an advertisment of Red Apple cigarettes.

- (Vol. 2) The brand of cigarettes smoked in this film, as noted by the eagle logo below the filter seen in close-ups, is American Spirits. However, when The Bride meets with Esteban (Michael Parks), a pack of Red Apples, Quentin Tarantino's signature brand of fake cigarettes, can clearly be seen on the table.

Grindhouse

- JT (the BBQ owner) tossed a pack to Wray.

- Advertisment ($3.99) (picture from the set)

Romy and Michele (no Tarantino flick Wink

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- Next to Tarantino's ex-girlfriend Mira Sorvino.

III. Big Kahuna Burger

Reservoir Dogs

- Its first appearance!

Four Rooms

- There is a soft drink cup next to the package of Red Apple's.

Pulp Fictions

- Brett's burger and sprite

From Dusk Till Dawn

- Seth grabs lunch for Richard and Gloria.

Death Proof

- Stuntman Mike mentions a billboard "Near Big Kahuna Burger".

Romy and Michele

- Next to Tarantino's ex-girlfriend Mira Sorvino.

IV. General Mills Cereals - Fruit Brute (No fake brand, sold in the 70s)

Reservoir Dogs

- Quentins antiquarian package of Fruit Brute

Pulp Fiction

- Lance likes Fruit Brute.

V. Trunk Shots

Reservoir Dogs

- Before the audience sees the contents of Mr. Blonde's trunk, the camera looks up at Mr. White, Mr. Blonde, and Mr. Pink from inside the trunk.

Pulp Fiction

- Vincent & Jules take out their guns at the beginning of the movie.

Jackie Brown

- The scene where Ordell is trying to convince Beaumont to get in the trunk of the car is shot entirely from a camera in the trunk looking up at them.

From Dusk Till Dawn

- When the opening credits finish and the Geckos retrieve their hostage, we look from the woman's point of view from inside the trunk of the car up at the Geckos. This is, of course, the familiar type of angle Tarantino puts in all of his films.

Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2

- While The Bride is interrogating Sofie Fatale, we see from Sofie's point of view inside the trunk of her own car looking up at the masked Bride.

Death Proof

- Tarantino's traditional shot looking up at the actors from the trunk of a car is replaced by one looking up from under the hood.

VI. Long Takes

Reservoir Dogs

- While torturing the cop, we follow Mr. Blonde continuously from the warehouse to his car outside, back into the warehouse again.

Pulp Fiction

- When Butch gets out of the Honda to retrieve his watch, we follow him around a building, through a hole in a fence until he is across the street from the apartment.

- When Jules and Vincent step out of the elevator for their "foot massage" debate, we follow them all the way through the labyrinthine hallways to Brett's door, past Brett's to a window and finally, back to Brett's door again. All in a single take.

Four Rooms

- When Ted first enters the Penthouse suite (when Angela says "The Bellboy's here"), the camera goes all around the suite to introduce Ted (and we, the audience) to Chester, Angela, Leo and Norman. It also continues through Chester's praise of Cristal and Jerry Lewis, his temper tantrum, and his self-congratulations about the success of his movie, ending with Norman lighting Angela's cigarette. All in a single take. This also is a reference to Alfred Hichcock's Rope (1948), which had been shot entirely in one sequence without any (visible) editing.

Kill Bill

- After the Bride leaves O-Ren's door at the House of Blue Leaves (when Go-Go returns inside) we follow her down the stairs through the bar, past the kitchen, into the ladies room; we then go out of the ladies' room, back to the stairs and follow Sofie Fatale along the exact same path to the ladies' room, ending with the ring of her cellphone. All in a single take. (It took 6 hours to rehearse.)

- The "Massacre at Two Pines" ends with the camera following The Bride down the aisle away from Bill to the alter. We then "float" away from the alter, down the aisle, past Bill, out the door to the awaiting members of the DiVAS. Once they enter, the camera cranes up off the ground where we hear the pandemonium inside the chapel until finally fading out. All in a single take.

Death Proof

- During the second half of Death Proof, when the four women are talking in the cafeteria, it is all done in a single take that is at least 10 minutes long.

Axiom3000 · admin Gender: Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Posts: 81

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mochunk · the gimp Joined: 10 Apr 2008 Posts: 1

Isn't the whole scene in Pulp Fiction where he is trying to find his 'fucking little black medical book' all one shot as well? Not super long but still pretty cool given the amount of banter and movement between rooms in that sequence.