Quentin
Tarantino
1) Reading.
Quentin
Tarantino is an award-winning American film director, screenwriter and actor.
He is known for his stylish and violent movies. He rose to fame in the early
1990s for his unique directing method that relied heavily on dialogue. His
screenplays are usually full of unforgettable lines and scenes. He has become a
cult director around the world while achieving superstar status.
Tarantino
was born in Tennessee in 1963. He dropped out of high school when he was 15 to
learn acting. He got a job in a video rental store and spent all day watching
and analyzing films. He had long discussions about them with customers. For
Tarantino, this proved to be an education in directing that he would bring to
his own moviemaking.
Tarantino
met a movie producer at a Hollywood party who encouraged him to write a
screenplay. In January 1992 ‘Reservoir Dogs’ came out and Tarantino instantly
became a cult legend. He then wrote the screenplays for the box-office hits
‘True Romance’ and ‘Natural Born Killers’. In 1994, Tarantino made his classic
‘Pulp Fiction’ and won the Palme d'Or at Cannes.
Tarantino
made a few more films before writing and directing the ‘Kill Bill’ movies.
These films combined the movie styles of Chinese martial arts, Japanese drama,
spaghetti westerns and Italian horror. They confirmed him as one of Hollywood’s
elite directors. Tarantino once said: "When people ask me if I went to
film school I tell them, ‘No, I went to films.’”
2) Match the
following phrases from the article:
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He is known for his stylish
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unforgettable lines
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His screenplays are usually full of
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out of high school
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He has become a cult
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classic ‘Pulp Fiction’
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He dropped
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and violent movies
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this proved to be an education
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westerns
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Tarantino instantly became
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f.
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arts
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Tarantino made his
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in directing
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Chinese martial
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directors
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spaghetti
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director
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one of Hollywood’s elite
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a cult legend
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3) The
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He odppred out of high
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4) Put the words
back into the correct order.
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violent for
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screenplays His
lines unforgettable of full
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and films
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party producer Tarantino at
met a a
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January In
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screenplays for
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of one as
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went ask to
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5) Number these lines in the correct
order.
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office hits ‘True Romance’ and ‘Natural
Born Killers’. In
1994, Tarantino made his
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classic ‘Pulp Fiction’ and won the Palme
d'Or at Cannes.
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( 1 )
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Quentin Tarantino is an award-winning
American film director, screenwriter and actor. He is known for
his stylish and
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( )
|
violent movies. He rose to fame in the
early 1990s for his unique directing method that relied
|
( )
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customers. For Tarantino, this proved to
be an education in directing that he would bring to his own moviemaking.
|
( )
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in a video rental store and spent all
day watching and analyzing films. He had long discussions about them with
|
( )
|
Tarantino met a movie producer at a
Hollywood party who encouraged him to write a screenplay. In
January
|
( )
|
1992 ‘Reservoir Dogs’ came out and
Tarantino instantly became a cult legend. He then wrote
the screenplays for the box-
|
( )
|
heavily on dialogue. His screenplays are
usually full of unforgettable lines and scenes. He has become a
cult
|
( )
|
ask me if I went to film school I tell
them, ‘No, I went to films.’”
|
( )
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director around the world while
achieving superstar status.
|
( )
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Tarantino made a few more films before
writing and directing the ‘Kill Bill’ movies. These films
combined
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( )
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Italian horror. They confirmed him as
one of Hollywood’s elite directors. Tarantino once said: "When
people
|
( )
|
Tarantino was born in Tennessee in 1963.
He dropped out of high school when he was 15 to learn acting. He got a
job
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( )
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the movie styles of Chinese martial
arts, Japanese drama, spaghetti westerns and
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