Deathproof

Directed by	Quentin Tarantino
Produced by	Elizabeth Avellan Erica Steinberg Robert Rodriguez Quentin Tarantino
Written by	Quentin Tarantino
Starring	Kurt Russell Rosario Dawson Vanessa Ferlito Jordan Ladd Sydney Poitier Tracie Thoms Mary Elizabeth Winstead Zoë Bell Rose McGowan Marley Shelton
Cinematography	Robert Rodriguez Quentin Tarantino
Editing by	Sally Menke

Many have deemed Quentin Tarantino as a visionary, a maverick filmmaker. His style is often copied by many who admire his filmmaking prowess. In every movie that he makes there're several trademarks that make his movies truly his own. Fictitious products like Red Apple cigarettes, Big Red Soda and Big Kahuna burgers are a staple in every movie that Quentin Tarantino makes, this is done to avoid placement of real products in his movies. It is true that he also copies some techniques and shots done by the most notable directors in film history, but he gives them a new approach and makes them unique.

His new movie Deathproof, which is a part of the double feature Grindhouse, is another breakthrough in film history. The idea is to make a movie that would look like a grindhouse feature film. The two movies in Grindhouse: Planet Terror which is directed by Tarantino’s good friend Robert Rodriguez, and Tarantino’s Deathproof contains elements of grindhouse features and has a B-Movie feel in it. It is a really fun experience watching those two movies. It really leaves an impression that you are watching old movies, these two films also has a grainy visual, making it seem like the reels are either really old or really bad. There are also “missing reels” segments which are not uncommon with old grindhouse features. The double feature also comes with fake movie trailers of fake movies in between the two features.

What sets the Tarantino feature Deathproof apart from the B-Movies is that it was able to present graphic scenes using new technology. The “crash” scene in Deathproof is beautifully detailed and the shots would be impossible to make if this was really a B-Movie. Like what Kurt Russell’s character Stuntman Mike said, during the days to crash a car in a movie you have to crash real cars and stupid people drive them. But with cutting edge technology, everything is possible, and with Tarantino taking the helm you are gonna have a big time, gruesome assault visually. The violence in his movie is so graphic it makes you whince, or faint if you have a weak heart.

There are some movies that try to be genius but turn out to be really stupid; with Quentin Tarantino’s Deathproof (and also with Rober Rodriguez’s Planet Terror) they try to be so stupid it came out a genius work of art.