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Thursday, August 07, 2008
OH, TARANTINO... 



First you announce that you're done teasing us and have begun the remake of The Inglorious Bastards, now you dangle a Faster, Pussy Cat! Kill! Kill! update... with Britney Spears attached!!!

Well, that's the rumor on Ann Thompson's blog and the blogsphere has been salivating about it since.

Whether this is a calculated PR move by the Britney camp to actually get a project off the ground or just another one of QT's chances to go nuts and remake every Grindhouse title that's on his shelf, if I can be serious of a second, I do think this would really test the fabric of Tarantino's pull with audiences. Though the hype of Kill Bill and Grindhouse were huge, box office was low for both. Were they too niche? Does having Brad Pitt attached to Bastards lock the film as a money-maker and give Tarantino the capital to make the B-movie of all B-movies?

I know, I'm thinking way too deep into this (what can I say, it's a slow news day), but I am curious to see if there would be a Tarantino backlash (or has it already begun?).

But, Quentin, if you do it. Go all out. Cast Lindsey Lohan and Paris Hilton as the other strippers. Russ Meyer would have wanted it that way...


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# posted by Jason Guerrasio @ 8/07/2008 10:50:00 AM
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The thing that confuses me about QT is why doesn't he commit to the B-movie aesthetic and make the film for say, $100,000. I mean, get those A-list actors with their huge paychecks but stick to the production cost being ridiculously low.

I think the reason Grindhouse failed for me was because as sleazy and as greasy as he wanted it to come off it just didn't. It was too self-conscious and it lacked what all those films had, ingenuity. It should have a cheezy, poorly planned look to it. Making exploitation shouldn't cost a lot of money.

I thought Eli Roth's trailer for Thanksgiving was so pitch perfect it worked better than the film as a whole.
# posted by Blogger William @ 8/07/2008 1:00 PM  

 
I agree -- the film should be made as closely to the impoverished aesthetic of the original. As for casting, I think the Britney thing is a stunt. There was also that other rumor: Tera Patrick in the Tura Santana role, which might make more sense.
# posted by Blogger Scott Macaulay @ 8/07/2008 1:13 PM  

 
Tera Patrick - I could definitely see that.

Oh yeah, and he should get his dry cleaner to shoot it.
# posted by Blogger William @ 8/07/2008 1:18 PM  

 
love tarantino - loved 'death proof' - but man am i underwhelmed with this new rumor.

in a perfect world tarantino would ressurect the Philip Marlowe character. we haven't seen him since Altman's fantastic 'Long Goodbye', imagine what Tarantino could do with that world.
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous @ 8/08/2008 8:12 AM  


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