Quentin Tarantino Gives Good Soundtrack
Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's critically hailed B-movie exploitation genre double-bill homage Grindhouse was released last weekend, though few went to see it ($11.6 opening weekend gross!). At three-plus hours, that shouldn't be entirely surprising, and Harvey Weinstein told Page 6 he's considering releasing Rodrigeuz's Planet Terror and Quentin's Death Proof separately at some point.
Death Proof also givesQuentin another chance to remind that he's a viable contender for King Of The Soundtracks; starting with Reservoir Dogs, Tarantino's always pulled together songs befitting his films' genres and eras. His soundtrack for Death Proof is no different, nabbing cuts to compliment the seedy Rosario Dawson scenes. A trio of tunes are streaming at deathproof.net, including Willy Deville's "It's So Easy," Smith's "Baby It's You," and April March's "Chick Habit."
The movie seems worth the three-hour butt cramp, though we haven't seen it yet. We did see The Hoax this weekend, though, and there was a note posted on the ticket window saying:
The 'look' of Grindhouse is intended to replicate 70's action and horror films after heavy circulation in theaters. To that end, scratches, sprocket run off, focus problems, freeze frame and film burn are all intentional.So if you don't want sprocket run off, see Firehouse Dog. Any of you guys make it to Grindhouse yet? Do Rose and Rosario stay true to this costume?
'Cause that definitely would be worth the three-hour ass cramp. Anyway, Mainstream Isn't So Bad has a nice collection of Tarantino-through-the-years MP3s (no Kill Bill, though). Spidey needs a few more sequels to catch up. Death Proof (Soundtrack) tracklist after the jump.
1. "The Last Race" - Jack Nitzsche Listen Listen Listen
2. "Baby, It's You" - Smith Listen Listen Listen
3. "Paranoia Prima" - Ennio Morricone Listen Listen Listen
4. "Planning & Scheming" - Eli Roth Listen Listen Listen
5. "Jeepster" - T Rex Listen Listen Listen
6. "Stuntman Mike" - Kurt Russell Listen Listen Listen
7. "Staggolee" - Pacific Gas & Electric
8. "The Love You Save (May Be Your Own)" - Joe Tex
9. "Good Love, Bad Love" - Eddie Floyd
10. "Down In Mexico" - The Coasters
11. "Hold Tight" - Dave Dee
12. "Sally And Jack" - Pino Donaggio
13. "It's So Easy" - Willy DeVille
14. "Whatever-However" - Tracie Thoms
15. "Riot In Thunder Alley" - Eddie Beram
16. "Chick Habit" - April March
Death Proof (Soundtrack) is available on Maverick.
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Grindhouse is the most fun I've had at the movies in a long time. I don't really go to the movies anymore, opting to usually wait until "whatever it is" comes out on DVD. But this was insanely fun, although going a bit, um, 'buzzed' is definitely in order. Rosario, Rose and the other ladies of Grindhouse kick major ass.
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the best track, by far, has to be the Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich song "Hold Tight!"
if you havent seen the flick yet, it really is quite fitting.
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Am I the only person alive that finds Rose McGowan unappealing?
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I thought she was Susan Sarandon in that photo at first.
But she was appealing in through the majority of Planet Terror.
(Rosario doesn't stay true to the costume :( )
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definitely a movie that makes you squirm in your seat - especially Planet Terror.
I loved it, though I wish that Tarantino would never act.
"too drunk to fuck" was my soundtrack favorite
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Grindhouse is unbelievable. It really is a 3 hour rollercoaster ride.
You will want to start a Fight Club when you leave the theatre because your adrenaline will be so high.
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Loved Grindhouse, especially Death Proof. Absolutely brilliant.
I've been listening the soundtrack a bit and it's just so good, as well.
"Hold Tight" is definitely the highlight.
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Grindhouse was awesome.
Personally, the most disturbing moment of the film was the preview for "Thanksgiving".
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what movie did you guys see? it was three straight hours of coke-addled inside jokes in the form of a film. I fell asleep during deah proof's stupidly long chatty-cathy sequence and damn near walked out of the theater when freddy rodriguez hopped on that mini-bike. What could have been a decent homage to that style of film turned out to be nothing more than a 3 hour long "Scary Movie 5." And what was with Kurt Russell turning into a blubbering wuss by the end. awful awful awful. It was a good soundtrack for Death Proof though. Can't argue with that.
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King of the Soundtrack contender indeed. Tarantino and Scorsese always have the best soundtracks to complement their films. Loved it.
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THIS IS MY MECCA! ahaha the nick cage trailer was halarious... fu manchu. ha. rose mcgowan is gorgeous... go pulp fiction.
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"And what was with Kurt Russell turning into a blubbering wuss by the end."
In your rush to be smarky internet guy, you clearly missed the entire point of the movie. Great observational skills, genius.
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Agreed. Most fun I have had in a theatre, EVER. SO FUCKING FUNNY and INSANELY GROTESQUE. The movie "prevues" are half of the fun, and Death Proof is a bit slow for a while, but not at all bad!
Go see it you dumbasses, you will never forget it!
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"In your rush to be smarky internet guy, you clearly missed the entire point of the movie. Great observational skills, genius."
*Applauds*
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I dug the movie quite a bit. I got exactly what I expected. Everyone in the theater thought it was "laugh-out-loud" funny, but I didn't laugh once, but that doesn't change that I thought Grindhouse was amazing. It's just...cool.
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I thought the whole experience was so much fun. Not decided yet on which half I liked better.
I found the car chases in 'Death Proof' to be exhilirating while 'Planet Terror' was just fun campy horror. I dunno if it's the best time i had in the theater that might have to go to 'Hot Fuzz'. But still, it's definitely worth the 3 hours plus of your time!
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You know, Tarantino isn't solely responsible for choosing the music for the movie soundtracks. If you look closely at the credits for nearly every film since Pulp Fiction, he's worked with a music supervisor named Mary Ramos. While Tarantino might have final say, she surely does more of the upfront picking and choosing....
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Enjoy Grindhouse while you can, because you probably won't see anything like it in the near future and for a while to come. The inside poop is that this, much like Kill Bill 1 & 2, has not met the expectations of the investors and Dimension / Weinstein Co. and that both Rodriguez and Tarantino will be expected to deliver more mainstream (and profitable) fare next time.
While I think it is unfair that this movie is being beaten up for having underperformed against Ice Cube, eternally pissed-off as he is, in "Are We Done Yet", I certainly have seen writers and directors suffer for less. Come on! What did they expect? It's a holiday weekend - parents are going to take their kids to kid-friendly films, not freaking Grindhouse.
Early May would have been a better release slot.
DwD
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I thought both movies were pretty awesome: Planet Terror was over the top gross slapstick that reminded me of Naked Gun meets Dawn of the Dead meets Armageddon. Death Proof's car chase made any dull moments in the movie absolutely worhtwhile! It had to be the best chase I've ever seen. There was a tremendous amount of hot chicks throughout both films. Regardless of McGowan's plastic face, she looked sexy as hell. My favorites were the bad-asses from Death Proof, Kim and Zoe- I'm sure we'll be seeing more of them soon!
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I thought both movies were pretty awesome: Planet Terror was over the top gross slapstick that reminded me of Naked Gun meets Dawn of the Dead meets Armageddon. Death Proof's car chase made any dull moments in the movie absolutely worhtwhile! It had to be the best chase I've ever seen. There was a tremendous amount of hot chicks throughout both films. Regardless of McGowan's plastic face, she looked sexy as hell. My favorites were the bad-asses from Death Proof, Kim and Zoe- gotta hope they'll be in more movies because of this one.
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"In your rush to be smarky internet guy, you clearly missed the entire point of the movie. Great observational skills, genius."
hmm, perhaps i did. but on the other hand, this snarky internet guy heard Quentin say in an interview that he wanted to return Kurt to his badass roots, exemplfied in things like "Escape from New York." All I'm saying is I felt betrayed a bit but comments like that. His character started strongly in that vein and then disintegrated into a whiney little girl. Perhaps as a wonderful character study this would have done spledidly BUT under the moniker "Grindhouse" he should have remained the same sonofabitch the whole way through. To make an agregious reference a la Tarantino, that guy was no Kowalski. If the movie was going to be an homage, it should have remained an homage, not degenerate into a two-bit, hackneyed parody. Turning Russell into a bubbering puss, getting beat up by a bunch of ditzy, albeit tough as well, girls felt like betraying the genre they were trying to resuscitate. If you want to make sure these films are saved from being forgotten by the masses, glorify and reenergize the existing key elements, don't twist them around and try to be clever. I wanted a classic Kurt Russell action movie performance (as promised), not some bastardized version of it.
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I'm sure you can catch Overboard playing somewhere on network television.
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Crappy european distributor is going to split the to movies apart, showing only one at the time. Excuse; europeans does not have a history of drive-in movies. They have also claimed that they are unsure of what to do with the trailers. Bastards!
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"I'm sure you can catch Overboard playing somewhere on network television."
ah yes, the difference just a few years can make in a man's career.
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I thought Death Proof was absolute garbage. Basically a women's acting workshop with 2 car chase scenes spliced in.
I am a Tarantino fan, but the self-conscious, inane dialogue left me completely uninterested...something I can never say I'd associate with a QT film before.
But I'm in the minority, so I guess I don't understand what the kids like these days!
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It's still hard to comprehend that Ice Cube's movie made much more in ticket sales than Grindhouse.
It also irritated me that some bumpkins went "Ah thawt deth preewf sucked". Philistine...
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i thought grindhouse was the most amazing theater experience ever. its one of my new favorite movies. and i disagree with people who didn't like death proof. i read somewhere, and yes, am regurgitating, that rodriguez made a brilliant replication of a grindhouse flick, and tarantino took the genre, spinned it on its head, and made it his own. i happen to think thats the perfect description of the two. and both directors managed to poke fun at their own styles as well, especially tarantino with the long dialogue sequences. and just cause its girls talking about inane things doesn't make it any less charming than DUDES talking about inane things.
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I was lit like a goddamn x-mas tree and I LOVED IT. All theaters should serve beer.
Too bad I was in the pisser when the kid blew his face off on accident.
Go see Grindhouse and don't forget your flask and your hitter box.
And I highly recommend test driving muscle cars for kicks.
So much fun.
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I thought Grindhouse was a great movie and I never go to the movies. My favorite tracks are the Jack Nitzsche, Smith, and Eddie Floyd songs.
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i thought grindhouse was terrible. i can appreciate over-the-top gross-out humor, i just didn't like it. death proof was also pretty boring and non-cohesive.
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I haven't walked out of a movie as giddy as I did walking out of Grindhouse in a long while. And I go to the movies a lot lot lot.
I'm the kind of person for whom the 3 hour running time was no issue at all when the double bill was RR and QT; that said, there are moments of restlessness, but damn if the ending of Death Proof doesn't send a fucking chill (of the awesome variety) down your spine.
Oh, and webmaster guy? Why on earth would you choose The Hoax over Grindhouse? Just curious.
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Why the hate-ons for anyone who has said anything remotely critical of Grindhouse?
I know the knee-jerk reaction is to love everything QT does, but seriously, the emperor isn't wearing any clothes. This is neither a guilty pleasure, nor a classic. It's just bad.
Or should I say "Aw shucks, that shore was a stoopid movie, I like that Ice Kube flick way better. And Hillary Duff movies are great!" Because obviously, if I couldn't remotely comprehend the greatness of Grindhouse, then my film tastes must be just as low-brow as the rest of the "philistines".
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OH! i also forgot that FERGIE was in the first one. what was with that shit?
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I "got" both movies and didn't like either. Campy movies that are well made are still campy. I thought the trailers were the best part. They nailed the genre and were only 2 minutes long rather than a laborious 1.5 hours.
And GOD DAMN does Quentin love women's feet. Almost all his movies have feet closeups but Deathproof is ridiculous. Even the fucking title credits are over a feet closeup!
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I "got" both movies and didn't like either. Campy movies that are well made are still campy. I thought the trailers were the best part. They nailed the genre and were only 2 minutes long rather than a laborious 1.5 hours.
And GOD DAMN does Quentin love women's feet. Almost all his movies have feet closeups but Deathproof is ridiculous. Even the fucking title credits are over a feet closeup!
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man. if you didn't a) laugh, b) get grossed out, c) have a good time at all while watching GRINDHOUSE, you are either a bore or just too fucking cool. that's my guess. I laughed my ass off, I was on the edge of my seat during the action sequences ... what were you expecting? Tarantino to wipe your hiney and tell you it's special?
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Whatever. Wake me up when Tarantino learns originality, instead of this empty postmodernist bullshit.
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The Jack Nitzsche tune is nice (you can hear it here- http://www.pinglewood.com/2007/March/Grindin.html) but Tarantino really needs to leave the surf guitars alone now.
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One of the best things about the soundtrack is, like Tarantino movies themselves, they consistently reference great cinematic moments:
http://drakelelane.blogspot.com/2007/04/immodest-homagist.html
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