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Tarantino Death Proof pt 1 (love letter to "real" movies with…
Tarantino
Death Proof
pt 1
the structure of the film: part 1 then bait and switch
the use of anachronistic coding: the sepia/saturation, the feeling of "film"--the film grain that codes the film as out of time. Maybe it also ties to sexualization and film style?
the parts of bodies that are sexualized are the parts that are brutalized in the car crash
love letter to "real" movies with "real" effects, not CGI. Use of real 60s/70s music to introduce the film
"Soldier Blue" as archetypal Western and American films
Thunder Bolt title card to Death Proof--reference to exploitation (sexploitation) films and the material history of film making. The history of Grindhouse theatres, challenging perceptions of art, censorship, and obscenity
Five minutes of feet--close up one shot of feet
the credits set up a separation of gender. "The Girls" and then the lone Kurt Russel
intro to "Jungle" Julia: no face, upwards pan from a low angle--emphasizes the body itself on display. History of exploitation
Julia mirroring the body language of the poster (Brigette Bardou)
bodies in parts with extreme close ups of feet, legs, vagina
feet as stamp of the Tarantino-ness of the film; kinda gross if it's about fetishising actresses bodies
feet in deep focus with Soldier Blue image of indigenous woman naked, bound
Questions of not giving the audience what they want: not doing "the thing" "it's everything but"
the only "power" they have is denying sex?
Stuntman Mike: emphasizes job. Parallels Zoe Bell (stuntwoman to Uma Thurman and Lucy Lawless)
Rose McGOwn acting dumb, bent over the car while Kurt Russel is talking, "CGI"--to-be-looked-at-ness
the politics of sleeping with folks to get ahead: Chris Simmons, the guy who likes pee, THE REAL LIFE EXAMPLE OF WEINSTEIN
Car as representational of classic genre/old tropes. It's a vehicle for violence/carries momentum