When a filmmaker writes and directs their own script, they run the risk of comparing their strengths and weaknesses.
Take Zack Snyder — few would say he can wield a pen as well as he can a camera.
On the flip side, there’s Joss Whedon; his writing has shaped pop culture, for better or worse, but his visual craftsmanship never grew beyond 1990s network TV.Quentin Tarantino is aware of this dichotomy and it has motivated him to push himself as an artist.
In the wake of his breakout run in the 1990s, “Reservoir Dogs,” “Pulp Fiction,” and “Jackie Brown,” Tarantino was especially praised for his dialogue.
With conversations littered with pop culture ephemera, Tarantino’s characters don’t sound much like real people, but they certainly argue like them.
Unlike many other writers famous for stylized dialogue (see the aforementioned Whedon), he gives all of his characters distinct voices too.But Tarantino
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