Tarantino on Point Blank (1967) and The Outfit (1973)

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Quentin Tarantino delves into film history, offering a director's perspective on classic crime thrillers Point Blank (1967), The Outfit (1973), and Richard Stark's (Donald E. Westlake) Parker character. The video is written by Quentin Tarantino via his Cinema Speculation book. But to be clear, this is an unauthorized fan-made video.
Quentin Tarantino's Cinema Speculation is a collection of essays exploring films that have influenced and inspired him throughout his career. His chapter on The Outfit, a 1973 film directed by John Flynn, showcases his deep appreciation for the movie. Tarantino highlights The Outfit as the most successful adaptation of mystery writer Donald Westlake's character Parker, a professional armed robber. This chapter delves into various aspects of the film and other related movies, offering a rich exploration of this genre.
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In the video, Tarantino discusses how The Outfit, which features a climactic all-out assault led by the criminal character played by Robert Duvall on the mob boss's headquarters, exemplifies the quintessence of a specific type of crime film. He expands this discussion by referencing other films with Parker stand-ins, like Point Blank (starring Lee Marvin) and other similar Parker characters like Heat (starring Robert De Niro). This wide range of references shows Tarantino's extensive knowledge and love for cinema, particularly films with a gritty, crime-focused narrative.
Moreover, the video is an appreciation of The Outfit and a broader exploration of the crime genre and its impact on cinema. It offers insights into how these films have shaped Tarantino’s perspective on filmmaking and storytelling. The chapter is part of a larger work in which Tarantino shares his views on a wide range of films, from classic Hollywood movies to cult favorites, providing a unique perspective on the art of filmmaking.
Written by: Quentin Tarantino* (taken from his book Cinema Speculation. Tarantino had nothing to do with the making of this video. This is a fan-made tribute to him and classic cinema.)
Edited by: Alan Berry
Produced by: Alan Berry and Mark Enochs
Narrator: AI Brown (Yes, it's an AI voice)
A Mexican Parker Movie?: The Curious Case of The Getaway Face (“Una cara para escapar”) bit.ly/48ghrTA
00:00 - Start of Quentin Tarantino’s Cinema Speculation
00:15 - Quentin Tarantino discovers Richard Stark’s Parker books
00:30 - Parker’s conflict with his co-workers
03:02 - Ward lays down the law for June
03:53 - Quentin Tarantino’s list of good directors from the 80s
04:15 - Films that didn’t suck in the 80s
04:41 - Tarantino working at a video store
05:00 - Tarantino on being fearless
06:38 - Complex 80’s characters
07:07 - Censored films from the 50s
07:18 - 80s movies turned into morality plays
07:29 - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
08:27 - Roger Ebert weighs in on Billy Murray and Chevy Chase
08:57 - Chevy Chase enjoying booga sugar
09:30 - Wall Street 1987
09:52 - Something Wild
10:13 - People have no taste
10:39 - The Scarlet Letter 1995
10:52 - Rambo
11:20 - Parker gets his revenge
12:19 - The Man with the Getaway Face
12:40 - Best Parker movies and bad ones
12:50 - Heat 1995
13:06 - Words to live by
14:22 - Point Blank 1967
14:47 - The Killers 1964
15:55 - Tarantino on Lee Marvin’s career
16:07 - Attack 1956
16:19 - The Professionals 1966
16:32 - The Dirty Dozen, 1967
16:50 - Avalanche Express 1979
17:12 - The Iceman Cometh 1973
17:22 - The Split 1968
17:37 - Payback 1999
17:59 - The Outfit 1973
23:27 - Rolling Thunder 1977
24:01 - Reception of The Outfit
24:33 - Quentin Tarantino’s appreciation of Robert Duvall
25:25 - Quentin Tarantino’s appreciation of Joe Don Baker
25:55 - Cannon has entered the room
26:36 - Quentin Tarantino on actor John Vernon
26:46 - The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976
27:03 - Quentin Tarantino on actor Carroll O'Connor
27:54 - Fish faced Lloyd Bochner
28:30 - Quentin Tarantino thought of remaking The Outfit
28:44 - MGM’s James Aubrey, aka the Smiling Cobra
29:09 - The Outfit opens
29:22 - Fat Hack James Bacon
30:03 - Critics review The Outfit
31:07 - Roger Ebert on The Outfit
32:02 - Quentin Tarantino goes to see The Outfit
32:22 - Quentin Tarantino goes to see The Outfit a second time
33:11 - Credits

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@TheTapesArchive 6 ай бұрын

There are many Quentin Tarantino Easter Eggs in this video, can you find them all? 00:00 - Start of Quentin Tarantino’s Cinema Speculation 00:15 - Quentin Tarantino discovers Richard Stark’s Parker books 00:30 - Parker’s conflict with his co-workers 03:02 - Ward lays down the law for June 03:53 - Quentin Tarantino’s list of good directors from the 80s 04:15 - Films that didn’t suck in the 80s 04:41 - Tarantino working at a video store 05:00 - Tarantino on being fearless 06:38 - Complex 80’s characters 07:07 - Censored films from the 50s 07:18 - 80s movies turned into morality plays 07:29 - The Unbearable Lightness of Being 08:27 - Roger Ebert weighs in on Billy Murray and Chevy Chase 08:57 - Chevy Chase enjoying booga sugar 09:30 - Wall Street 1987 09:52 - Something Wild 10:13 - People have no taste 10:39 - The Scarlet Letter 1995 10:52 - Rambo 11:20 - Parker gets his revenge 12:19 - The Man with the Getaway Face 12:40 - Best Parker movies and bad ones 12:50 - Heat 1995 13:06 - Words to live by 14:22 - Point Blank 1967 14:47 - The Killers 1964 15:55 - Tarantino on Lee Marvin’s career 16:07 - Attack 1956 16:19 - The Professionals 1966 16:32 - The Dirty Dozen 1967 16:50 - Avalanche Express 1979 17:12 - The Iceman Cometh 1973 17:22 - The Split 1968 17:37 - Payback 1999 17:59 - The Outfit 1973 23:27 - Rolling Thunder 1977 24:01 - Reception of The Outfit 24:33 - Quentin Tarantino’s appreciation of Robert Duvall 25:25 - Quentin Tarantino’s appreciation of Joe Don Baker 25:55 - Cannon has entered the room 26:36 - Quentin Tarantino on actor John Vernon 26:46 - The Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 27:03 - Quentin Tarantino on actor Carroll O'Connor 27:54 - Fish faced Lloyd Bochner 28:30 - Quentin Tarantino thought of remaking The Outfit 28:44 - MGM’s James Aubrey, aka the Smiling Cobra 29:09 - The Outfit opens 29:22 - Fat Hack James Bacon 30:03 - Critics review The Outfit 31:07 - Roger Ebert on The Outfit 32:02 - Quentin Tarantino goes to see The Outfit 32:22 - Quentin Tarantino goes to see The Outfit a second time 33:11 - Credits

@acidtrungpa4760 Ай бұрын

thank you for your work sir

@EbonyPope Ай бұрын

Can't really agre on the 80s. The most absurd concepts made it to film in that decade Repo Man is a perfect example of that. When I hear 80s movie I associate absolutely bonkers concepts with it. They often play in suburban settings which really makes you feel at home and connect with the movie. It was a very crazy decade just so completely different form the rest. Where music creativity peaked in the late 60s movies peaked in the 80s/90s. They had perfected the formula for realistic movie blood, had a lot of practical effects and used when they implemented CG very effectively without putting too much emphasis on it.-

@flaiman 6 ай бұрын

The production value of this video is off the charts.

@TheTapesArchive 6 ай бұрын

Right on! Please share it with others. 🍻

@jasonwurster387 6 ай бұрын

Totally! It's amazing. 👍

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

Here's my new one on Point Blank kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h56dnrKFvMm9aIk.html

@Gecko.... Ай бұрын

nah its all just clips and ai art mashed together

@TheTapesArchive Ай бұрын

@@Gecko.... Keep the comments coming you're only helping push the video to more people. 🍻

@Regantdarcy 3 ай бұрын

I don’t always agree with QT about certain movies… but man, I could listen to him talk about them forever. The dude knows & loves cinema. 🎥 🍿 👍🏼

@carlosx1237 Ай бұрын

He knows and loves hard boiled crime novels too. He should adapt a Stark novel. I think he would crush a Slayground adaptation.

@EbonyPope Ай бұрын

@CliffuckingBooth Ай бұрын

Scary that its AI voice.

@ROYALPRIX 22 күн бұрын

It's not him, it's AI

@sinbysin666 20 күн бұрын

@@ROYALPRIX as soon as "homogeneous" was pronounced "homo-genius", I know something was off.

@enriquegilmour Ай бұрын

I think I could listen to Quentin Tarantino talk about movies all day long.

@jegr3398 14 сағат бұрын

This is a TTS bot

@TheAsiandramafreak 14 күн бұрын

I don’t know about other genres but the action & sci fi genre in the 80s was ridiculously good. I think it was the best decade for sci fi, action & fantasy

@darkknightwithanidea1845 Ай бұрын

This just gets better as it goes on ! Seriously QT should have been made A HEAD OF STUDIO right now when the industry needs a total overhaul. This series of commentaries are pure masterpieces. Keep it coming that just made my week ✒️🎬🎥💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

@Football__Junkie 2 ай бұрын

I freaking love Payback and watched it constantly as a kid

@RobollieG Ай бұрын

I find the director's cut of Payback to be the most faithful adaptation of The Hunter (it's better than the theatrical cut), but the best movie based on a Stark book I've seen is POINT BLANK. I disagree with just about every negative comment Tarantino has to say about the movie and the actors in it.

@t.j.payeur5331 4 күн бұрын

Point Blank is an excellent film. One of my favorites. I love every scene.

@bryanbelshaw7725 Ай бұрын

The Outfit is one of my all time favourite movies. Still nice that two of its lead stars are still alive today.

@ashroskell 3 ай бұрын

I’m not having that about John Vernon. He’s great in Point Blank, but I loved that whole movie. Just watch Vernon’s performance in Charlie Varrick starring Walter Matthau. The way he manipulates the bank manager into suicide, leaving it just unclear enough that you can’t be sure 100% if he knew he was forcing him to kill himself or not. It’s a master class in subtlety and yet focussed malevolence.

@Redmenace96 2 ай бұрын

Bingo.

@djquinn11 2 ай бұрын

If you see Josey, tell him the war’s over.

@donaldduck7461 2 ай бұрын

John Vernon had such screen presence.

@benmelvin5481 2 ай бұрын

These are the kind of people that go to work on you with a pair of pliers and a blow torch

@drumtum Ай бұрын

Vernon was a great character actor. And he had good roles in some really classic movies in the late 60´s and 70´s. Point Blank, The Black Windmill, Charley Varrick, Fear is the key, Brannigan. He was in some shitty movies later on though in the 80´s and 90´s.

@PrimarchX 2 ай бұрын

Parker sounds like James Caan's character in Thief.

@mshahnazi7636 Ай бұрын

Thank you bringing my teen memories to me. I watched 90% of these movies. That’s the time when movies were made intelligently.

@moodyharvest Ай бұрын

Point Blank certainly doesn't look like TV. It has a dreamy style and the music is foreboding. The Outfit has a gritty style. They're very different.

@nope5657 Ай бұрын

Yea, QT is talkin' out his ass.

@Flike245 19 күн бұрын

I guess he has a point about Timothy Carey being the superior bit player.

@dee_seejay 2 ай бұрын

Manhunter (1986) - that was a good 80s movie.

@zandorvorkov986 2 ай бұрын

And so was Michael Mann's "Thief" (1981), but apparently, according to this video, Tarantino hated it?

@dee_seejay Ай бұрын

@@zandorvorkov986 Hmm. I'm liable to ignore him on this decade actually, the more I think about it. A few unmissables: _Paris, Texas_ (1984), _Diva_ (1981), _Time of the Gypsies_ (1988), _Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters_ (1985), _Trouble in Mind_ (1985), _Blade Runner_ (1982), _Videodrome_ (1983), _Brazil_ (1985), _Scanners_ (1981), _The Thing_ (1982), _Blue Velvet_ (1986), _Christiane F._ (1981), _The Long Good Friday_ (1980), _The Company of Wolves_ (1984), _The Vanishing_ (1988), _Defence of the Realm_ (1986), _Altered States_ (1980), _The Fourth Man_ (1983)...sorry, got a bit carried away, lol.

@robertfaulkner1824 Ай бұрын

@@dee_seejayhe mentions cronenburg Gilliam and David lynch and the thing specifically as exceptions. I like a lot of 80s comedies from coming to America to clue to fish called Wanda and I even have a soft spot for the sword and sandals/fantasy stuff. Like the 70s are a great decade but after a while you can find that all the down endings get just as old as the opposite

@patrickbernard742 Ай бұрын

yeah and also to live and die in la

@Counterkillify 26 күн бұрын

The ending of Manhunter sucked and felt so jarring. After killing The Tooth Fairy Killer, Will Graham has a happy day on a Florida beach like it never happened?! Absolute nonsense. It should’ve ended right there when the killer is shot to pieces. Just linger on that moment of confusion and insanity. It would’ve not totally raped my favorite theme from the novel. But as Demi Moore would say…

@ricknorman7193 Ай бұрын

Man, this was a superior piece of work!!

@Skwurm2297 Ай бұрын

Quinten needs to teach film making. The way he dissects film is just incredible. And horrifyingly honest.

@xyz8888 Ай бұрын

please keep doing them, they're awesome

@rjsweda Ай бұрын

you do an excellent job of filling the video with relevant & enlightening visuals. this is a real labor of love. i hope you do more. you so cool!

@jonathanreich6360 Ай бұрын

The 80s wasn't all bs. Beyond the directors and movies mentioned in this video, there are the beginnings of some interesting directors like Spike Lee (Do The Right Thing), Steven Soderbergh (Sex, Lies and Videotape), Sam Raimi (Evil Dead movies), John Sayles did Matewan and Eight Men Out, Alan Rudolph (Choose Me) and the Coen Brothers (Blood Simple). This is Spinal Tap and Stand By Me (Rob Reiner). Paris Texas and Wings of Desire by Wim Wenders. Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha and Ran, The Vanishing by George Sluizer, Cinema Paradiso by Giuseppe Tornatore and lots of action movies like City on Fire, The Terminator, and John Woo's The Killer. Noted directors did some good stuff. Coppola did Rumble Fish and The Cotton Club, Scorsese did After Hours, The King of Comdey, and Raging Bull and Kubrick did The Shining and Full Metal Jacket. One of my favorite 80s movie is a movie very few people have heard of or watched, Parting Glances. Tons of others like Drugstore Cowboy, River's Edge, Desperately Seeking Susan, The Long Good Friday, My Dinner with Andre, The Road Warrior, Robocop, Stop Making Sense, Something Wild, and Blade Runner. Yeah, there was a lot of dross but that seems to be par for the course in every decade. Pulp Fiction spawned bunches of mostly bad knock-offs. Hollywood is nothing if unoriginal -- chase what sells tickets.

@hansformat Ай бұрын

I love these videos. Quentin’s excitement about movies makes me want to cancel my day and watch every movie he talks about. But i have to say i like Point Blank a lot.

@johnnystaccata 2 ай бұрын

I came for The Outfit and Point Blank. For all of the others, I didn't bring my notebook.

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

If you like Point Blank, you should check out the new documentary on it. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h56dnrKFvMm9aIk.html

@disconnected22 5 ай бұрын

NOPE. I love every minute of Point Blank

@SquabbleBoxHQ 3 ай бұрын

The biggest disappointment of his book was this for me. It's one of the most rewatchable movies ever made.

@RabbiSteve 3 ай бұрын

@disconnected22 I’m with you. I agree with some of what he says here and I do agree that THE OUTFIT is somewhat closer to the PARKER books. But I still think POINT BLANK is a better movie. Or at least I like it better. Where I agree with him, is in it not really being a Parker movie, but just uses the book as a jumping off point.

@Norvillescoobs 3 ай бұрын

Even the scene of John Vernon falling from the balcony?

@SquabbleBoxHQ 3 ай бұрын

@@Norvillescoobs Could be worse, could draw a rectangle on screen and call it a square.

@Norvillescoobs 3 ай бұрын

@@SquabbleBoxHQ not really

@frankiehoskyn3948 Ай бұрын

John Flynn was one of the most overlooked and underrated film director's in cinema.

@scaredketchup Ай бұрын

That was great. I will be buying QT's book and watching the rest of this series. Thanks!

@writeralbertlanier3434 5 ай бұрын

I used to be a film reviewer and listening to this audio version of Tarantino's essays, I have to give him credit . Quentin is a screenwriter not a film writer and film critic but he provides a pretty good examination of movies . It is decent film criticism . Clearly Tarantino is more film goer than film reviewer in terms of his mindset. However, He has clear points of view and makes cogent arguments. His promotion of the 1973 film The Outfit here is a worthy effort to resurrect an old, forgotten film. I don't agree with him about Point Blank. It certainly wasn't 60s TV .Tarantino doesn't mention that Boorman shot and structured this film in a very different, often flashback driven elliptical style. It was a different kind of crime film in terms of editing, sound and photography . Point Blank was subversive for a major studio film at the time. Also Bill Murray and Chevy Chase played very different personas in movies. Chevy played protagonists who thought they were better than anyone else in the movie and thus it was realistic that he didn't change much in his movies. Bill played guys who didnt think they were better than anyone else but not any worse. Usually he could change in movies because he was flexible and he was so good at making light of the uptight, often tight assed men around him.

@ThongNguyen-fl9jp 3 ай бұрын

this is amazing! i've listened to. the audiobook like 3 times, but because of your editing i can understand it more because we can look at the images. thank you!!!

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

Just dropped a new one kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h56dnrKFvMm9aIk.html

@Redmenace96 2 ай бұрын

Show, don't tell

@colewilliams9432 20 күн бұрын

I find it interesting that movies made in the 1970s that were rated PG would get a hard R rating today

@user-hh9rc2lw4c 4 ай бұрын

The Outfit absolutely influence the directing style of Reservoir Dogs a lot

@williamallen9151 4 ай бұрын

This is great, I can't belive it only has 6k views. Criminal.

@TheTapesArchive 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. I think I’m getting killed by the algorithm. I usually put out music documentaries. Btw I’m working on a full documentary on Point Blank if you like that flick. Thanks for commenting, really made my day. (I’ve been bummed about the lack of views too.)

@ameliaward7429 Ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive Nah. Most people think Quentin is vile. I came here to dunk on him but this seems like a nice community.

@ScoobieDoobie197474 Ай бұрын

It’s almost at 58,000 now

@TheTapesArchive Ай бұрын

@@ScoobieDoobie197474 My newer QT video is pushing it.

@cobramalibuunlimited2897 6 ай бұрын

Keep making these and I will keep watching them.

@TheTapesArchive 6 ай бұрын

Right on! I will if others watch it. Thanks for checking it out.

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

Here is a new one. All on Point Blank kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h56dnrKFvMm9aIk.html

@cobramalibuunlimited2897 2 ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive HE DONT MISS!

@a.x.marcus4627 25 күн бұрын

I find "Heat" hard to rewatch again because of those last 15 minutes. Great insights, thank you!

@stephenp2424 4 күн бұрын

Amazing work, dude! I hope QT gets to see it.

@ThreeToesofFury 6 ай бұрын

hazaa! this looks awesome! thanks!!!

@TheTapesArchive 6 ай бұрын

Right on! I was wondering how folks will take to it or not. Let me know what you think of it. Thanks!

@paulkreider9441 Ай бұрын

Thank you, thank you for redeeming movies in the 70's. I never understood what was so different between the movie in the decades before and after, but it is a bit clearer now. I subscribed and tapped the bell . Thanks.

@wakajawaka 6 ай бұрын

Great video Alan! Professional grade as usual and some serious editing prowess! Keep'em comin'!

@TheTapesArchive 6 ай бұрын

Brother! Thank you so much for taking the time and coming over from the forum to post a comment. Really appreciate it. 🍻🤘

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

Here's a fresh one for you! :) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h56dnrKFvMm9aIk.html

@wakajawaka 2 ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive Thanks! Will watch it ASAP, appreciate the note!

@Nighthawk-8050 3 ай бұрын

Point Blank that's a cool movie.

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

You should check out the documentary on it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h56dnrKFvMm9aIk.html

@RobollieG Ай бұрын

I first learned about the movie in Martin Scorsese's movie about the movies that influenced him -- saw the trailer (in Scorsese's movie) and thought "I have to see this thing!".

@metagaminguniversemgu2240 9 сағат бұрын

This is so good. Thank you.

@robertwatson5104 Ай бұрын

White Heat ,, with Cagney as Cody Jarret was an awesome film too

@edwardjamieson303 2 ай бұрын

Great video! Love The Outfit & Point Blank!! Keep up the great work, man.

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Working on a Dirty Harry one now.

@EbonyPope Ай бұрын

@josephElgin Ай бұрын

I read QT's book CS. loved it. As long as he keeps writing books, that is ok with me. Great job on visualizing his chapter on Parker. Thank you. keep going!

@TheTapesArchive Ай бұрын

Thanks! Wrapping up a the chapter on Dirty Harry. Should be out in the next week or two.

@Tranquillado 6 ай бұрын

This is AMAZING. Please do the whole book, and take your time!

@TheTapesArchive 6 ай бұрын

Right on! The whole book would take years to do. I would only do it if QT was on board.

@Tranquillado 6 ай бұрын

I discovered yesterday QT narrates only two chapters of the audiobook. Bummer.

@TheTapesArchive 6 ай бұрын

@@Tranquillado I wondered why he didn't do the whole thing too.

@aaroncorr486 Ай бұрын

A good watch but he’s totally wrong about Point Blank, it’s a total classic and a better film than The Outfit.

@CoolCoyote Ай бұрын

wow the 'jezuz wept' scene see i was too young to really remember these movies, only watched them 10 years later. is why i love the 80's movies. or used to at least.

@lonesomelooch5661 6 ай бұрын

Wow, this is great. Deserves way more views.

@TheTapesArchive 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Looch! Please share it with anyone you think might dig it. 🍻

@ScoobieDoobie197474 Ай бұрын

It’s almost at 58,000

@kicksometennis Ай бұрын

this is pure love and passion

@Bostronix 29 күн бұрын

Commentary on films from the 70s is better than almost everything coming out in theaters today. I used to think technology would make films so life-like they would simply dwarf the quality of films from my childhood. To say I was wrong is an understatement.

@MP-db9sw Ай бұрын

One thing- in RONIN there is a scene where the Irish woman asks Deniro why he's there. He tells her she knows why he is there and she answers "the man in the whalechair (its like a wheelchair but Irish lol) and in HEAT Deniro's character takes stolen bonds or whatever to consult with dundunDUN a man in a wheelchair. I personally think they are meant to be the same character.

@brianpendergest5159 3 ай бұрын

Point Blank absolute classic, Lee Marvin is amazing and Angie Dickinson is so sexy in this film 13:27

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

Then you should love my new video. Its a Point Blank documentary kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h56dnrKFvMm9aIk.html

@Brian_Boru 2 ай бұрын

Excellent work. Strong editing. Really enjoyed this. If only The Outfit had a Blu-ray! Subscribed. Thanks.

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

Right on! TBH it's my best editing ever. Nothing but downhill from here. haha.

@scottbubb2946 6 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Very well done. Would love to see more like it.

@TheTapesArchive 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Scott. I'd like to do more. But so far the video is bombing compared to my other ones. 😅

@scottbubb2946 6 ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive You're welcome. That's unfortunate, but understandable.

@TheTapesArchive 6 ай бұрын

@@scottbubb2946 It's still early though. Maybe it will pick up. Please share it with anyone you think might enjoy it. Thanks again!

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

I have a new one all on Point Blank. Very deep dive. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h56dnrKFvMm9aIk.html

@scottbubb2946 2 ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive Cool! Thank you.

@mookyr5099 Ай бұрын

I'm so excited I found this page

@FrancoisDressler 2 ай бұрын

This is awesome!

@marckroll9544 21 күн бұрын

I got to meet Donald Westlake. Interesting and incredibly talented man.

@christianbritton1362 Ай бұрын

Damn, these are so good!

@redbilabsni 29 күн бұрын

I think the British film 'Get Carter,' (1971) should get a mention in context of the themes that Parker has to deal with.

@danwroy 3 ай бұрын

"Blasting through Angie Dickenson's door" whups

@raymondnewton2388 2 ай бұрын

Aye 👎🏻

@edwinthomasr Ай бұрын

Whenever JDB would have a scene in The Outfit I would yell "MITCHELL!!!!!!"

@skipprice4376 2 ай бұрын

Well done 👍

@Ian_Mattingly 2 ай бұрын

Really well edited video. Nicely done

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

Right on! I have one with QT and Dirty Harry coming next.

@Ian_Mattingly 2 ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive looking forward to it

@film79 Ай бұрын

It was a great read, this is making me want to get the audiobook

@JackMyersPhotography Ай бұрын

I can’t take hearing Lee Marvin slammed like that, but it’s great commentary.

@stevenscholl7383 3 ай бұрын

Wow, really good job on the video. I think Quentin would approve of this.

@TheTapesArchive 3 ай бұрын

Thanks man! I wished it got more views so it could get to him. BTW I have a full Point Blank documentary coming.

@danwroy 3 ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchiveYou got yourself a follow then

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

@@danwroy Thank you! Here it is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h56dnrKFvMm9aIk.html Let me know what you think of it.

@gomezgomez7759 2 ай бұрын

Mr tarantino probably produced this. Its anonymous

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

@@gomezgomez7759 Anonymous? My name is at the end on a channel I've had for years with 10 million views.

@ricknorman7193 Ай бұрын

And Don Siegal was actually the assistant director, for Curtiz, on Casa Blanca!!

@MrJames2025a 2 ай бұрын

This was really fantastic. You should do the other chapters of the book. I shared this on my social media. Hopefully people share and Tarantino sees it and gets onboard with an authorizing you to do an official version.

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

Right on Mr. James. Have you seen my one on Point Blank? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h56dnrKFvMm9aIk.html BTW I'm currently working on QT's chapter on Dirty Harry.

@jasonwurster387 6 ай бұрын

How could he (QT) do a full chapter of Parker film adaptations and not mention Mise a Sec? The French adaptation of The Score? My second favorite Parker film and favorite novel. But this video is amazing! Please do more.👍😀

@TheTapesArchive 6 ай бұрын

I agree! I woul dhave put some clips in from Mise a Sec but the copy I have isn't the best looking one. Thanks for checking it out. I'm trying to decide if to do more or not. 🍻

@jasonwurster387 6 ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive Agreed! I have the same garbage copy. I wish it would receive a proper remaster/home video release. I can see why you didn't include it either way because he (QT) didn't mention it at all. But this video was amazing. I subscribed to your channel. Keep em coming. 👍

@TheTapesArchive 6 ай бұрын

Started working on the next one yesterday. They take forever to make. @@jasonwurster387

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

@@jasonwurster387 Here's a new one. Full doc on Point Blank kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h56dnrKFvMm9aIk.html

@jasonwurster387 2 ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive Wonderful! Thank you. 😀👍

@David-mg1yj Ай бұрын

Probably the best QT diatribe ever. Please do more of these.

@TheTapesArchive Ай бұрын

I have another one coming next week. It's on Dirty Harry.

@David-mg1yj Ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive Excellent. Subscribed. Thank you.

@GrindhousedatabaseDeuce 6 ай бұрын

This is fun!

@TheTapesArchive 6 ай бұрын

Just checked out your channel. Your channel is fun too! 🍻

@elnick1000 2 ай бұрын

First, I liked Tarrentino's commetary here. But to rank THE OUTFIT over POINT BLANK is shocking. The fact is, THE OUTFIT feels more like a television movie than does POINT BLANK. I only saw it recently, and felt that it really has not aged well. Wearas as POINT BLANK, has.

@tom_reagan Ай бұрын

The narrator (Al Brown?) sounds just like Tarantino! I thought it was QT until I read the description!! Extra nice work on the video. 👍🏻

@menocu87 5 күн бұрын

You should hit up Quentin and pitch a full book as documentary film. You are doing great work here,

@brianally1531 2 ай бұрын

Well done! I don't agree with all of Tarantino's takes (not unusual) but i thoroughly enjoyed this nonetheless. You did a great job and i hope that he does see this and approve. I'd love to see more like it from you with the man himself narrating.

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

Right on! I'm currently working on the chapter about Dirty Harry. You might like my other movie doc kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h56dnrKFvMm9aIk.html

@janedagger 13 күн бұрын

I wish he'd brought up Lawrence Block's "Hit Man" series.... totally unique, and will drive ppl nuts and its soooo satisfying

@connorbrennan4233 8 күн бұрын

I recently watched a film that Tarantino is a fan of: Long Weekend (1978). I understand even more now what Tarantino said about complex characters. As the couple were bickering and destroying the environment while also having sweet moments, my feelings on them kept shifting back-and-forth. There were times I liked them and times I didn't. But the drama and suspense remained compelling. It would've been too easy if the couple was made wholy unlikeable or wholly likeable.

@SquabbleBoxHQ 3 ай бұрын

I loved this video, I'm a Parker movie aficionado and this was fantastic and pretty much a video I had in my head. Damn you! I can't help but disagree with Tarantino about a good many things, despite liking his own work very much. Point Blank? Masterpiece and better than a very good Outfit. We're also a bit partial to Body Double. It's okay, Quentin.

@cedarabbey 2 ай бұрын

He confuses Sharon Acker with Angie Dickinson -- which is amazing in itself!

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

Haha when I came across that part I wondered if anyone would notice. Nice one!

@wileyjdraws7594 2 ай бұрын

Im shocked at his dismissal of 1950s cinema some of the best noir,westerns and samurai films came out in this decade imo.

@connorbrennan4233 5 күн бұрын

He does have a point, though. As a fan of sci-fi and horror for instance, the decade was not exactly full of truly great offerings. So much of it followed a tired formula.

@rutherfordappraisal258 7 күн бұрын

The first time I saw Point Blank I knew nothing about the source material. In that first viewing it seemed almost like Boorman was trying to imply that Parker had actually been killed and was an avenging spirit come to take its toll on those who had ended his life. Also, Sheree North is so damn hot in this. And the Bronson flick Breakout. And in Charlie Varick.

@railgap Ай бұрын

When did gun handling by actors start to become realistic? I grew up with these films, but I had forgotten how bizarre the gun handling looked for many of them.

@werewolfconcerto193 Ай бұрын

I would take this over Mark Cousins' unintentionally hilarious "bauble" talk in THE STORY OF FILM any day! Again, a fantastic video accompaniment of Tarantino's essay Your curatorial prowess and editing are as sharp as ever!

@TheTapesArchive Ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

@werewolfconcerto193 Ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive You're so welcome!

@guybrush291 3 ай бұрын

More, please!

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

Here you go! :) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h56dnrKFvMm9aIk.html

@ricknorman7193 Ай бұрын

Robert Ryan was one of the all-time most over looked actors in Hollywood. This guy was sensational!! Man, i loved him. The Camera loved him!!

@howkel Ай бұрын

Has anyone else read the Darwyn Cooke graphic novel adaptations? The only adaptation that Stark allowed to use the Parker name.

@shawnvogt888 15 күн бұрын

Yep. It's excellent.

@Merylstreep1949 6 ай бұрын

This was AWESOME ❤better than most of Tarantinos films

@TheTapesArchive 6 ай бұрын

Haha not sure about that. But thank you! Please share it! Trying to get it to Quentin Tarantino 🍿🍻

@colinanthony2011 4 ай бұрын

I totally disagree with him about Point Blank. Such a strange and interesting film. And Marvin is perfect as Parker imo. Far better than someone like Duvall. Overall a fantastic video, though I do find the AI narration sounds phoney and a bit off putting.

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

Here is a video all on Point Blank: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h56dnrKFvMm9aIk.html

@MichaelLisk Ай бұрын

Point Blank > The Outfit.

@TerryUniGeezerPeterson Ай бұрын

Point blank is deceptively ambiguous. It's up to the viewer to figure it out.

@mobiuspaw494 Ай бұрын

Fabulous...

@GrindhousedatabaseDeuce 5 ай бұрын

id love to see the whole book done in this way. way cooler than an audiobook also that AI voice sounds so real I didnt even know it wasnt Q at first! crazy - pete

@TheTapesArchive 3 ай бұрын

If I could only get this to QT.

@JW-lc7qe 5 ай бұрын

Truly incredible video and editing bringing Tarantino’s writing in Cinema Speculation to visual life to reach a broader audience. I hope QT watches. Legal/AI/intellectual property rights may complicate things but it would be amazing if Alan Berry and legendary Tarantino could team up for the most amazing KZfaq content ever.

@blindnumber Ай бұрын

Good stuff..

@user-dv6zd9zl2w Ай бұрын

love these 70s Hollywood movies.

@matthewgabbard6415 29 күн бұрын

I blame John Voight for Deniro’s death. He should have cared enough not to tell him until he was in Fiji and tempers had cooled.

@alexdawson 2 ай бұрын

This is a great watch! Brilliant editing! It was a big disappointment that Quentin only narrated the opening and closing chapters of 'Cinema `Speculation' - Did you use ElevenLabs to do the V/O? It's really good and so much better than the Audiobook!

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

Right on! I did use ElevenLabs, by far the best. BTW I'm working on Tarantino's chapter on Dirty Harry.

@alexdawson Ай бұрын

@@TheTapesArchive It's Brilliant also :)))

@doctorlolchicken7478 Ай бұрын

It’s funny that Tarentino goes on about older directors knuckling under to the politics of the 80s, saying he was brash, brave and didn’t give a damn. But Tarantino did the same, and continues to do so. He fails to realize that their motivation and circumstances now align with his: they’re of a certain age and fame, and they want to keep the respect and fame. He thinks he has not changed as he gets older, and no doubt other directors in the past felt the same.

@michaelkelemen5567 2 ай бұрын

Lee Marvin doesn't blast thru Angie Dickinson's door. She doesn't play his ex-wife. It's a Canadian actress, Sharon Acker.

@TheTapesArchive 2 ай бұрын

Yep, I was suprised Tarantino got that wrong too.

@adrianberry4804 6 ай бұрын

Haha the archive bringing the goods again !!! You already know!!

@TheTapesArchive 6 ай бұрын

Which of the easter eggs was your favorite?

@johnnyjolijt2 Ай бұрын

Now I want to read the novels!

@shawnvogt888 15 күн бұрын

They're excellent.

@blindnumber Ай бұрын

Hey you do good videos...More....

@donaldduck7461 2 ай бұрын

Enjoyed The Outfit - Joe Don Baker with Duvall was a good 70’s film. Point Blank had pacing problems but always stays with you. Marvin’s underrated film is Death Hunt with Bronson.

@olliehays3206 Ай бұрын

When you have to list off 80s films like that, they're not "one-offs." The 80s was less gritty and grimey as the 70s yeah. But it was still a great era. Those same directors were still working and putting out crazy stuff. Dune? Robocop? Those movies didn't play it safe.