The bar staff asks why the non-linear structure? Quentin Tarantino walks into a bar.

Hook: "You had my curiosity" Pledge: "Now you have my attention"

"Tarantino could direct an exceptionally good horror film" You're 100% correct, but it'd literally kill people. I would have a heart attack in that theater.

The Hateful Eight is an amazing example of Tarantinos dialogue. The movie hardly has anything happening except dialogue, and I didnt get bored once. Most movies are filled with action to draw attention away from shit writing.

I like Tarantino because he respects the intelligence of the viewer. He doesn’t have to spell every single little detail out and hold our hands. Doing so sets up unrealistic dialog in artificial situations

As a german, I remember immediately recognizing the wrong hand gesture and seeing his reaction and thinking "oh crap, shit's going down". Awesome video!

my favourite dialogue from pulp fiction is between jules and vega, when jules asks vega what the whopper is called in paris and vega says "i didnt go into burger king", this is realistic dialogue and i love it

Christophe Waltz in Inglorious Basterds is one of the most memorable performances I've ever seen. I'd go as far as to say Tarantino's best character.

The opening scene of Basterds is so brilliant. One often-overlooked aspect of it I love is how Landa requests that they speak English, innocently claiming it's because he rarely gets to converse in it. As a movie audience, we're used to foreign characters speaking English for our convenience, so we're conditioned to shrug this off. As the scene progresses, we gradually realize that, "in-universe," it's done so that Landa's quarry are in the dark about what's being said, and the realization is horrifying.

Brad Pitt voice: *BONJOURNO*

The pledge is similar to chekhovs gun. "if you show a gun in a story, somewhere down the line it has to go off" or something like that.

In my opinion the last line of Inglorious Basterds reflects perfectly what Quentin Tarantino achieved with it. "This might just be my masterpiece."

“Hawks wouldn’t know where to look.” Where do mice hide? Under the floorboards. God, that’s bone chilling.

I was hoping you would use the bar scene from Inglorious Basterds. I lived in Schweinfurt, Germany for almost five years. The moment he held up his three fingers, my stomach dropped and I knew there would be blood spilled. Great writing requires in depth research at times.

The opening scene from Inglorious Basterds is one of the greatest movie scenes ever written and performed, if not *the* greatest.

"Mar-garrr-eeehhhhtttiiii" I laugh everytime 😂😂😂😂

To sum up this video… Tarantino is a genius let’s just admit it

For me, the scene in Inglorious Basterds, with Landa and the spys, also was a great way to show the malicious personality of Landa. He knew from the begining, they are spys, but he trys to agonize them and does his best to make the situation more and more uncomfortable for them and seems to enjoy their struggle.

I also like Tarantino's incorporation of food into his conversations. Milk. Streudel. Sandwiches. Makes me hungry....

You: Quentin is the best at dialogue Me: Sí- er, correcto

Unrelated topic: Anyone remember that one episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog where a director named Quentin Tarantula comes by the house and tries to shoot a movie with the family?

One thing I like from the Barn scene in Basterds is that colonel landa switches to english and the Jews under the floor don't know what he's saying which is even more frightening because I feel like his goal was to torment them first.

Tarantino is the only writer I've ever seen who can turn exposition into a story you want to hear.

“The longer a scene can hold, the greater the tension” this man knows how to create tension in a scene like no other!

Tension builds* Tension builds* Tension builds* Ok, all stablished? We good? Alright now blow the whole thing up. Repeat

Tarantino has admitted he doesn't even think about subtext when he writes. He does admit it exists in his work, but not until after the fact. That's how good of a writer he is.

6:02 I love that scene so much. Lando is basically conducting the choir and letting them know they screwed up without directly saying it.

In college my artsy friend told me. Good dialogue writers are writers that are good at talking to themselves.

Tarantino can keep the audiance entertained with just a conversation. Even if it's 100% German like in Inglourious Bastereds.

I thought it was quite obvious that Landa knew that Basterds were just pretending to be Italian and was really blatantly making fun of them for being bad at it.

“If I come up with a terrific horror film story, I will do that as my tenth film,” - *Tarantino*

The dialogue in "The Hateful Eight" was superb and extremely interesting.

Well, to be fair, Christoph Waltz incredible performance also helped the the examples you mentioned.

I know I'm probably in the minority, but I really like The Hateful Eight. Edit: Looks like there are a lot of people who adore it as well! Awesome! It's just that I've seen a lot of people who either hate it or thought it was "meh".

I remember Landa started laughing out loud when the Actress stated her leg was injured whilst hiking. He knows she's lying and is hysterical at the fact that these four thought they could slip through his grasp.

Another thing that is worth pointing out in Tarantino's writing of dialogue is the *power dynamic* present at every suspenceful scene he writes. Every conversation has a power dynamic to it, being of phisical power, political power or simply having more knowledge than the other person talking. The reason of why so many dialogue scenes in his movies either end in shootings or have weapons out during conversations is to constantly remind the audience that a misstep might end in the death of someone. That there are consequences to ones words. Lets use the obvious example, Pulp Fiction. All throughout the famous apartment scenes, the set up basically makes the power dynamic that much special. We know from the car scene that Jules and Vincent have guns, and we see that Brett and his gang don't have them (not that we can see), and so that takes us out of a shootout and into an execution, in which we are begging for information on why this is happening; what led to it, and most importantly, what's on the briefcase that is worth killing over? Second Example, in the same movie during the date at Jack Rabbit Slims. The great power dynamic is the fact that Mia is the wife of Marsellus, and we know by the setup at the first scene that Marsellus doesn't take kindly AT ALL to even rubbing his wife feet, so every word that comes out of Vincent needs to be calculated. Either by offending her or falling in love with her, we know that might get him thrown off a balcony, so the looming threat is always there. PLUS, we get to finally know the actual story with Antoine. And the third and best example is EVERY scene with Calvie Candy in Django Unchained. At every moment in every conversation, we know by FACT that he has everything our two protagonists want. The only way of beating him is by playing along and hoping he doesn't find out their true intentions. Dialogue itself is fine, but what makes a dialogue SCENE good is the situation, most importantly the power play. You can't just have characters talking, sprinkle some subtext and call it a day-- NO!

Another great scene from Inglorious Basterds- the strudel scene! The silence of Hans Landa after saying: "there's something else I wanted to ask you", the glass of milk paradox... Christoph Waltz was absolutely amazing in that performance.

*The bad writer example helps a lot more than just explaining*

i fucking love that beginning farmer scene in Inglorious Basterds, left me even farther on the edge of my seat than during the end of Silence of the Lambs. it was so well done and beautifully written, with just the right amount of English to French ratio, just the right amount at stake for the opening of a movie with tension builds every second, just fucking beautiful.

Opening scene and the basement bar scene are pure masterpieces.

Tarantino is a legend when it comes to Writing Dialogue!!!!! Amazing analysis! Also I'm really excited about 'Once upon a time in Hollywood'😊😊

I agree with everything you're saying, dude, but one thing... The "Fake Italians" scene in Inglourious Basterds isn't as subtle as you make it out to be. Masterfully done, to be sure, but, unless you're not paying attention, it's really hard to miss the implications of a notorious Nazi officer applauding Italians on their accents, especially since we've seen him speak with utmost respect to everyone else (who isn't Jewish).

Why didn't you talk about the skull carving scene in Django Unchained. That was tense af!

Tarantino said in an interview that he writes a novel or book-like thing first, then bases the script on that. That's prolly one reason the dialogue is so good; it's meant to be good even without acting.

Christoph Waltz is amazing

Does it bother anyone else that he didn't let Sam Jackson finish his story?

The German soldier that finds out the spy do to his 3 gesture look like a German Vince Vaughn Tarantino is a master of small details

Quentin should have been brought on board to help Dumb & dumber with GoT...

The pledge is actually a well documented idea called Set-up and Payoff, which are the two base units of story telling.

Reservoir Dogs is still one of my favorite Quentin Tarantino films. It's the perfect heist film that doesn't even show you the heist and has the best conclusion to any film.

the best thing is, you can see it in Michael Fassbenders face that he too realizes he blown his cover as well so they both know in that moment that the cover is blown

15:31 "Tarantino is a master at building and milking that big release of tension."

2:50 EXACTLY !!! Whenever I watch a movie I often go to the kitchen to grab something to eat or drink without pausing just listening to the dialogues because they rarely grab my attention, but with a Tarantino movie it just feels wrong to not be in front of the screen while people are talking and I don't want to pause it either. It's like his movies hypnotise me.

I have to watch Inglorious Bastards. Right now.

Viewer: “Aren’t a Hook and a Pledge the exact same thing” The Closer Look: Well yes, but actually no

these videos are incredibly helpful, not to mention entertaining. this one in particular helped me balance the level of suspense in my first novel and so far i've gotten a lot of positive feedback on it

When butch has to go to his apartment to get his watch in pulp fiction is the most suspenseful thing I’ve ever watched ( because of the almost minute and a half long scene of following him to the apartment) And then when you he gets in the apartment and you think everything is safe, he finds the gun and I goes right back to being stressful

What a BRILLIANT video. Thank you so much. Extremely educational. Just what I was looking for.

Very well put. I especially like the part about subtext. In real life situations not everything is said; it's understood given the context of the situation. Great insight into why most screen writers fail. Big like and subscribed

"You can't have conflict throughout a movie or it would be endless arguing" 1 min later "the best thing about Tarantino is every scene contains conflict. Conflict is key to making great drama".

This is the most thorough explanation of how QT writes some incredible scenes that hold your attention for inordinate amounts of time. The part with Hitchcock explaining how tension works with the audience awareness of the ticking timebomb underscores this well. Well done The Closer Look.

You didn't use ONE clip from Kill Bill but you used the soundtrack. LOL

i used to be in a drama club and still aspire to be able to write even half as good as Tarantino. every scene in my head plays out differently now, every moment is a chance to draw the viewers, to slowly unravel the story, its bloody magnificent, how he writes.

No one: Tarantino: More F E E T

I just finished my Tarantino marathon this morning with Kill Bill 2, your video couldn't have had a better timing !

Addicted to watching these video essays! My passion is film, each and every aspect of it... and this? THIS CHANNEL! ITS AMAZINGGGG!!!

You sound like Tim Roth from The Hateful Eight lmao

Quentin Tarantino telling the Starbucks barista that his name is the N-word and then just leaves

Hook: I kidnapped your wife. Pledge: Here's a little present for you. You can either recognise the ring or the finger.

A young man is sitting at a bar, nervous of the men next to him he picks up a glass of water and makes a loud sipping noise. He calls over the bartender and softly whispers “I couldn’t do it”

I don't know where I found you, but this video was one of the greatest I have had the pleasure of coming across. Your perspective into film and writing are inspiring. I will be saving this video for future reference, and inspiration, to my own work. Thank you. Bravo

Absoluted loved what you did at 4:56. My man understands subtext visually!

Who here thinks the hateful eight is one of the most genius, beautifully written masterpieces ever? Oh wait no everyone hates it??? Wtffff?????

"The Hate Filet"

Thank you. Every single one of your videos is so useful for my writing. I write novels.

This is very interesting and all with the information you have provided about Skillshare. However, the reason why I subscribed to your channel is because of your utterly exquisite dissecting of Tarantino’s mastery of building suspense. I learned more within 10 minutes of watching your video than I could have learned in an hour long traditional class setting. I am very appreciative of your expertise and I bid you adieu.

i think that tarantino's style of writing is almost comparable to the undulation of a song, building up suspense for two measures and then "releaing" it, it is very beautiful when done correctly

I absolutely love this video, I'm writing a book and your videos help me out.

I recently watched both Inglourius Basterds and the Hateful 8 for the first time. I was trying to understand the tension I felt throughout both those movies. You did a tremendous job explaining it, and this was probably my favourite video of yours. Bravo!

I like how excited you sound as you analyze the scenes.

I never had a name for it like 'the pledge' but another layer of why this makes tarintino's dialogues so much more interesting and visceral is due to the fact that 'the pledge' can keep the dialogue interesting for a very very long time simply by being there Every line, pause and expression is in service of it which is why tarantino is the only one that can get away with creating a scene that is just a single dialogue of 10 minutes

As an Italian guy, I got quite a few chuckles from this.

I never realized what made me love his Tarantino's scenes til this video. the tension it builds reminds me of when you get called to the office in grade school, and you're sitting face to face with said elder, and that gut wrenching feeling of not knowing what's going to happens kills you.. Tarantino plays on that like a genius and can someone recreate that feeling we don't often recognize in the moment.

ive been an author for many years, and I still love these videos, because it helps me flush out my craft

When you speak I feel the filmmaking love flowing in your blood!❤🎥

I genuinely love how he uses the same actors for each of his movies haha seeing honey bunny and pumpkin in the old west is awesome

Brilliant video. I can't believe however you didn't touch on any of the dialogue in Kill Bill, but you did use its music. Thanks for the excellent content.

I agree with the suspense, and the inglorious example. The scenes you talked about are my favorite, the start in his house, the drei glasse in the cafe, and the italian in the cinema.

Anyone seen The Prestige?

"When it comes to dialogue, nobody comes close to Tarantino" Joel & Ethan Coen: am I a joke to you?

This has been the most ambitious commercial I've ever seen. The way it all ultimately led to an ad for Skillshare was brilliant. /s

That "bravo" in 'Inglorious Basterds' is so great. Plus, the subtlety of using "adieu" AND "au revoir" depending on the situation, in the same scene, was brilliant. His character is one of my favorites in any Tarantino family.

The Hans Landa character is also really well done, because he is consistently upbeat in conversation and dialogue, to just about everyone that he meets. So when his character sudden;y becomes serious, talks efficiently and his expression becomes solid, it arrives with an impact that the audience can sense immediately. When that switch flips, it is terrifying in its abnormality.

I've been saying this about The Hateful Eight' s dialogue forever, glad I found this, good job man

that s why tarantino is one of my favourites, the moment i first saw that conversation between jules and vincent in the car about vincents time in amsterdam i knew this was special, his dialogues are great to watch

Great video!! However, I wouldn't think anyone would miss Hans subtext in the Italian scene. It is so majestic its impossible to miss.

6:30 "the left one pronounces his name authentically"... Well yeah if the listener is far from being Italian

One of my fave directors! 👌😸 Also love this channel

Just found this channel, and now I'm binging on as many as I can tonight. Like, subscribe, comment, all that jazz. Anyways, I saw "Pulp Fiction" in the theater with my dad when I was in high school, didn't know what to expect. Now my dad was one that fell asleep, and snored, in EVERY movie we went to, but not this one. Was shocked he not only watched it all, but actually said he liked it. I knew then I was gonna love everything he put out. Finished "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", and while at the moment it's not my favorite, I know with repeated viewings, I'll appreciate it more, and more. For me at least, that's usually how it is with his films. Only Tarentino can make 3 hours feel like no more than 90 minutes. So glad he has the freedom to make movies the way he wants, and not how the studio expects it to be done. Great video, I'm looking forward to rewatching his movies, paying closer attention to all the things he pointed out. Can't think of a better way to spend the next few days of quarantine.

4 years later and the Skillshare link still works 💀 thanks man