![]() ![]() One is a pulpy, hyper-violent Tarantino joint, the other a garish, freakish supernatural thriller. Herein lies the main problem with From Dusk Till Dawn - it’s actually two different movies. Unfortunately, this particular establishment turns out to be a haven for a ravenous clan of vampires - a mere front to lure new victims. The Fullers smuggle the Geckos into Mexico in the family RV, and the quintet shacks up in a local all-night biker bar where the brothers have agreed to meet with their contact. Thus, they enlist the forcible aid of vacationing ex-pastor Jacob Fuller ( Harvey Keitel) and kids Scott (Ernest Liu) and Kate (Juliette Lewis). Freedom and safety lie across the Mexican border, but the pair can’t make it there alone. The Gecko brothers - Seth (George Clooney) and Richie (Tarantino) - are dangerous criminals on a killing spree with law enforcement hot on their trail. But - as we inevitably must ask of all media with the passage of time - does it itself hold up? The answer is a resounding “Yes…and no.” Robert & Quentin’s World of Blood The film achieved modest box-office success and went on to become a cult hit, spawning two DTV sequels, a video game, and a TV series. But amid the sugar-rush of the mid-’90s, the most massive meeting of these warped minds was easily the bloody horror thriller From Dusk Till Dawn.ĭusk celebrated the 25th anniversary of its release this month. In the next century, they’d make higher-profile collaborations on Sin City and Grindhouse. ![]() Their joint efforts started out small - Tarantino played a bit part in Desperado, and both contributed a segment to the disappointingly uneven anthology film Four Rooms. Given their similar styles and tastes, it was inevitable that the two phenoms would work together. (Palme D’Or champ Tarantino, in particular, had become as close to an international celebrity as directors get he even found himself hosting Saturday Night Live that November.) They had quickly established their creators as some of the most exciting and unique voices in independent filmmaking. The movies’ intentionally flashy dialogue and postmodern pop-culture-splattered atmospheres dazzled audiences. Each had two critically acclaimed, wildly successful features under his belt (for Tarantino, Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction for Rodriguez, El Mariachi and Desperado). Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez were on a white-hot streak in 1995.
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