![]() ![]() Instead this is the setting for an explosion of practical effects as dancers, bartenders and patrons turn into vampires. This is where, in a typical crime drama film the crew would lay low and celebrate until dawn, but one thing this film isn’t is typical. The house band, Tito & The Tarantula, bring the borderlands sound of Latin Rock with a hard edge, adding to the perfectly crafted soundtrack of the film and once again combining the styles of the writer and the director. Bikers are scattered around in different states of disarray, and it’s the neon doors to hell that we all know we’re tempted to walk into. Of course this leads to the ‘pussy’ monologue, a trope that should be stupid but somehow ends up being hilariously fitting for this film, and gives Cheech Marin his second of three roles in the film. Lights flash, flames spurt and the music pounds as we approach the Titty Twister, the most ridiculous, over the top and yet amazing bar put onto film. ![]() Unfortunately, this particular bar is like none they’ve ever been to before and hides a menacing secret inside. They are told they’ll survive if they can get the brothers to their meeting point, the Titty Twister bar, and ‘stay cool’ until sunrise. ![]() Patriarch Jacob Fuller (Harvey Keitel), a former pastor experiencing a crisis of faith after the death of his wife, is on holiday with his teenage children, Kate (Juliette Lewis) and Scott (Ernest Liu), and definitely wasn’t expecting to be sharing their family time with a bank robber and his dangerously delusional younger brother. The two play well off of each other, with Seth having fatherly tendencies and clearly loving his brother but constantly battling with his unhinged mentality.Īt a motel on route the criminal brothers come across a family who they take hostage, using their RV to clear the border into Mexico. Yet for everything cool about Seth there’s something utterly disturbing about Richie. In opposition to this is Seth, with his sprawling tattoos and dangerous charm he makes the criminal lifestyle feel cool and exciting. Tarantino pulls this character off with enough creep to be thoroughly unsettling. These are the Gecko brothers.Īs the two venture closer to the border its clear that Richie Gecko is a fucking psycho with almost zero self control, a penchant for sexual assault and a real mean streak. Seth (George Clooney) is the measured, cool brains of the operation and Richie (Quentin Tarantino) is the loose cannon younger brother with an unhinged bloodlust. From the early introduction of these characters their dynamic is clear. Unfortunately for these two this is the first stop off for ‘on the lam’ siblings, Seth and Richie, who are armed and heavily wanted by law enforcement. The sprawling open desert of Texas is our setting, more specifically a small, out in the middle of nowhere, liquor shop, where Texas Ranger Earl McGraw (Michael Parks) and clerk Pete Bottoms (John Hawkes) exchange some quintessential Tarantino dialogue. ![]() Just from the opening scene we see the perfect combination of the two different and yet harmonious forces behind the film. It’s a perfect concoction that led to one hell of a practical effects spectacle with hardened anti-heroes and a surprise encounter at a Mexican biker bar. After scheduling conflicts Tarantino offered the script to Rodriguez and KNB jumped on to do the effects and play many a bloodied extra. The film was the product of collaboration from the get go with Tarantino being commissioned to create the script by Robert Kurtzman, the ‘K’ in KNB EFX Group (with Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger contributing the other initials), who wanted to showcase the companies makeup effects skills. After meeting at the Toronto Film Festival these two hit it off and began working together, starting with segments in Four Rooms before banding together to create From Dusk till Dawn, the cult film that exploded onto screens in 1996 and celebrates its 25th anniversary this month. Standing firm alongside him was ‘one man film crew’ Robert Rodriguez, who’s early feature films celebrated his philosophy of creativity being superior to budget in the film industry. One of the loudest voices amongst them was Quentin Tarantino, a man whose idiosyncratic writing and homage filled directing won him acclaim and an Academy Award. The 90’s were dominated by a certain set of voices, each creating unique, slightly cynical, stylish and self-aware films that would stand out and shape that generation of cinema. ![]()
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