Tarantino is a great copyist

I've never had too much of an issue with his homages / borrowing / stealing or whatever folks want to call it. I primarily watch film to be entertained. The appreciation of film as an artform will always be very important, but secondary to me. Having a favourite filmmaker of mine to be all that artistically original, has never been too much of an issue in my eyes. I love the vast majority of Tarantino's films first and foremost because they are entertaining as hell. I enjoy watching them. I'll let those he steals from do the thinking about how much of a good or bad thing it is.

Oh honey, I thought everyone already knew this. He's one of those 'postmodern' artists like Madonna, who swiped most of her visual image from Dietrich.

Come on, Ray ... anyone who’s seen at least one Tarantino film and at least one non-Tarantino film is aware of this.

This is what QT is famous for. Taking scenes from famous films and use exactly as they are. Ppl even praise him for stealing. How…? HE GIVES NODS!!!
QT doesn’t hide his sources. He doesn’t blend it with style. He exposes it. Embraces it. He embraces that it’s not his, but every time we think of Tarantino, we think of those scenes he made famous. It becomes his style.

One good example of stealing/copying is from The Untouchables. I’m talking about the scene where baby’s cart rolls down the Union Station stairss. Cut that scene out and you will still be left with the same movie. It’s there as an admiration Brian De Palma had for the Battleship Potemkin. A real respectful nod. De Palma becomes famous for that scene.

There is a thin line between inspiration and stealing. Tarantino and Palma’s intention was pure and their results give nods to the original works.
That’s how you steal like a great artist. If QT was a painter, i'm sure Picasso would approve.

Oh yeah?

Well explain his TWO Oscars for Best ORIGINAL Screenplay!

He obviously *artillery gunfire* slept with Weinstein.