Quentin Tarantino's impact on cinema has made nerd culture mainstream, allowing culture-obsessed filmmakers to find success. Emerging in the early '90s, Tarantino first gained attention with Reservoir Dogs and solidified his legacy with Pulp Fiction, a defining independent film. Despite its success and influence, Hollywood has largely misunderstood its essence, opting for simplistic imitations reliant on popular trends. The industry's conventional wisdom incorrectly identified Pulp Fiction's appeal as solely about violence and stylish criminals, leading to a series of cynical film productions that misapply its uniqueness.
Tarantino made nerd culture mainstream, showing that a movie- and culture-obsessed kid could bring that obsession to life in their own art, to great success.
Tarantino was part of a generation of auteurs who were the right age to have grown up watching TV their whole lives, who made post-modernist art.
Pulp Fiction, one of the finest independent films of the decade, was a cultural earthquake that is still felt to this day.
Conventional wisdom's takeaway from Pulp Fiction was that people wanted violent movies filled with cool, well-dressed criminals, sexy ladies, and characters who spoke in cultural banalities.
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