Quentin Tarantino on What Makes ‘Dunkirk’ a Masterpiece | The Rewatchables | The Ringer

‘The Rewatchables’ podcast is joined by very special guest Quentin Tarantino to discuss Christopher Nolan’s 2017 war film, ‘Dunkirk,’ and what makes it an underappreciated masterpiece.

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[jonmichael]

Movies like Dunkirk are shot so well you can almost smell the air

[polypeptide]

Really nice to hear Tarantino admiring another director’s work. Especially one as recent as this. I want to hear more about what he thinks about Nolan and others.

[jtsleazeball]

Now I wanna hear Nolan pick a Tarantino film and nerd out over it

[jnnyism]

I like the way Dunkirk portrays the bravery of ordinary people living through extraordinary experiences. These men were our grandfathers.

[Jedi_Are_Scum]

The best part of the film is that we never really see the enemy. Even when they are near by shooting. It adds a horror film element.

[mattkemerait]

Dunkirk was a atmosphere soaked, 90 min. anxiety attack and it was glorious.

[roloug]

That final oil sequence where the music crescendos and the three different timelines finally converge together is like what pure cinema feels like. It literally why I go to the movies.

[braeduin]

The part that impressed me the most was the sound. In particular how Nolan reinvented the sound of the Stuka's dive. A lot of people criticized it and we're like "That's not how the Stuka sounded". However, the siren's wail has been used so many times in film to represent a plane falling and crashing, film goers have been desensitised to it. Nolan changed it up because I think he wanted to recreate the feeling of hearing that sound for the first time and the numbing terror it inspired.

[CoolPandaTheMovieNerd]

It's cool when director's compliment other filmmaker's movies.

[Zack-xvyc]

*Dunkirk, * a film criticised by many to be lacking in focus, dialogue and character. And then there's Quentin Tarantino, a filmmaking master at all three, says that this is Christopher Nolan's best work. Really shows that perspective DOES matter.

[danielllll]

Christopher Nolan doesn't have an apex mountain, he has a whole damn range.

[jethroclimacosa]

The part of the movie that stayed with me is how he showed how those people died on the ship slowly. It's haunting and sad, you can see the desperation on their eyes, and it's so horrific thinking how it feels to be there and Nolan made you felt that

[christiand.]

Why nobody mention how great masterpiece “THE PRESTIGE” is ? I feel that movie is underrated and its one of the best movie ever created

[VicenzoV]

*Everyone* : "This movie is not Nolan's best work."
*Tarantino* : "It's his masterpiece."

[sammybelskus]

Damn I want to see his top 10 list of the decade.

[theblether]

He mentions elsewhere that the film changed in his mind when he saw a London audience crying when the civilian boats arrived on the rescue mission. Incredible scene.

[wolfstar]

I remember I watched Dunkirk at the last show of the day in an empty theater. What I loved the most about it was the fact that the movie never lets you pause and breathe. It just keeps moving and moving and moving until the very last 5 minutes. The characters are always in a rush. Almost no movies do that today.

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Nolan is an amazing filmmaker, I respect Tarantino for giving respect and acknowledging Nolan's talent.

[Thekingkhari]

I love how Quentin is still a huge movie fan and watches new films

[jonkeau]

Something that must be understood about Dunkirk is it’s told like a memory of an experience from each persons perspective. You forget most of what people said in your memories, just vivid pictures and scenes, strong emotions, not many extra sounds, they feel like they’re being relived through rose colored glasses in a way.