Gender Stereotypes In Tarantino's Films

Today’s filmmakers have three areas to focus on: the event or theme of the film, the audience who will be watching the film, and lastly, the individual characters and the roles they play and how they are portrayed and interpreted. Many of these films bottom line objectives are to focus on the “erotic needs of the male ego.” The focus on fetishistic scopophilia tend to slant the view such that we see the world as being dominated by men and that woman are

In Hollywood film women 's roles have varied quiet considerably between genres, geographical placement, and period settings. These factors contribute to the different representations of women 's roles in the film they are present in. The roles are diverse going from the traditional maternal role to that of manipulative murderer. Women 's roles in movies can be almost equal to the male roles, and the co-stars are not given the majority of the acclaims just because they are male. Society has set certain standards that women are supposed to follow. The most common image of women is that they are very passive and try to avoid conflict in any situation. More and more in society women are breaking down the social barriers that confine them to their specific roles. The films Rear Window and Resident Evil show women in roles that are untraditional for our society. These two movies help to show how women are rebelling against social norms and that they are taking more active and aggressive roles. In film noir’s we can see women represented as the femme fatale, a woman whose mysterious and seductive charms leads men into compromising or dangerous situations. In action movies we see the heroine who is strong both physically and mentally, and has the ability to use weapons. Women seem to be more trapped than men because they are supposed to live up to society’s standards dealing with beauty and size, which are more physical characteristics. These specific guidelines have been set by

The Hardboiled Detective genre is one that depicts the previously established concepts of masculinity and femininity within film and flips them on their head. In direct contrast to others, this genre tends to depict women as capable and powerful, and these characteristics normally make the males within the films feel threatened. The pioneer of this genre, The Maltese Falcon, highlights the characterization of the main character, Spade through the femme fatale, Brigid. This continues on within later films of the genre with the 1974 film, Chinatown, as it continues to use the femme fatale, Evelyn, to characterize the main character of Gitties. Within The Maltese Falcon and Chinatown, the female archetypes of the femme fatale, respectively Brigid and Evelyn, help characterize the films’ main characters, respectively Spade and Gitties. Further, these femme fatales last in the public conscious which allows the archetype to become iconic and continue appearing in today’s films.

The males in both films often think more about what's going on with their businesses/ careers, rather than thinking about their families and/or love lives; and sacrifice others' love, trust, and overall perception of them. Sam Bowden in the film "Cape Fear" was a lawyer who often put his case with former criminal Max Cady before his family's safety and concern; and leaves the girls with unanswered questions- which soon causes them to lose their trust and for his wife to make unwanted assumptions;causing her to begin to fall out of love with him. As for Charles Foster Kane in the film "Citizen Kane," he ran a newspaper company and became not only very well known, but wealthy also.

This genre is typically modern, perky and upbeat, but the common narrative in all of them is that it features a woman who is strong and she overcomes adversity to reach her goals. There is also a message of empowerment that also struggles with a romantic predicament and using comedy to poke fun at the male characters. Industries are still producing soppy romantic comedies for the female audience but the divide between the standard chick flick and romantic comedy is slowly disappearing. Similarly to the beginning of this essay it is evident that institutions are moving in the direction of women’s place in culture in relation to this film genre; women are usually shown as the super power since they are made to appeal to the female audience. However

Since the 1990’s Quentin Tarantino has been viewed as one of the most iconic directors of modern cinema. His most praised scenes are always his combat scenes, or the finals scenes of each film. While there are plenty of good combat scenes in each Quentin Tarantino film, the Showdown at House of Blue Leaves scene from Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003) is by far the most beautiful and impactful. Kill Bill Vol. 1 follows an female ex-assassin- The Bride - on a brutal

Another instance in which violence is unnecessary to the overall plot is when Tai is casually talking to a few guys in the mall and they hold her over the railing of the second floor. Christian came to her rescue and Tai was in distress over the event. Both of these “violent” scenes were just there to create drama and neither played a significant role in the plot. Cher is a part of the elite society and is a very privileged individual as well as her friend Dionne. Neither of them feel role conflict or strain due to their financial stability but Tai on the other hand does.

One of the most controversial genres of horror film is rape-revenge. Rape-revenge movies show a woman who is brutally raped by generally multiple men, then follow the victim as she goes and dispatches of her oppressors one by one. The movie I Spit on Your Grave that came out in 1973 popularized the genre with its political commentary shown through ruthless and persistent display of sexual violence (Outspoken). I Spit on Your Grave was criticized for its long, drawn out rape scenes that would make any normal person squirm in their seats. Yet, because of the visualization of the act of rape, there was a call-to-action to help women who have been sexually abused.

When it comes my general reaction to the violence against women that occurs during the film,

Horror movies throughout history have been known to have their cheesy storylines or continuous bad acting. Especially horror movies. People nowadays could easily spot the flaws in a film and judge them drastically in reviews. Yet, little do people notice the ongoing discrimination between genders. Horror films tend to portray males and females substantially differently because of stereotypical views. There seems to be a pattern in which each gender takes a certain role in a movie continuously. Females are shown to be “objects” such as sex and emotional symbols, while males are shown as strong or powerful and moreover as the main bad guy. Although some of the newer edition films of the horror genre are displaying each gender more and more equal throughout the ongoing years, the gender discrimination dilemma still exists and can be seen by the statistics in the movie industry in general.

3) One of the films would be Erin Brockovich, were Erin is judge for being a single mom based on her appearance she is also label as a whore an example would be Ed that tells her that she looks like someone that likes to have fun, these is of course the stereotypes that society inputs on her. Erin in the film does not meet the ideologies of being femininity and at the end we see that she does succeed at work but her love life and family gets scarified by these.

The classic femme fatale in forced to resort to murder to free herself from an unbearable relationship with a man who would try to possess and control her, as if she were a piece of property or a pet. According to Sylvia Harvey, author of Women's place: The absent family, the women of film noir are "presented as prizes, desirable objects" for the leading men of these films. The femme fatale's unique power is her brazen willingness and ability to express herself in sexual terms. By this the femme fatale threatens the status quo, and the hero, because she controls her own sexuality outside of marriage. She uses sex for pleasure and as a weapon or a tool to control men, not merely in the culturally acceptable capacity of procreation within marriage. Her sexual emancipation commands the gaze of the hero, the audience, and the camera in a way that cannot be erased by her final punishment. Attempts to neutralise the power and blatant sexuality of the femme fatale by destroying her at the end are usually unsuccessful, because her power extends beyond death. Noir films immediately convey the intense sexual presence of the femme fatale by introducing her as a fully established object of the hero's obsession. Since the camera often represents the hero's subjective memory, revealed

Like most popular gender-bending films, Some Like It Hot calls us to critique constructions of sexuality and gender both within the context of historicized moment of the films production and from the perspective of later

When someone thinks of a Quentin Tarantino movie, the first things that come to mind are his excellent storytelling and developed fleshed out characters. In films such as Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, the elements that make Tarantino such a great Director and screenwriter are pushed aside for cartoonish violence, gore and blood. The prolific use of blood, specifically in Kill Bill, is used not only as a major story point, but also as pure adrenaline filled, nonstop entertainment that will keep its viewers glued on to the screen. In Kill Bill, the main plot of the story revolves around Uma Thurman’s character seeking revenge for her attempted assassination, but it is set aside with the gore presented from the very beginning of the movie. The big

The killer had a modus operandi in all the murders. The killer murdered only women. Women were brutaly murdered. They were not just stabbed but were butchered.