I’ve become a moderate fan of both Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. While they have distinct styles, their approach to filmmaking is stunningly similar. Put the two of them together and you got Sin City (although Tarantino’s contribution was a minor one… but still).
Now Reuters is reporting that Bob and Harvey Weinstein’s new studio is putting the pair together again for a new project. The concept is an interesting one (not completely original… but an interesting one nonetheless). This is what’s going on:
Tarantino and Rodriguez will each write and direct a 60-minute horror film, and the two films will be packaged under the title “Grind House,” which is planned for a spring 2006 release through the Weinstein Co.
It also will include its own trailers, bonus materials and added extras from other filmmakers that will be packaged together between the two horror flicks in a tribute to the old, big-city movie houses like those on New York’s 42nd Street that earned the moniker grindhouses for programing genre pictures back to back.
This sounds like a neat Pulp Fiction/Sin City formula. I only hope that in a project like this one they aim to have a little more crossover… although from reading the description it sounds like they’re going to keep them 2 parts pretty isolated from each other.
Special thanks to Stacy for the heads up.
