Why Did Kurt Cobain Thank Quentin Tarantino In In Utero?

JAKARTA - The 1990s were an amazing era for artistic creation. A moment in history when a figure who feels uncountable emerges victorious and destroys the cultural monoliths that previously dominated.

With the changing trends occurring in music and film simultaneously, the opportunities for success outside of the mainstream are growing. Both Nirvana and Quentin Tarantino spearheaded an exciting new dawn, shaping Gen X in their new mold.

Nirvana vocalist Kurt Cobain was even expected to appear in Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction, which unfortunately never came to fruition. However, the relationship between the two giants of cinema and music did not end.

Far Out Magazine says, perhaps, no crossover of 1990s pop culture is more significant than this one. Undeniably, Cobain is a grunge music revolutionary who cut the establishment of hair metal bands. Meanwhile, Tarantino broke all the rules and also reinvented the film industry.

The decade was a violent reaction to the days of mass consumerism, something that Reaganism emphasized in the preceding decade. Everyone wanted more and more, with the commercialization of steroids throughout the 1980s.

People wanted something money couldn't buy when they arrived in the 90's, and the re-emergence of the DIY (Do It Yourself) ethos is a refreshing tonic that brings hearts back to the public's consciousness.

Cobain is ready to step up and bring some authenticity into the alternative rock genre. Meanwhile, at Indiewood (a pun on the indie version of Hollywood), young Tarantino did the same thing - making a visually stunning and captivating narrative film for a new generation.

The Nirvana vocalist was so impressed by Tarantino's prowess that he even thanked him on the 1993 album In Utero, although the two never met. Yes, the grunge giant album was Kurt Cobain's last full album in his lifetime.

Tarantino then talks in detail about how the two pop culture phenomena align. He told Australian radio station Double J: “There is an aspect of American independent cinema in general, and my film, Reservoir Dogs, in particular, coincides with grunge music. We are on a parallel line. We're working on a new way to make movies.

"People were fed up with corporate Hollywood films in the 80s and were the same as corporate music in the 80s for music," explains Tarantino.

"One thing that is interesting about Reservoir Dogs, part of the irony, is that we play these harmless 70s pop songs with these violent crime stories," says the director, describing one of the film's original plot points. the.

"One of the things that was so exciting without me trying to do this at all, the Seattle grunge band at the time loved Reservoir Dogs," recalls Tarantino, with a smile on his face.

"Basically, I think it's (like) a good 'travel' movie, you can put up the video, and you can play it all the time, and everyone knows the lines."

Tarantino later revealed, “Pearl Jam liked the film, Nirvana liked the film, and Kurt Cobain liked the film so much that he thanked me on his second album (which is actually the third album, red). In In Utero, I'm on the thank you list, and I've never met him. He loves Reservoir Dogs so much that he thanked me on his thank you list. "

Despite Tarantino's mistake of labeling In Utero as the Seattle band's second album, it is clear that there is a deep respect for what Cobain did in the music industry and how he forcefully changed the aesthetic of society, as Reservoir Dogs did.