Hollywood theatre honours Tarantino

Oscar-winning director Quentin Tarantino. Photo: Reuters
Oscar-winning director Quentin Tarantino. Photo: Reuters

A torrential downpour did not hamper director Quentin Tarantino as he left imprints of his hands and feet in cement at Hollywood's historic TCL Chinese Theatre on Tuesday.

Known for his gritty, edgy and often bloodied tales of revenge in films such as Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill and his most recent Western, The Hateful Eight, Tarantino was given the honor of leaving his mark alongside stars such as Robert De Niro, Sandra Bullock and Meryl Streep.

"I wanted to put my hands and footprints in the Grauman's Chinese courtyard way before I ever had a career, so this is something I wanted to do my whole life," the director said.

The 52-year-old has been a passionate film fan even before he turned to writing and directing movies, and even did a stint as an usher in a movie theatre.

He has won two screen-writing Oscars, for Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained, and on Tuesday was joined by actor Christoph Waltz, who won two Oscars for his roles in Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds and Django.

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