Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino ran Rolling Thunder Pictures, a Miramax label, in the mid-1990s, using his post-Pulp Fiction fame to release Wong Kar-wai's Chungking Express in American cinemas and to bring Takeshi Kitano's Sonatine and forgotten grindhouse films such as Switchblade Sisters to new audiences. For many American viewers it was their first encounter with Wong. He has kept championing old films at his New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles, which shows only 35mm prints.