Krishnan jumps straight into the interview by first congratulating Tarantino then starts to jump into the questions about the subject matter of the film he doesn't bother wasting time in anything else, he does this for a number of reasons; firstly it is a news show and one that is a serious news show talking about serious issues, Secondaly the subject matter is one that is very taboo but also has been brought up in the news at the time and so instead of leading up too it getting straight in is/was a great approach from Krishnan and Lastly before they even go on to the interviews in channel four news they let people know throughout the news show what they are going to be talking about and who they will be talking too so that in its own sense is an introduction.
The interviewer (Krishnan) starts of by congregating Tarantino on the film then carry's on with a number of open questions about the films subject while waiting for Tarantino to answer the question but while asking other questions Tarantino jumps right in to answer the question before the interviewer finishes in which the interviewer takes a quick step back to let Tarantino answer, while in the interview Krishnan he asks if Tarantino is happy or not happy about some of the bad reactions towards the film referencing a director who had a lot to say about the film subject (Spike Lee) in which brought a lot of free publicity to the film over the subject of slavery.
While the interviewer tries to agree with Tarantino in a way of saying "Well yes it good publicity" but Tarantino right away cuts him off by saying no and exampling what he thinks it is in which Krishnan again takes a step back so Tarantino can have his say on the topic at hand. While then Krishnan shows he is doing his research in the films he has made but also the bad press this film is getting, for the very taboo subject of slavery by saying "But you must care very deeply that this film stands out from your body of of work that its not trashed by more people" in which this is true and there is evidence all over the internet Tarantino again is very fast to jump right in there head first by saying he isn't correct while Krishnan is saying it isn't but is he worried with the subject matter and the reaction that people have had is he worried. While again Tarantino does not back down with his point and interrupts Krishnan once again, in which once again his skills as a interviewer knows to back down so Tarantino can get his point across.
Then knowing to move away from the subject of slavery and the film for a bit Krishnan then asks the question related to Tarantino's movie which is violence and asks why does Tarantino think his audience loves watching his violent films and why does Tarantino love making violence movies. While Tarantino answers it like its a closed question so Krishnan responds fast in which to keep Tarantino on the subject at hand so he can get the information out of him. In doing show Tarantino starts to explain the violence in Django Unchained but not violence in his movies altogether which was the original question. In which Krishnan lists the violence that happen during the slavery times in which again Tarantino shuts him down again. Kirshnan then uses the topic of violence again to swing round to asking about people who aren't violent or twisted people liking going into a cinema to watch violent films he uses his skill as an interviewer to get back on the topic of violence in films in generally, to get Tarantino's opinion on it from this point this is were the interview gets heated by refusing his question by moving right on to quotes from actors who star in Django Unchained then once again Tarantino shuts him down and doesn't want to answer that either while Tarantino then says that he is only here to sell his movie and not to do these questions he doesn't want to do. While Kirshnan ask's why he doesn't want to talk about a serious topic and Tarantino responds by saying he doesn't want to talk about what Kirshnan wants to talk about. He then lets Tarantino continues by saying that he has talked about it twenty years ago and doesn't want to do what Kirshnan want's to talk about in which Kirshnan tries to find out why. Kirshnan then tries to explain his self and what his interview is trying to do and this is why he is there but again Tarantino is having none of it.
Kirshana deals with Tarantino very well by trying to end the interview as soon as it gets heated instead of having a guest that is unhappy he does so but in my opinion you can still feel Tarantino isn't happy by the end of the interview as the purpose in Tarantino's mind for this interview was to sell his movie (Django Unchained) and that is it. Even when Kirshana does mention the press it has had Tarantino still doesn't want to believe this as he says his film is the reasons why people are debating and talking about slavery and he is proud of it and not that it's getting any bad press, after it got heated Kirshana does even say that he enjoys Tarantino's movies and it's not his opinion he is voicing just the opinions of other people throughout American and even around some of the world one of them being "Spike Lee" in which Kirshana should have brought that up as evidence to back the point that not everyone is happy about Tarantino's steps in a taboo subject. Kirshana does deal with this in a number of different ways by asking open questions so Tarantino can openly voice his opinion in which he does even with closed questions throughout he interview but also bringing some suggestive questions towards Tarantino which he says he encourages but doesn't show it through he answers and body language.
Throughout the interview both Kirshana and Tarantino have a lot of body language going on in which to both get there point across Tarantino uses a lot more body language in the interview then Kirshana and I feel the body language added to when the interview got heated and really showed the true feelings from both the Kirshana and more so Tarantino.
I feel Kirshana uses a number of techniques to make Tarantino happy and relaxed while talking about two difficult subjects one more so then the other but even with his techniques with an interviewee like Tarantino it is very hard for Kirshana to keep Tarantino happy and get the information out of it which he does as much as he can while keeping things controlled and then ends it as soon as he thinks he has got enough information.
This is a very effective analysis Bradley that shows you are working towards distinction standard. You have shown that you are able to understand the purpose of the interview and appropriatley comment on the techniques used by the interviewer to gain the information required.
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