Pistolero – The Robert Rodriguez Fansite
PISTOLERO – The Robert Rodriguez fansite
It was about time Robert Rodriguez got a decent fan website. In fact, to our knowledge he didn’t have a proper one ever since a Russian fan page died mysteriously in about 2001. A lack of resources has always stopped Tarantino.info to expand on its still existing Robert Rodriguez corner. We finally decided to go ahead and start a blog with basic information about the mega-talent and report on latest developments. There is also a Facebook page and a Twitter account of Pistolero.
- Download press kit: zip (soon)
- Areas of support: (soon)
We’re trying to raise some more funds to be able to afford hiring freelancers to do design/coding/etc fixes around our network of websites. Please help us out by donating a small amount towards our cause.
And here’s a chance to win, if you do:
- We have one Inglourious Basterds DVD (UK, Region 2) to give away
- Equal chance for all donors, the amount donated does not increase your chances (but we love you if you donate more)
- You must have a shipping address within the EU to be eligible to win the DVD (you can still donate if you live somewhere else)
- The contest closes on May 1
- winner will be contacted by email
New Look
We are currently experimenting with a new look for our websites and we’re pondering over a few ideas about how to use this website. Your feedback is most welcome. We’ll also bring you more updates on our projects’ developments.
CineCoalition
Our CineCoalition strategy is in its current stage merely a visual banner that spans all our project websites on the very top of the browser screen space, just like on top of this page.
Goals: To user synergy effects, and draw visitors to other members of our Coalition through an easy to navigate inter-linking concept.
CineCoalition site stripe launched
We have just started to implement a so-called “site stripe” across our supported projects. Step by step we will try to have this stripe (you can see it also at the top of this page) implemented on all the sites of our projects. This inter-linking is what we will refer to as the Cine Coalition, our network of websites about cinema. The idea is to make use of synergy effects, draw visitors to our pages and increase awareness of the interrelation between our websites. In the near future we’re also considering including a more general movie/news blog to our network.
The Quentin Tarantino Archives
The Quentin Tarantino Archives
The QTA is the internet’s biggest and most popular fan website about director Quentin Tarantino. It was started as early as 1999 and has since grown into a huge news platform, wiki-powered knowledge base and huge fan community. It is comprised of a Frontpage, powered by a blogging system for the latest news, a message board for the huge community Forum and a wiki software for the actual Archives. The project is so successful, the director himself reads it and has met its founder and editor twice already. There are also Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and YouTube outlets of the QTA. All other 3FF projects and the 3FF itself have emerged from the success of The QTA.
- Download press kit: zip (soon)
- URLS: www.tarantino.info | Facebook group | Twitter | MySpace | YouTube
- Areas of support: costs of (and expertise for) a powerful hosting solution to cope with the amount of traffic; domain costs; technical support; management and communications
The Deuce: Grindhouse Cinema Database
The Deuce is a wiki-powered database and fanzine about classic cult and exploitation cinema. It provides pictures, reviews, DVD availability information, articles and is accompanied by a message board. It emerged in its present form in 2007 and was founded by Peter Roberts, a veteran member of The Quentin Tarantino Archives, in cooperation with Sebastian Haselbeck. It has since grown into an in-depth wiki-zine full of exciting articles and retrospectives about classic international exploitation cinema, reviews of DVD releases and more. Its message boards are a growing meeting place of cult movie afficionados from all around the globe. The Deuce effectively uses its FlickR, YouTube, Myspace and Twitter presence to reach a wider audience and also to recreate the spirit of these good old days through videos, music mash tapes and vintage mock advertising graphics.
- Download press kit: zip (soon)
- URLS: www.grindhousedatabase.com | Facebook group | MySpace | Twitter | YouTube | FlickR
- Areas of support: cost of (and expertise for) a hosting solution to deal with high amounts of data traffic, which is jointly used currently with the other 3FF projects; domain costs;
The Spaghetti Western Database
The Spaghetti Western Database
The SWDB is a wiki-powered encyclopedia of Italian western cinema, which includes reviews, DVD news, articles, pictures, videos and more. It is accompanied by a message board. It was started by Sebastian Haselbeck in 2004 and has since grown into the internet’s only comprehensive, searchable and community-edited encyclopedia of its kind. It has brought together genre experts and afficionados from all around the globe, adding to its pages numerous reviews, articles and general information on over 800 movies week after week. Some of its editors have traveled to movie locations in Spain in the summer of 2008. The message boards serve as an opinion and information exchange about the films, locations, available versions, lost material and screenings. American director Quentin Tarantino calls it his favorite website (‘aside from porn”). It uses Facebook and Twitter to reach out to younger audiences, as the films in question disappeared forever from movie theaters in the early 80s.
- Download press kit: zip (soon)
- URLS: www.spaghetti-western.net | Facebook group | Twitter
- Areas of support: costs of (and expertise for) a powerful hosting solution (shared with that of the QTA); domain costs; communication and management;
The Triple Feature Foundation (3FF) is entering the pilot phase!