Quentin Tarantino is well-known for his stylised, ultra-violent movies, such as Kill Bill, which is being re-released as an uncut single film in cinemas next month.

When promoting the movie on the Bret Easton Ellis podcast , the filmmaker ranked the 20 best films of the 21st century without repeating a director.

At No 15 was Mel Gibson ’s The Passion of the Christ , a very serious and extremely violent adaptation of Jesus’ trial, torture and execution.

Praising Gibson’s ability to immersive the viewer in the ancient world, Tarantino said: “I love the fact that he never really chose one tone and carried it through. There are scenes where you feel like you’re watching the most realistic Biblical movie you’ve ever seen. Then all of a sudden it turns into a religious painting and gets

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