Tarantino milks 'Curdled' film

By Donna Parker

Jul. 29, 1994

Quentin Tarantino will executive produce the independent production ''Curdled,'' about a young woman's fascination with a serial killer's style, sources said Thursday.

It is a first feature for co-scripters John Maass and Reb Braddock, whose short film by the same name caught Tarantino's eye on the festival circuit.

The three developed the short into a feature-length script, which Braddock will direct. ''Curdled'' is a character piece budgeted at less than $3 million and set to roll in Florida in October.

The picture is financed by France's Banque Paribas and sources say there are several distributors circling the project.

Banque Paribas also financed Tarantino's ''Reservoir Dogs''; ''True Romance,'' which he scripted; ''Killing Zoe,'' which he executive produced; and MGM's ''Sleep With Me,'' in which he stars.

Tarantino's ''Reservoir Dogs'' is in rerelease and his ''Pulp Fiction'' will be distributed by Miramax in October. Tarantino has a story credit on the upcoming ''Natural Born Killers'' for Warner Bros.

Mike Simpson, Tarantino's William Morris Agency rep, was unavailable at press time, as were United Talent Agency's Andrew Cannava and Chris Buchanan, who represent the writers.

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