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Quentin Tarantino is a director who famously never attended film school, instead getting all of the cinematic education he needed from clerking at a video store and just endlessly watching and studying movies. As a result of this, he has not just become one of the most renowned filmmakers of the modern era, but there are few human beings on the planet who have as expansive and encyclopedic knowledge about the medium. Understanding Tarantino's reverence for film for one might think that he would choose very carefully the…

Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures Top Gun: Maverick is still soaring to new heights in theaters worldwide, and audiences can’t get enough. More than three decades since Top Gun hit theaters in 1986, a fresh new storyline began captivating audiences, and the new recruits were easy to root for — and fawn over. Both Top Gun and Top Gun: Maverick have iconic beach scenes, and while the sport they’re playing is different, the appeal is very similar. Toned bodies, glistening skin, and a…