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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Named Person: | Quentin Tarantino; Quentin Tarantino; Quentin Tarantino; Quentin Tarantino |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Aaron Barlow |
ISBN: | 9780313380044 031338004X 9780313380051 0313380058 |
OCLC Number: | 490809388 |
Description: | xiii, 187 pages ; 25 cm. |
Contents: | Tarantino in the world of ideas -- History and a world of influence -- Mayhem and farce, the world and the movies -- Reservoir dogs : stuck in the middle with Nietzsche -- Pulp fiction : comedy, structure, and consequence -- Jackie Brown : music, metadiegesis, and meaning -- Kill Bill : an extreme fairy tale -- Death proof : making movies -- Inglourious basterds : spelling it out. |
Series Title: | Modern filmmakers. |
Responsibility: | Aaron Barlow. |
Abstract:
This book places Quentin Tarantino at the heart of Hollywood, showing a director who speaks film through film, who examines the world beyond the movies in a way few have previously attempted, and at which fewer still have succeeded.
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"Arguing that extreme violence is central to Tarantino's art, the book helps readers understand its purpose in his films-as metaphor, as movement, and as motivation." - Stevo's Book Reviews "Anyone who enjoys Tarantino's movies and wants a greater context to place them in . . . or simply would like to share in the enthusiasm of a knowledgable narrator while thinking about issues such as violence in film and how we react to it would find it well worth their time to peruse the book." - Zaptown "Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers." - Choice Read more...

