Quentin Tarantino - The Complete Unofficial Guide

Quentin Tarantino is one of the most iconic and best loved movie directors of the last two decades. Whether he''s shooting up the Deep South, slicing through the Japanese underworld, blasting Nazi-occupied France or taking a flamethrower to ''60s Los Angeles, Tarantino is a director who combines a radical vision with a sense of history: making movies precisely the way he wants, to celebrate the movies he loves. Featuring insights into his inspirations - from martial-arts epics to Spaghetti Westerns - and dishing up fascinating details from his productions, this is an indispensable guide to Tarantino''s thrilling and sometimes controversial body of work. It takes in his searing debut Reservoir Dogs , the era-defining Pulp Fiction and the genre-subverting Django Unchained, among other modern classics, right up to his nostalgic masterpiece Once Upon A Time in Hollywood . Above all, this is a celebration of a filmmaker who has arguably made a bigger impact on modern pop culture than any other.

About the author

Dan Jolin is a film journalist and contributing editor to Empire, the world's biggest movie magazine. He also writes for Screen International and Time Out, and is the editor and co-founder of Senet magazine, about the craft and culture of board gaming.

Summary

A complete guide to cult movie director Quentin Tarantino.

Product details

• Authors: Dan Jolin
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.2024
• EAN: 9781529438772
• ISBN: 978-1-5294-3877-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 196 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Pocket Film Guides; Iconic Directors
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Film: general, reference works; PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Individual Film Directors, Film-Makers, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Direction & Production, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism, Film, television, radio and performing arts genres