Tarantino - Virgin Film

 


Tarantino's debut Reservoir Dogs re-invigorated American film and spawned many imitators. From directed films Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, and Kill Bill to his scripts filmed by other directors (True Romance, From Dusk Til Dawn, and Natural Born Killers), Tarantino's cutting-edge output is explored in detail - including his ER episode and projects as an actor, producer, and presenter. References, links and allusions - vital to all his films - are revealed, as are favorite actors, music and recurring themes such as responsibility and redemption.


Review
"'A highly useful guide... They read the films with a restrained intelligence that occasionally lights up with comedy' Guardian (Tim Burton) 'The ultimate word on the weird and wonderful world of Burton' Film Review (Tim Burton) 'A dizzying collation of facts, figures, trivia and opinion, Lucas's movie empire is mapped from every angle with lightsaber precision... Great for dipping into, this looks set to become the definitive information source for this "mogul, mythmaker and one-man brand".' Film Review (George Lucas)"
Book Description
THE MAN WHO MAKES MAKING MOVIES COOL
From the Back Cover
'I'm not making movies for now. I'm making movies for forty years from now.'
Quentin Tarantino's debut directional feature
Reservoir Dogs, created a brand of hip-talking, hypnotically shot, ultra-violent indie cinema that re-invigorated mainstream American film. Jim Smith's essential guide looks in detail at those pictures Tarantino directed -
Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and the two-part
Kill Bill - examines those scripts of his made into films by other directors, including
True Romance, From Dusk Til Dawn and the controversial
Natural Born Killers and discusses his other work, including his episode of NBC's ER and his projects as an actor, producer and presenter.
Tarantino's work exists in a milieu of constant referentiality; nothing in his work exists in a vacuum, and context, references, tangential links and allusions are supremely important to his films. Virgin Film's
Tarantino explores his use of favourite actors, anachronisms, borrowed music and reference points, and how they relate to recurring themes such as heritage, personal responsibility and redemption. An essential read for students, filmakers and fans.
About the Author
Jim Smith is the author of successful Virgin Films titles such as
Gangster Films and
George Lucas, and co-author of
Tim Burton and
Bond Films.
Jim Smith has also worked on guides to
Sex and the City and
Dr Who.