Quentin Tarantino

Quentin Tarantino

by Gallafent, Edward

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Quentin Tarantino is one of the best-known living American filmmakers in the world, and the story of his career has been the subject of a number of books and articles. But what do his films mean? In this new study, Edward Gallafent does not look at Tarantino's story but at the films themselves. He asks to what extent Tarantino can be seen as a specifically American filmmaker, with the kinds of preoccupations and interests that have formed part of Hollywood's traditions, and also how he explores…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Quentin Tarantino / Edward Gallafent.

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Quentin Tarantino is one of the best-known living American filmmakers in the world, and the story of his career has been the subject of a number of books and articles. But what do his films mean? In this new study, Edward Gallafent does not look at Tarantino's story but at the films themselves. He asks to what extent Tarantino can be seen as a specifically American filmmaker, with the kinds of preoccupations and interests that have formed part of Hollywood's traditions, and also how he explores the expressive possibilities of current cinema. The book concentrates on the main feature films ...

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (137 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781317873419, 1317873416, 9781315837284, 1315837285
  • oclc:ocn890531355
  • LC Classification:PN1998.3.T358
  • Dewey Decimal:791.4302/33092

Table of Contents

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Select filmography; Background; 1 Tradition and modernity in Reservoir Dogs; 2 Success and failure in Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown; 3 Exploring the medium: film violence in Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction; 4 Tarantino as screenwriter: True Romance and Natural Born Killers; 5 Landscapes; 6 Adaptation: Tarantino, Paul Schrader and Elmore Leonard; 7 Kill Bill: excursion into style; Bibliography; Further reading; Index.

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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Entertainm… Criticism, interpretation, etc PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference Tarantino, Quentin

Writers

Gallafent, Edward

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