Research Catalog

Title

Quentin Tarantino : interviews / edited by Gerald Peary.

Author

Tarantino, Quentin.

Publication

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2013]

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Details

Additional Authors

Peary, Gerald.

Description

xxviii, 213 pages; 23 cm.

Summary

• "Here, in his own colorful, slangy words, is the true American Dream saga of a self-proclaimed "film geek," with five intense years working in a video store, who became one of the most popular, recognizable, and imitated of all filmmakers. His dazzling, movie-informed work makes Quentin Tarantino's reputation, from his breakout film, Reservoir Dogs (1992), through Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), his enchanted homages to Asian action cinema, to his rousing tribute to guys-on-a-mission World War II movie, Inglourious Basterds (2009). For those who prefer a more mature, contemplative cinema, Tarantino provided the tender, very touching Jackie Brown (1997). A masterpiece--Pulp Fiction (1994). A delightful mash of unabashed exploitation and felt social consciousness--his latest opus, Django Unchained (2012).From the beginning, Tarantino (b. 1963)--affable, open, and enthusiastic about sharing his adoration of movies--has been a journalist's dream. Quentin Tarantino: Interviews, revised and updated with twelve new interviews, is a joy to read cover to cover because its subject has so much interesting and provocative to say about his own movies and about cinema in general, and also about his unusual life. He is frank and revealing about growing up in Los Angeles with a single, half-Cherokee mother, and dropping out of ninth grade to take acting classes. Lost and confused, he still managed a gutsy ambition: young Quentin decided he would be a filmmaker.Tarantino has conceded that Ordell (Samuel L. Jackson), the homicidal African American con man in Jackie Brown, is an autobiographical portrait. "If I hadn't wanted to make movies, I would have ended up as Ordell," Tarantino has explained. "I wouldn't have been a postman or worked at the phone company. I would have gone to jail.""--
• "Here is the true American Dream saga of a self-proclaimed "film geek," with five intense years working in a video store, who became one of the most popular, recognizable, and imitated of all filmmakers. His dazzling, movie-informed work makes Quentin Tarantino's reputation, from his breakout film, Reservoir Dogs (1992), through Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), his enchanged homages to Asian action cinema, to his rousing tribute to guys-on-a-mission World War II move, Inglourious Basterds (2009). For those who prefer a more mature, contemplative cinema, Tarantino provided the tender, very touching Jackie Brown (1997). A masterpiece? Pulp Fiction (1994). A delightful mash of unabashed exploitation and felt social consciousness? His latest opus, Django Unchained (2012). From the beginning, Tarantino--affable, open, and enthusiastic about sharing his adoration of movies--has been a journalist's dream. Quentin Tarantino: Interviews, revised and updated with twelve new interviews, is a joy to read cover to cover because its subject has so much interesting and provocative to say about his own movies and about cinema in general, and also about his unusual life. He is frank and revealing about growing up in Los Angeles with a single, half-Cherokee mother, and dropping out of ninth grade to take acting classes. Lost and confused, he still managed a gutsy ambition: young Quentin decided to would be a filmmaker. Tarantino has concede that Ordell (Samuel L. Jackson), the homicidal African American con man in Jackie Brown, is an autobiographical portrait. "If I hadn't wanted to make movies, I would have ended up as Ordell," Tarantino has explained. "I wouldn't have been a postman or worked at the phone company. . . . I would have gone to jail.""--

Series Statement

Conversations with filmmakers series

Uniform Title

Conversations with filmmakers series.

Subjects

• Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Interviews
• Tarantino, Quentin > Interviews

Bibliography (note)

• Includes filmography.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

MWES (Tarantino, Q.) 13-7513

ISBN

• 9781617038747 (hardback)
• 1617038741 (hardback)
• 9781617038754 (paperback)
• 161703875X (paperback)
• 9781617038761 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2013023360

OCLC

849510107

Author

Tarantino, Quentin.

Title

Quentin Tarantino : interviews / edited by Gerald Peary.

Publisher

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2013]

Edition

Revised and updated [edition].

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Conversations with filmmakers series

Conversations with filmmakers series.

Bibliography

Includes filmography.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Added Author

Peary, Gerald.

Other Form:

Online version: Tarantino, Quentin. Quentin Tarantino Revised and updated [edition]. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2013 9781617038761 (DLC) 2013024658

Research Call Number

MWES (Tarantino, Q.) 13-7513