Quentin Tarantino

ISBN-13: 9780582473041 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 136 str.

Ed Gallafent

Opis

Quentin Tarantino is one of the most important figures in contemporary cinema. This book provides an introduction to the practical and creative elements of his work, and looks at the film culture out of which Tarantino's work emerges and which informs our ways of reading it.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Edward Gallafent teaches in the Department of Film and Television Studies at Warwick University in England. He is the author of books on Clint Eastwood and on Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.