136 Pages
by
Routledge
136 Pages
by
Routledge
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... Read more
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
Biography
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.
