Title
Quentin Tarantino : life at the extremes / Aaron Barlow.
ISBN
9780313380044 (alk. paper)
031338004X (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, 2010.
Language
English
Description
xiii, 187 p. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
PN1998.3.T358 B38 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.4302/33092
Summary
"Quentin Tarantino: Life at the Extremes explores the uses of violence in the films Tarantino has written, directed, and produced. Arguing that extreme violence is central to Tarantino's art, the book helps readers understand its purpose in his films - as metaphor, as movement, and as motivation. For Tarantino, the book explains, violence serves the purposes of film. In each of his movies, he explores the boundaries of taste and audience reaction, using violence and shock to bring questions of responsibility and expectation to the forefront of discussions on cinema." "After introductory chapters placing Tarantino and his films within the broader context of American cinema, author Aaron Barlow focuses on Tarantino's six major directorial efforts. Each film is discussed from its genre starting point and the differing directions the films take are explored, as are the structural elements. In the end, readers will see how Tarantino deliberately pushes film in new directions through old techniques, styles, and even actors, crafting original art from what others have discarded."--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Modern filmmakers.
Tarantino in the world of ideas
History and a world of influence
Mayhem and farce, the world and the movies
Reservoir dogs : stuck in the middle with Nietzsche
Pulp fiction : comedy, structure, and consequence
Jackie Brown : music, metadiegesis, and meaning
Kill Bill : an extreme fairy tale
Death proof : making movies
Inglourious basterds : spelling it out.
