Quentin Tarantino
Subtitle: life at the extremes
By: Aaron Barlow.
Series: Modern filmmakers
Publisher: Praeger; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 187
ISBN-13: 9780313380044; 9780313380051
Subjects: Tarantino, Quentin -- Criticism and interpretation
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Tarantino in the world of ideas; title: History and a world of influence; title: Mayhem and farce, the world and the movies; title: Reservoir dogs : stuck in the middle with Nietzsche; title: Pulp fiction : comedy, structure, and consequence; title: Jackie Brown : music, metadiegesis, and meaning; title: Kill Bill : an extreme fairy tale; title: Death proof : making movies; title: Inglourious basterds : spelling it out; title: Conclusion.