Tarantino

This illustrated retrospective marks the 25th anniversary of Reservoir Dogs and looks closely at the working methods of Quentin Tarantino. It follows his path from childhood evenings spent at the cinema with his mother in Knoxville, Tennessee, where he was born in 1963, to a career that became his central passion.

The book traces how his writing developed. He spent four years on the script for his first feature, My Best Friend's Birthday, a seventy-minute film in which he acted and directed. By contrast, the screenplay for Reservoir Dogs (1992) took him just under four weeks, and the film quickly drew attention to him as one of the industry's most promising new directors.

Tarantino's films are known for their strong visual style, stories told out of chronological order, and heavy use of violence, and they have drawn both admiration and objection. His work has earned Oscars, Golden Globes and BAFTA Awards, often for original screenplays. Each of his features is covered in turn, including Pulp Fiction, the two-part revenge story Kill Bill, the historical epics Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchained, and The Hateful Eight.

Written for film fans and readers interested in independent and cult cinema, the book pays tribute to a director whose writing and direction have shaped his unusual and often controversial career.