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Condition: very good. Gently used. May include previous owner's signature or bookplate on the front endpaper, sticker on back and/or remainder mark on text block.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Paperback Edition. Paperback. If You Like. Quentin Tarantino. This book draws on over sixty years of cinema history to crack the Tarantino's code and teach readers to be confidently conversant in the language of the grindhouse and the drive-in. What fans love about director Quentin Tarantino is the infectious enthusiasm that's infused into every frame of his films. And Tarantino films lend themselves exepctionally well to reference and recommendation, because each one is itself a dense collage of references and recommendations. Spaghetti westerns, blaxploitation, revenge sagas, car-chase epics, samurai cinema, film noir, kung fu, slasher flicks, war movies, and today's neo-exploitation explosions - there's an incredible range of vibrant and singularly stylish films to discover. Plus, the author takes the discussion beyond film, and covers other types of works, from books to music, that relate to Tarantino's rich output. This book.is an invitation to connect with a cinematic community dedicated to all things exciting, outrageous, and unapologetically badass. From Pulp Fiction to Kill Bill, Gindhouse, and beyond, here are the secret sources of Tarantino's films exposed for film fans - from neophytes to experts. Illustrated. 192 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.).…