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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.).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Paperback Edition. Paperback. If You Like. The Terminator. The Terminator began as a low budget B movie seemingly destined for a short run before blossoming into a billion-dollar franchise that launched the careers of director James Cameron and star Arnold Schwarzenegger. The original 1984 film not only spawned three sequels, a weekly television series, and countless novels, comic books, and videogames, it also redefined the science-fiction genre with its blend of high tech and film noir. Here is the first book to explore the arrage of films, television shows, and other works that helped inspire The Terminator, as well as those that have drawn inspiration from it. The author delves into the history of science-fiction cinema from its earliest days, also reviewing Schwarzenegger's improbable career, revisiting the action heroes of the 1980s, and revaluating Cameron's films before exploring today's computer-dominated sci-fi and projecting the future of the Terminator universe. From Frankenstein and Metropolis to The Matrix, from H. G. Wells and Harlan Ellison to Roland Emmerich, this book - has them all - and more. Illustrated. 212 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.).