- Paperback: 280 pages
- Publisher: It Books (Nov 13 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0060951613
- ISBN-13: 978-0060951610
- Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 16.2 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #957,311 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A premature biography, shallow and uninspired. Quentin Tarantino might be a talented filmmaker. He has written a few well-received scripts and directed two clever though overhyped films - Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction - but he has nothing approaching an oeuvre to his name. His career is still inchoate, even fetal, and the history of Hollywood is heavy with talents that quickly crashed and burned, sometimes justly, sometimes not. Bernard may be a movie critic for New York's Daily News, but she writes like an amateur gossip columnist. Despite a palsy-walsy "Quentin" tone, she wallows in trivial scandal, chronicling Tarantino's every spat and unkindness as he climbed the greasy pole of success from video-store clerk to film director. In Bernard's portrait he emerges as an ego-driven ingrate, breaking promises, betraying friends, all of which, of course, have almost nothing to do with his talent. More usefully, Bernard illuminates Tarantino's substantial "borrowings." In a manner that transcends mere postmodern art-about-art, Tarantino's work is fundamentally rooted in and derived from other films. Sometimes it is just a gesture here, a line there. And then there is Reservoir Dogs, for example, a great deal of which is "inspired" by a Hong Kong action movie, City on Fire. As T.S. Eliot once wrote, "Minor poets borrow. Great poets steal." Where Tarantino fits in this formulation is far from certain yet. Patience is its own reward. Perhaps Tarantino will one day merit a biography; it certainly won't be this one. (Kirkus Reviews)
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The first comprehensive, authorized biography of the writer/director of Pulp Fiction--the hottest director in films today. Quentin Tarantino's films elicit a cultlike interest in information about his background and the facts behind his fiction. This highly readable biography offers readers a way to achieve an even greater appreciation of his work. of photos.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
The single best book about Tarantino,
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This book is a must-read for every true Tarantino fan.Jamie Bernard's book is simply amazing. It covers Tarantino's life from childhood till about 1996. The book is well-written, and goes deep into detail and uncovers Tarantino's life as hyperactive kid, movie theater regular, fatherless child and genius moviemaker. This is the single best book ever written about Quentin Tarantino. No other book delivers such great information, biographical facts and stories about the making of his early movies and involvements in projects. If you want to read a good book about Tarantino, get this one first. It's the best! trust me on this...
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The single best book about Tarantino,
By Sebastian Haselbeck "SebH" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Quentin Tarantino (Paperback)
This book is a must-read for every true Tarantino fan.Jamie Bernard's book is simply amazing. It covers Tarantino's life from childhood till about 1996. The book is well-written, and goes deep into detail and uncovers Tarantino's life as hyperactive kid, movie theater regular, fatherless child and genius moviemaker. This is the single best book ever written about Quentin Tarantino. No other book delivers such great information, biographical facts and stories about the making of his early movies and involvements in projects. If you want to read a good book about Tarantino, get this one first. It's the best! trust me on this... 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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A great scoop on Tarantino's beginnings,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Quentin Tarantino (Paperback)
I just finished reading this book, and it is a fine work of reporting. It interviews people from both sides of the Tarantino debate (those who love him and those who hate him), and allows you to draw your own conclusions from all the statements. It covers Tarantino's life from his birth up to the moment when he made Four Rooms.Too bad this book is out of print. I hope there will be a reissue in the future, probably covering the latest works of Tarantino.
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Well researched, well written,
By Glenn Nippert "musicologist" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Quentin Tarantino (Paperback)
When Tarantino blew up in the early 90's, there were slews of quickie books written to cash in on his enormous popularity. This is not one of them. Jami Bernard has done one of the most thorough and detailed biographies ever done on a celebrity. She misses nothing. The only problem this book has is the same problem almost all Q.T books have- they were all written 2 to 3 years into his career, so there is no recent information. This is one book I'd love to see updated and re-released.It is a richly detailed and fair account of Tarantino's life and career up until 1995.
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