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A review by whatwasthatbookiread
Cinema Speculation by Quentin Tarantino
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
My memories are vague even of the films discussed that I’ve seen a few times, but he gives enough information to bring the films to life and enable you to follow his interesting thoughts. He is very good at presenting the films both from the viewpoint of who he was when he first saw them, and from a director’s and screen writers historical perspective. This is not a dry book of film criticism, but very entertaining, I really enjoyed it.
I’m the same age as QT, so experienced the more mainstream movies mentioned at roughly similar ages to him (or a few years later - I didn’t have his precocious early exposure), there is maybe less to love if the decade means little to you, though it is vibrantly enough written that it might not matter.
I’m the same age as QT, so experienced the more mainstream movies mentioned at roughly similar ages to him (or a few years later - I didn’t have his precocious early exposure), there is maybe less to love if the decade means little to you, though it is vibrantly enough written that it might not matter.