Quentin Tarantino a Bocajarro

by Wensley Clarkson

This roller coaster ride through Quentin Tarantino's life and work is based on over 100 in-depth interviews with friends, colleagues and family and was written with the invaluable support of Quentin' mother, Connie. Perceptive and compelling, Quentin Shooting from the Hip penetrates the eccentric world of Hollywood's hottest movie director. It is essential reading for everyone wanting to understand Tarantino the man, and the phenomenon.

Genres: Nonfiction, Film, Biography, Media Tie In

Hardcover

First published August 24, 1995

Reviews

[iva° · Rating 2 out of 5]

uhh jedva sam čekala dovršiti ju... ovo je bio svojevrsni masakr lika i djela q. tarantina... koliko god tarantino bio maestralan u svojoj filmskoj kreaciji, toliko je w. clarkson nepodnošljiv u svom literarnom izričaju.

preporučam samo okorjelim fanovima tarantinovih filmova. bez sumnje tu će pronaći gomilu čudnih i potpuno nepotrebnih znanja, na primjer da je za ofucani ogrtač u kojem se sam tarantino pojavljuje u jednoj sceni u pulp fictionu on sam rekao: "u tom kupaćem ogrtaču radio sam svašta. jeo. pio. masturbirao sam u tom ogrtaču.", ali i pokoji interesantan (vincenta vegu trebao je, ustvari glumiti michael madsen ili, npr. "grace"-ime choppera na kojeg butch sjeda
(-"whose chopper is this?"
-"zed`s")
ustvari je ime tarantinove djevojke...)

i tak. radije gledam njegove filmove nego čitam nevješto sklepane storije o njemu. ("izuzetno cijenim što mi nije nastojao osujetiti namjeru da napišem ovu knjigu. premda u njoj nikada nije i službeno sudjelovao, nikada nije ni stajao na putu nijednom od svojih prijatelja kad bi mi obećali pomoći.").
šteta... kad-tad trebao bi biti objavljen njegov životopis, onakav kakvog zavrjeđuje.

[Ivan Lutz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jedan od boljih prikaza genijalnog redatelja i njegovog osebujnog karaktera. Ono što ovu knjigu izdvaja od drugih je pristup prema Tarantinovoj opsesivnosti prema filmu. U sjećanje mi se urezala epizoda gdje je opisano kako je on gledao Miami Vice i secirao svaki kadar, scenu, dijalog, iznova i iznova... A TArantino nije nikakav luđak, sotonjara ili psihopat, nego veliki veliki umjetnik - skroman i predan svom radu. A to što ima muda, to je već druga stvar i što može od govneta napraviti zlato (Jackie Brown)...

Pisana u vrijeme kada su ga veličali, krajem devedesetih, i kada je mogao karat kog je htio, oš muškog oš ženskog, biraj!

Dobra knjiga, nema što.

[Digby · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was awfully good, with plenty of idiosyncratic details on mr Tarantino. Some of the anecdotes were eyeopening but overall this book was insufferable.

[C.G. Demian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Estupenda biografía que abarca desde el nacimiento del director y guionista hasta 1995, año en que se escribió el libro.
Tiene un estilo muy ameno y proporciona mucha información, sin abrumar.
Imprescindible para fans de Tarantino y del cine en general.

[Oliver · Rating 5 out of 5]

Never read anything faster. I was squeezing in pages whenever and wherever I could. Easily my favourite Hollywood Cinderella story that also reads a little like a super villains origin story. And yet, his movies are so good, arghhh 🫣

[Matt Sludds · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting read, rubbish book though!

[Peter Donovan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lurid account of the movie mavericks life and times.

[Shotgun · Rating 5 out of 5]

přečteno za dva dny, scénář Pulpo Fiction inside

[arterialturns · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well, depending on how accurate it is, a pretty engaging and revealing look at the man. Some of it seems slapped together, some parts a bit tabloidy (delving too deep into otherwise insignificant salacious tales0, but I enjoyed it. Didn't read it all the way through, but most of it (what else is new?). Worth a look.

[Sue · Rating 1 out of 5]

It's a darn shame that the author found it necessary to repeat the word "Quentin" over ten times on every single page. I only found a handful of pages without that word. Where was the editor? Was there even an editor to point this out?

Maybe a subsequent edition can find a way to find a pronoun or delete some of the thousands of times the word "Quentin" appears in the book. ugh.

[Fabian Beltran · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fast, easy read. Did a great job tying together Tarantino's early life and days to his two big screenplays - True Romance & Natural Born Killers - and his two big movies - Reservoir Dogs & Pulp Fiction. Book slowed down a bit after that, but so did Tarantino. Lots of great references to what inspired Tarantino, write them down and check out!

[Rathan Krueger · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is quite an informative read. Along with telling you about the man, it also doesn't shy away from his bad, sometimes disturbing behavior towards a few people in his life.