Cinema Speculation

Very Interesting Fun Read
I love this book, but I keep getting distracted by all of the movies Tarintino mentions that I haven’t seen yet. My list of movies to see, grows every time I read a few pages of the book. It’s really cool to get the inside scoop about the thinking behind how movies are made.

A Must Read for Movie Fans and Aficionados
It was only a matter of time until Quentin Tarantino wrote a book about movies, and there is no other subject more appropriate for him to focus on than the films of the 70s. His enthusiasm is infectious, and I’ve found myself seeking out many of the genre films that he mentions while I was reading. Highly recommended if you love movies.

Entertaining and Enlightening Insider Film Criticism
It shouldn’t be surprising that Quentin Tarantino’s film criticism of personally relevant 70s American films is both entertaining and enlightening. His storytelling skills parse performance, structure, and direction with an emphasis on overall audience delight rather than to illustrate an aesthetic theory of “cinema.”I share that same memory of audience participation as child and young teen going to less-than-luxury theaters. We would trust our developing “gut” to recognize and cheer character truths and even hail glorified action (even, or especially, if, transgressive), as American celluloid mythology itself morphed from the outsider cowboy hero to the moral ambiguity of unpredictable lawmen in an urban wilderness.Who better to survey the films of that fertile era than one of our most extraordinary and inventive directors?My desire to read more Tarantino writing on film is second only to my desire to see more (new) Tarantino films, guaranteed to always unspool to the cathartic delight of us old balcony sitters and grounded groundlings.

Inside the Business
A complication of films, actors and directors mainly first seen in Tarantino’s early teen years in grind houses thoughout LA. These adventures; insights into genres of mostly horror films gives certainly the basis of a young man’s absorption of characters, screenplays, writing and methods employed by studios and individuals of the 70’ and 80’s. These film insights later to the reader are reimagined in his best films. Funny in parts, deep reflection in other segments says what many won’t dare say about Hollywood the real inside of the making of movies. Reluctantly, rating the book 3 popcorns but occasionally 5. From the beginning felt if author had undertaken his full slate of films; with the same thoughtful analysis, we may have had brilliance rather than just very good cinema speculation.

Este fantástico livro reúne uma coleção de ensaios escritos por Quentin Tarantino, em geral sobre filmes que ele viu no cinema em sua infância/adolescência, entre o início dos anos 70 e o início dos 80. O renomado diretor, logicamente, não se atém a apenas analisar os filmes que dão nome a cada capítulo. No legítimo espírito “uma coisa puxa a outra”, eles são apenas uma desculpa para Tarantino dar seus pitacos sobre toda a carreira de alguns de seus diretores (Don Siegel, Sam Peckinpah), roteiristas (Paul Schrader) e atores favoritos (Clint Eastwood, Steve McQueen), especular e resgatar inúmeras fofocas de bastidores da fervilhante “Nova Hollywood” dos anos 70.Logicamente, dada a quantidade de citações a filmes e artistas da época, é um livro que será bem melhor saboreado por quem assistiu aos diversos filmes mencionados, ou pelo menos leu sobre eles. Eu inclusive me arrisco a dizer que ter lido “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls” é quase que um pré-requisito para ler este livro.Um dos capítulos mais legais do livro é aquele em que Tarantino se dedica a imaginar como seria “Taxi Driver” se tivesse sido dirigido por Brian de Palma (um dos cineastas a quem o filme foi oferecido antes de chegar às mãos de Scorsese).Outra coisa legal são as pequenas descobertas sobre os gostos peculiares do autor, como descobrir que Tarantino foi um enorme fã de Stallone e de “Rocky” (e que gosta ainda mais de “Rocky II”), ou que ele considera “O Massacre da Serra Elétrica” um dos pouquíssimos filmes PERFEITOS da história do cinema.Eis aqui a lista dos filmes que dão a partida em cada capítulo do livro (alguns eu já havia visto, outros já estou louco para ver devido ao entusiasmo com que Tarantino escreveu sobre eles):- “Bullit”, de 1968 – já vi;- “Perseguidor Implacável” (Dirty Harry), de 1971 – já vi;- “Amargo Pesadelo” (Deliverance), de 1972 – já vi;- “Os Implacáveis” (The Getaway), de 1972 – quero ver;- “A Quadrilha” (The Outfit), de 1973 – quero ver;- “Irmãs Diabólicas” (Sisters), de 1973 – quero ver;- “Daisy Miller”, de 1974 – quero ver;- “Taxi Driver”, de 1976 – já vi;- “A Outra Face da Violência” (Rolling Thunder), de 1977 – quero MUITO ver;- “A Taberna do Inferno” (Paradise Alley), de 1978 – quero ver;- “Fuga de Alcatraz”, de 1979 – já vi;- “Hardcore”, de 1979 – já vi;- “Pague para Entrar, Reze para Sair” (The Funhouse), de 1981 – já vi.

it was a great book to read if you are film fanatic