Quentin Tarantino is not an unknown name. With not just an Academy Award but so many others, he rose to fame in the early 1990s as an independent filmmaker and his star just kept rising. Over almost thirty years, he has many, many masterpices under his belt, and now he is sharing that love of film in his new amazing book.
Written by a man who is deeply in love with all things movies, Cinema Speculation is the movie book Quentin Tarantino has been teasing for years. And it was well worth the wait. For both passionate fans and those with a passing interest, it captures Tarantino’s knowlege and passion in a singular voice that could only ever be his.
Organized around key American films from the 1970s, all of which he first saw as a young moviegoer at the time, this book is as intellectually rigorous and insightful as it is rollicking and entertaining. At once film criticism, film theory, a feat of reporting, and wonderful personal history, it contains a rare perspective about cinema possible only from one of the greatest practitioners of the artform ever.
Tarantino is passionate, knowledgeable and incredibly enthusiastic about cinema and it comes through on every page of this book. This novel shows his devotion to watching, cataloguing and enjoying movies. He brings the reader along for the ride, inviting them into the joy he finds in movies and sharing some wonderful insights into film and cinema! Not just for film buffs!
