Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Reservoir Dogs by diving into the brilliant, twisted mind of Quentin Tarantino and discover the artistic process of an Oscar-winning legend. Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1963, Quentin Tarantino spent many Saturday evenings during his childhood accompanying his mother to the movies, nourishing a love of film that was, over the course of his life, to become all-consuming. The script for his first movie took him four years to complete:
My Best Friend's Birthday, a seventy-minute film in which he both acted and directed. The script for his second film,
Reservoir Dogs (1992), took him just under four weeks to complete. When it debuted, he was immediately hailed as one of the most exciting new directors in the industry.
Known for his highly cinematic visual style, out-of-sequence storytelling, and grandiose violence, Tarantino's films have provoked both praise and criticism over the course of his career. They've also won him a host of awards--including Oscars, Golden Globes, and BAFTA awards--usually for his original screenplays. His oeuvre includes the cult classic
Pulp Fiction, bloody revenge saga
Kill Bill Vol. 1 and
Vol. 2, and historical epics
Inglorious Basterds,
Django Unchained, and
The Hateful Eight . This stunning retrospective catalogs each of Quentin Tarantino's movies in detail, from
My Best Friend's Birthday to
The Hateful Eight. The book is a tribute to a unique directing and writing talent, celebrating an uncompromising, passionate director's enthralling career at the heart of cult filmmaking.