Tarantino: A Retrospective

Given the amount of discussion his movies generate and his influence on other filmmakers ("Tarantinoesque" having become an adjective), it's difficult to believe that Quentin Tarantino has directed only ten feature-length films over his 25-year Hollywood career. In this colorful examination of his output, Shone (film history & criticism, New York Univ.; Blockbuster) has given the iconic director an outsize, well-deserved retrospective. After covering Tarantino's early years through the beginning of his Hollywood education, the author works chronologically through each of the films while also considering one (From Dusk till Dawn) that Tarantino produced but did not direct. There's no doubt that the excellent, countless images included are comprehensive and that they will draw in many readers, but Shone also does an excellent job of talking about the making of each movie and Tarantino's development as a filmmaker.