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For the movie lover who likes to read: Tarantino’s book Cinema Speculation is fucking amazing. Just tapping into a mind like his as he writes essays about 70s movies is such a fucking treat
@Atiba Applebum how far along in that book are you?
Just finished the chapter on the Film Brats. Kind of dig that there’s no table of contents, but I did see there was a chapter on “what if de Palma directed taxi driver”
Ah cool. Thanks for the recommendation. I think I’m going to pick it up.
Totally cosign. He's no shit a decent essayist. I also read a lotta Pauline Kael when I was getting into film and I can see her influence all over his writing.
Almost finished it. I love that he’s honest about his tastes too and calls out Paul Shrader on his perceived weaknesses and Scorcese when he’s being disingenuous in interviews, but it’s never from a bitchy place.
I think the OUAT in Hollywood novel is also really good. My favorite thing about his prose and essays is that it’s conversational but not his own mile a minute style of talking.
Also, has anyone seen Babylon yet? Fascinated to know what people think. It’s like Singing in the Rain made at the heigh of 70s masturbatory filming excess