Fifty years ago, back in the good old days – even before the Vanishing Point days – young Quentin entered this world. “Action!” he must have yelled then to his mum Connie. When he was two, they moved to Los Angeles, and before Quentin Jerome Tarantino turned a teenager, he had already seen more movies than most people. In his twenties he started working at the Manhattan Beach Video Archives, where he made some …

(Deutsche Version) Just in time for Django Unchained, a box of Tarantino’s first 20 years of filmmaking were released (fans hope/know there’ll be another 20 years of awesome movies, despite of what he says in interviews). Titled “Tarantino XX”, the box boasts all his feature directorial efforts plus True Romance, plus some exclusive extras. It is a BluRay box, however markets like Germany also get the DVD treatment, due to low penetration of the …

When I received the book I expected little, thinking it might be a quick cash-in on Django Unchained or yet another mediocre take on the movie universe Quentin Tarantino moves around in. I was positively surprised and read the book in a day. The “If you like…” series I am not familiar with, but I like the concept. It is in fact not a book about the movie references in Tarantino’s films (like we …