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Rick Dalton è un attore con alle spalle una luminosa carriera nel cinema in bianco e nero, ma a Hollywood negli anni ’60 si invecchia molto in fretta e ora Dalton deve lottare per un ruolo in una serie tv commerciale o in un film in Italia con Virna Lisi o Gina Lollobrigida. La spalla di Rick è Cliff Booth, un veterano di guerra dalla vita movimentata che gli fa da controfigura nei film, e da confidente e autista nel privato. La vita di Rick e Cliff a Cielo Drive è scandita dalle feste a casa di Roman Polanski, il regista del momento, dalla rivalità con Steve McQueen e con Bruce Lee, e dalla ricerca ossessiva di un ruolo importante per rilanciare una carriera in declino. Mentre un giovane carismatico, arrabbiato con Hollywood per avere infranto i suoi sogni artistici, progetta la sua vendetta violenta in una comunità hippy fuori città, Rick è distratto dall’attrice che recita con lui nella serie tv: una giovane lolita che lo riporta nella magia del cinema.

Quentin Tarantino’s long-awaited first work of fiction – at once hilarious, delicious, and brutal – is the always surprising, sometimes shocking new novel based on his Academy Award-winning film. RICK DALTON – Once he had his own TV series, but now Rick’s a washed-up villain-of-the week drowning his sorrows in whiskey sours. Will a phone call from Rome save his fate or seal it? CLIFF BOOTH – Rick’s stunt double, and the most infamous man on any movie set because he’s the only one there who might have gotten away with murder . . . SHARON TATE – She left Texas to chase a movie-star dream, and found it. Sharon’s salad days are now spent on Cielo Drive, high in the Hollywood Hills. CHARLES MANSON – The ex-con’s got a bunch of zonked-out hippies thinking he’s their spiritual leader, but he’d trade it all to be a rock ‘n’ roll star. HOLLYWOOD 1969 – YOU SHOULDA BEEN THERE

In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films. Now, with CINEMA SPECULATION, the time has come, and the results are everything his passionate fans – and all movie lovers – could have hoped for. 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 is all written in the singular voice recognizable immediately as QT’s and with the rare perspective about cinema possible only from one of the greatest practitioners of the artform ever.

Quentin Tarantino è un regista “cult” amato dalle nuove generazioni. Un “ladro di cinema”, un accumulatore di citazioni e di omaggi cinefili, un ibridatore di generi e di forme della cultura di massa, dal fumetto al romanzo pulp, dallo spot al videoclip, dal “B movie” alla serialità tv. Ma al tempo stesso è un autore complesso che si può studiare da molti punti di vista e su cui conviene oggi fare una più seria riflessione.

Quentin Tarantino is one of the most influential and distinctive filmmakers at work in the world today. His films are so admired that nearly every one he makes becomes an instant cult classic. Here, Tom Shone presents in-depth commentaries on each of the ten films Tarantino has directed, from Reservoir Dogs to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, as well as looking at his early life, acting career, and his indisputable talent for scriptwriting. Illustrated with more than two hundred film stills and behind-the-scenes images, Tarantino: A Retrospective is a tribute to the great auteur’s unique talent.