Quentin Tarantino: Poetics and Politics of Cinematic Metafiction by David Roche

Description: Quentin Tarantino by David Roche Covering all eight of Quentin Tarantinos films according to certain themes, David Roche combines cultural studies and neoformalist approaches to highlight how closely the films poetics and politics are intertwined. Each in-depth chapter focuses on a salient feature, some which have drawn much attention, others less so. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Quentin Tarantinos films beg to be considered metafiction: metacommentaries that engage with the history of cultural representations and exalt the aesthetic, ethical, and political potential of creation as re-re-creation and resignification. Covering all eight of Quentin Tarantinos films according to certain themes, David Roche combines cultural studies and neoformalist approaches to highlight how closely the films poetics and politics are intertwined. Each in-depth chapter focuses on a salient feature, some which have drawn much attention (history, race, gender, violence), others less so (narrative structure, style, music, theatricality).Roche sets Tarantinos films firmly in the legacy of Howard Hawks, Jean-Luc Godard, Sergio Leone, and the New Hollywood, revising the image of a cool pop-culture purveyor that the American director cultivated at the beginning of his career. Roche emphasizes the breadth and depth of his films engagement with culture, highbrow and lowbrow, screen and print, American, East Asian, and European. Author Biography David Roche, Montpellier, France, is professor of film studies at the Université Toulouse-Jean Jaurès, France. He is author of Making and Remaking Horror in the 1970s and 2000s: Why Dont They Do It Like They Used To?, editor of Conversations with Russell Banks, and coeditor of Comics and Adaptation, all three published by University Press of Mississippi. Review David Roches comprehensive analysis of the metafictional and metafilmic aspects of Tarantinos oeuvre is the study we have been waiting for. Integrating previous readings and theoretical examinations, he creates a new command of the how and most importantly the why of the meta in the directors philosophy, style, and as a platform for political engagement. Meticulously detailed and exceptionally readable, it will surely take Tarantino studies to a new level, as it renews interest in his cosmopolitan cinematic models and persuasively deals with aspects of the directors maturation.--Robert Dassanowsky, editor of Quentin Tarantinos "Inglourious Basterds" A Manipulation of MetacinemaDavid Roches cultural and formal analysis of the films of Quentin Tarantino breaks new ground in evaluating Tarantinos significance as a commentator on identity politics and a proponent of postmodern strategies within contemporary cinema. Meticulously researched, exhaustively (in a good way) detailed, and carefully reasoned, this book is must reading. It also makes me want to re-watch all of Tarantinos movies!--Janet Staiger, William P. Hobby Centennial Professor Emeritus, University of Texas at AustinRoches combination of theoretical sophistication, intellectual rigor, and magisterial analyses of sequences, down to the smallest details of individual shots, provides a quite riveting presentation of Tarantinos cinema. The author articulates questions of race and class, gender and power, and politics and history in ways that are both convincing and revealing. They enable him, for instance, to show the complex and often critically neglected relationship between history and cultural history. This aspect of Roches study is further reinforced thanks to his unfailing attention to details such as color and dress, framing, camera movements, and the off-screen. His discussion of Tarantinos cinema as metafiction is most subtle and opens up new vistas for future studies of the director.--Reynold Humphries, author of Hollywoods Blacklists: A Political and Cultural HistoryThis book is a long-overdue scholarly exploration and appreciation of Tarantinos oeuvre. Often misunderstood as postmodernist exercises in style, the films of Quentin Tarantino are complex in the best sense of the word. The quotes, allusions, and pastiches of prior images, films, and genres--some explicit, some quite subtle--unmask and undermine the rules of representation that govern these filmic texts. Taking the comparative approach, David Roche explores the various sources of Tarantinos feature films and points out that Tarantinos movies aim at the repressed libidinous desires that propel most filmic genres, thus effectively criticizing the racism and sexism that drive American popular cinema.--Oliver C. Speck, editor of Quentin Tarantinos "Django Unchained" The Continuation of MetacinemaWell-written and well-documented, David Roches contribution to the study of Quentin Tarantinos work may be the best book to date on the iconic director. Roches obvious passion for his material does not preclude rigorous analysis, but rather serves it, driving his desire to critically engage with the films while drawing the reader in in the process. The quality and precision of formal analyses are exemplary, while the demonstrations are led with clarity and taken to astute conclusions.-- "InMedia: The French Journal of Media Studies" Long Description Quentin Tarantino?s films beg to be considered metafiction: metacommentaries that engage with the history of cultural representations and exalt the aesthetic, ethical, and political potential of creation as re-re-creation and resignification. Covering all eight of Quentin Tarantino?s films according to certain themes, David Roche combines cultural studies and neoformalist approaches to highlight how closely the films? poetics and politics are intertwined. Each in-depth chapter focuses on a salient feature, some which have drawn much attention (history, race, gender, violence), others less so (narrative structure, style, music, theatricality). Roche sets Tarantino?s films firmly in the legacy of Howard Hawks, Jean-Luc Godard, Sergio Leone, and the New Hollywood, revising the image of a cool pop-culture purveyor that the American director cultivated at the beginning of his career. Roche emphasizes the breadth and depth of his films? engagement with culture, highbrow and lowbrow, screen and print, American, East Asian, and European. Review Quote Well-written and well-documented, David Roches contribution to the study of Quentin Tarantinos work may be the best book to date on the iconic director. Roches obvious passion for his material does not preclude rigorous analysis, but rather serves it, driving his desire to critically engage with the films while drawing the reader in in the process. The quality and precision of formal analyses are exemplary, while the demonstrations are led with clarity and taken to astute conclusions. Promotional "Headline" Roche?s combination of theoretical sophistication, intellectual rigor, and magisterial analyses of sequences, down to the smallest details of individual shots, provides a quite riveting presentation of Tarantino?s cinema. The author articulates questions of race and class, gender and power, and politics and history in ways that are both convincing and revealing. They enable him, for instance, to show the complex and often critically neglected relationship between history and cultural history. This aspect of Roche?s study is further reinforced thanks to his unfailing attention to details such as color and dress, framing, camera movements, and the off-screen. His discussion of Tarantino?s cinema as metafiction is most subtle and opens up new vistas for future studies of the director. Details ISBN1496821157 Author David Roche Pages 352 Publisher University Press of Mississippi Year 2018 ISBN-10 1496821157 ISBN-13 9781496821157 Format Paperback Imprint University Press of Mississippi Subtitle Poetics and Politics of Cinematic Metafiction Place of Publication Jackson Country of Publication United States DEWEY 791.430233092 Short Title Quentin Tarantino Language English AU Release Date 2018-07-02 NZ Release Date 2018-07-02 UK Release Date 2018-07-02 Publication Date 2018-08-03 Audience Professional & Vocational US Release Date 2018-08-03 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:119184711;

Price: 87.56 AUD

Location: Melbourne

End Time: 2025-01-20T16:41:02.000Z

Shipping Cost: 10.94 AUD