<DIV>For the first time since Hitchcock, moviegoers have embraced a film director whose name is synonymous with his own genre — a culmination of the crime, gangster, and film noir genres that both celebrates and comments ironically upon itself. Part of the <I>Ultrascreen</I> series, <I>Quentin Tarantino: The Film Geek Files</I> charts the controversial success of Tarantino's self-directed films and screenplays. From <I>Reservoir Dogs, True Romance,</I> and <I>Pulp Fiction</I> to <I>Natural Born Killers, Jackie Brown,</I> and <I>Kill Bill,</I> Tarantino has created a unique aesthetic drawing on pop-culture icons and ideals gleaned from movies, TV shows, comic strips, and old Top Ten records. This definitive, illustrated book provides the most essential interviews, essays, and reviews of Tarantino's career — from geekish video-store clerk to a cult figure of rock-star status. Aimed at a young, literate, moviegoing audience, <i>Quentin Tarantino</i> is a colorful guide to the brash, media-saturated world that spawned the premier filmmaker of his generation. Includes 70 black-and-white illustrations.</div>