When I ordered this, I read a bunch of the reviews, and I focused on the few bad ones to see what people happened to dislike about it. Now that I’m 2/3 through the book, I find them to be inaccurate, overly simplistic, and/or written by bitter failed authors.
What this book is NOT:
It is not a screen play, it is not written with “INT-Day, FADE IN….” Etc.
What this book IS: this is Quentin Tarantino novelization of his movie, that partially served as the script (as he’d written it like a novel from the start, and over many years).
What’s GOOD about this book:
Reading this book has clarified things that sort of glossed by in the movie. Minor details that don’t affect anything, but are really cool to know. And also gives more insight into the characters, as we get to spend more time with them.
You also get lost in the fiction within the fiction, as sometimes the narrative is in the world of the show Lancer. (Apparently Tarantino wrote 5 entire episodes of Lancer, and there exists somewhere like a 20hour cut of the movie).
What’s BAD about the book:
Well, if you’re buying this book and have seen the movie, and then thought “man, I could’ve watched a four hour version of that movie, I just need more Quentin…” then nothing. It’s the movie, plus a ton of more details. It is the same writing as Tarantino’s movies. A lot of obscure old Hollywood references, which if you’re a dink, could seem self indulgent. But seeing as how that anyone who appreciates the movie recognizes that it’s charms comes from this passion for all things Hollywood that formed him as a person. Everything he does is indulgent, but without pretense.
This novel is clever, entertaining, and charming. And if you don’t like it you can go pound sand.
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Bring Me the Head of Quentin Tarantino
For half price I could not resist this. This review is for the extras I found entertaining at the back of the book. First, the Mad magazine parody was spot on. These movie and tv parodies, especially drawn by Mort Drucker, were my favorite part of Mad back in the Sixties. Lousy Law is spot on nailing this genre. As for the posters, there are some mistakes that like the dreams in Inception, details fail to capture the illusion of recreating the past.Comanche Uprising stars Robert Taylor. Even if this is an alternate poster, his image would be dominantly displayed, but it is not (whereas Glenn Ford is). Operation Dyn-O- Mite mixes Jimmy JJ Walker improperly with a European action flick. Even with renaming it for the US market-I’m not buying it. But the real kicker is placing Michael Rennie’s name at the bottom-no, thats not the problem. But, if a significant actor is placed low in the credits, it would have a BOX around it! I’m still jarred by this omission.Red Blood, Red Sky is great art, but the credits are all wrong in location. No Sixties poster would be that sloppy in presentation.The TV guide covers were well done. The lunchbox ok, but made the series look like a comedy, not drama. I had a beloved Zorro lunchbox and its depiction of the show was anything but cartoon caricatures. The Dell comic book is good and so is the paperback cover (accurately priced).So on the whole, an uneven attempt to capture the era, but a decent attempt.“Bring me the Head…” will continue after I have read the book. For more insight into the conundrum of Tarantino, see my review of Deathproof in a previous episode of…“Bring Me the Head of Quentin Tarantino”
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