Transcending his reputation as a maker of violent movies, Quentin Tarantino is recognised by his fans and admirers as a spokesman for the obsessions of a media-literate generation. Movies, TV shows, comic strips and old Top Ten records all merge to form the Tarantino popculture aesthetic. In charting his career, Quentin Tarantino: The Film Geek Files provides a colourful guide to the brash, image-saturated world that spawned the premier filmmaker of his generation. Quentin Tarantino: The Film Geek Files collects the most essential interviews, essays and reviews of the career that transformed the ultimate film geek from video-store clerk into a cult figure of rock-star status, including commentary and writings by Tarantino himself. From the early 1990s eruption of Reservoir Dogs and the genre-subverting classic Pulp Fiction, through the subtly elegiac crime thriller Jackie Brown to the vividly frenetic comeback of Kill Bill Volumes 1 and 2, The Film Geek Files examines every aspect of Tarantino's self-directed movies - as well as his screenplays for True Romance and From Dusk 'till Dawn. This revised and updated edition also features Tarantino's commentary on his favourite movie genres: blaxploitation, Italian horror, spaghetti westerns, plus the samurai films, martial arts flicks and violent revenge movies that provided the raw material for Kill Bill. Book jacket.