Tom Shawn. Tarantino. From criminal to vile: all facets of the director.

"When I work on a film, I want it to be everything to me; something I'd be willing to die for." The name Quentin Tarantino is familiar to everyone, without exaggeration. Some know him as the talented creator of Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs; some have heard that the best part of his films (in all of cinema) is the dialogue; some have been told that he is the very man who killed Hitler and freed Django. Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained—could a young man working in a film distribution office and spending all his time watching movies have imagined that many years later he would make films that would be loved by millions of viewers and critics? Did he imagine that each of his new films would become a sensation, and that he himself would become a respected member of the film community? It's unlikely that young Quentin Tarantino thought about all this; driven by a desire to make films, he simply picked up a camera and made one. And then another. And another. This book is a unique chronicle of the director's creative life, telling his journey from his first short film, shot on a home camera, to his latest, The Hateful Eight. In addition to the filmmaking history, it contains a wealth of archival footage from the shoot, commentary from the director, and anecdotes from the cast and crew.