Quentin Tarantino
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"In addition to being among the most celebrated of contemporary filmmakers, Quentin Tarantino is possibly the most joyously infectious movie lover alive. For years he has touted in interviews his eventual turn to writing books about films. Now, with Cinema Speculation, the time has come, and the results are everything his passionate fans--and all movie lovers--could have hoped for. Organized around key American films from the 1970s, all of which he...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Formats
Description
Once he had his own TV series, but now Rick Dalton's a washed-up villain-of-the week drowning his sorrows in whiskey sours. Will a phone call from Rome save his fate or seal it? Cliff Booth is Rick's stunt double, and the most infamous man on any movie set because he's the only one there who might have gotten away with murder. Sharon Tate left Texas to chase a movie-star dream, and found it. Sharon's salad days are now spent on Cielo Drive, high in...
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
"Set in the South two years before the Civil War, DJANGO UNCHAINED stars Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-top-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz. Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles--dead or alive. Success leads Schultz to free...
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Appears on list
Description
DVD-R. Tagged by Roger Ebert as the most influential film critic of the late twentieth century, the film tells the story of Pauline's turbulent life and work, through never-seen archival footage, her published writing and personal letters, and interviews with both friends and foes of her pen."
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 111 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences and animation sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Four years after taking a bullet in the head at her own wedding, the bride emerges from a coma and decides it's time for payback ... with a vengeance. Having been gunned down by her former boss and his deadly squad of international assassins, it's a kill-or-be-killed fight. She didn't start this deadly series of events, but she is determined to finish the business.
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During World War II, a group of Jewish-American guerilla soldiers, led by Lt. Aldo Raine, become known as "The Basterds." They are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish woman who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers. A plot is set in motion to kill the Nazis at the theater's movie premier, including Adolph...
10) Sin City
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 124 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Welcome to Sin City, the town that beckons to the tough, the corrupt, and the brokenhearted. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still try to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Bride continues on her deadly pursuit of her former partners in the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, who, in a furious assault, attempted to murder her and her unborn child on her wedding day. As the Bride faces off against allies-turned-nemeses Budd and Elle, she flashes back to the day of her deadly wedding. We learn how she was recruited and trained and about her relationship with Squad leader Bill.
12) Reservoir dogs
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (99 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. Then their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush, and the ruthless killers realize one of them is [an undercover police officer]. But which one?"--Container.
13) Jackie Brown
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (154 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A stewardess, a street-tough gun runner, a lonely bail bondsman, a shifty ex-con, a stoned-out beach bunny and an earnest federal agent converge in a quest for a missing half million dollars.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (168 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. Bounty hunter John Ruth and his fugitive Daisy race toward the town of Red Rock, where Ruth will bring Daisy to justice. Losing their lead on the blizzard, they seek refuge at Minnie's, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie's, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our travelers come...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 161 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From 1958 to 1963, American actor Rick Dalton knew the height of fame and fortune as the lead in the television series Bounty Law. Yet, Rick wasn't satisfied with the work and used his popularity to try to become a movie star. By 1969, Rick's career has stalled so much that he takes jobs as a guest star on various shows. He even starts wondering if the only way he can make a comeback is by acting in Italian productions. Cliff Booth, Rick's long-time...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The film celebrates the life and career of one of America's most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians, Buster Keaton, whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as a true cinematic visionary. Filled with stunningly restored archival Keaton films from the Cohen Film Classics library, it is directed by Peter Bogdanovich, a filmmaker and cinema historian.
18) Desperado
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A mysterious guitar player seeks vengeance against the men who murdered his girlfriend.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (approximately 120 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Explores the historic influence of Z Channel; showcases the important voice the station gave filmmakers; examines the great influence the channel had on modern cinema, independent filmmaking, and the development of cable television.
Author
Series
Eli Roth's History of Horror volume 2
Description
The pandemic came as a surprise to some, but horror films have sounded the alarm for decades.