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Instant New York Times bestseller
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: a deliriously entertaining, wickedly intelligent cinema book as unique and creative as anything by Quentin Tarantino.
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 first saw as a young moviegoer at the time, this book is as intellectually rigorous and insightful as it is rollicking and entertaining. At once film criticism, film theory, a feat of reporting, and wonderful personal history, it is all written in the singular voice recognizable immediately as QT’s and with the rare perspective about cinema possible only from one of the greatest practitioners of the artform ever.
The audiobook is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, and features Quentin Tarantino reading the first and last chapters. A perfect listen for all fans!
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“Tarantino’s joy, generosity, and singular point of view bolster his arguments, and even when he’s taking down his heroes, it’s out of love…Whip smart and obsessive, Tarantino is great fun and tough to beat.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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“Wickedly funny…An opinionated, compulsively readable appreciation of the grimy, generally lurid movies of his ’70s youth.”
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“Cinema Speculation is consistently engaging; with its zinging and zipping observations…a vision, in motion, of a Hollywood-centric mind.”
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“Tarantino’s critical intelligence both refracts and reflects…[and] Tarantino is an unabashed celebrant of cinema’s dirtier pleasures.”
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“A top-flight nonfiction debut from a unique artist.”
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“A dynamic mix of eyebrow-raising personal stories, zesty film history, and kickass film criticism…[A] rollicking cinematic celebration.”
— Booklist (starred review)
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A New York Times bestseller
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An Amazon Best Book of the Month
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A New York Times Bestseller in Audio
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A #1 Amazon bestseller
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A New York Times Book Review pick of Best Books Now in Paperback
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A Barnes & Noble Best Book of the Month
Cinema Speculation Listener Reviews
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Derek Parsons, 8/9/2024
About Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, film critic, and actor. He is the writer-director of nine feature films, the winner of two Academy Awards for Best Original Screenplay, and the author of the novel Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Cinema Speculation is his first work of nonfiction.
About Edoardo Ballerini
Edoardo Ballerini, an American actor, director, film producer, and multiaward–winning narrator. He has won several Audie Awards for best narration, including for 2019’s Best Male Narrator of the Year. He was named by Booklist as winner of their 2023 Voice of Choice Award, and was named a Golden Voice by AudioFile magazine in 2019. He has narrated over two hundred audiobooks, from classics to modern masters, from bestsellers to the inspirational, from Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners to spine-tingling series, and much more. In television and film, he is best known for his roles in A Murder at the End of the World, The Sopranos, 24, I Shot Andy Warhol, Dinner Rush, and Romeo Must Die. He is also trained in theater and continues to do much work on stage.