Quentin Tarantino
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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At the end of the Civil War, a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. Bounty hunter John Ruth and his fugitive captive Daisy Domergue race toward the town of Red Rock, where Ruth will bring Domergue to justice. Along the road, they encounter Major Marquis Warren, a former Union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter; and Chris Mannix, a renegade who claims to be the town's new sheriff. Lost in a blizzard, Ruth, Domergue, Warren, and...
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
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Description
Llega el esperado y ansiado primer libro de no ficción de Quentin Tarantino.
Su libro más personal: un viaje íntimo por sus películas favoritas, relatado con una voz inconfundible.
«La crítica cinematográfica de Tarantino [es] tan rotunda, inteligente y asombrosa como sus películas».
The New York Times
«Se antoja difícil que haya un mejor libro de cine en 2023 que este arrebatado Meditaciones de cine. A no ser que Quentin publique una segunda...
Author
Language
English
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.
Language
English
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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...
5) Jackie Brown
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 leaflet
Language
English
Description
What does a sexy stewardess, a street-tough gun runner, a lonely bail bondsman, a shifty ex-con, an earnest federal agent, and a stoned-out beach bunny have in common? They're six players on the trail of a half million dollars in cash! The only questions are: who's getting played, and who's gonna make the big score! Special features include: trailers, stills gallery, a documentary, deleted scenes, alternate scenes, and more.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
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...
7) Pulp fiction
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.
Language
English
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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...
9) True romance
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of two unlikely lovers who find themselves in possession of a suitcase full of valuable mob contraband which they plan to take from Detroit to Los Angeles, sell, and begin a new life.
11) Pulp fiction
Language
English
Description
Clever, dark film that tells 4 separate stories that are gradually brought together. Involved are two low-rent hit men, their boss and his sexy wife, a prizefighter and a pair of desperate robbers.
12) Desperado
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mysterious guitar player seeks vengeance against the men who murdered his girlfriend.
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (4 hr., 54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Award-winning horror film director, writer, producer, and actor Eli Roth brings together the masters of horror, the storytellers, and stars who define the genre, to explore its biggest themes and reveal the inspirations and struggles behind its past and present. Each one-hour episode will take viewers on a chilling exploration of how horror has evolved through the years and examine the genre's impact on society as well as delving into how horror maintains...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Narrowly escaping death, outlaw Johnny is on the run from the hangman, with the hangman's sensuous daughter Esmeralda by his side. Along with his gang, Johnny and Esmeralda embark on an adventure filled with colorful and unsavory characters who lead them straight into the fight of their lives. Along the way they meet the American writer Ambrose Bierce. Set in Mexico in the 1910s.
15) Hero: Héros
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Long ago, China was divided into seven kingdoms all fighting for supremacy. The King of Qin was most determined to become the first emperor of China. Though many tried to assassinate him, only three inspired fear. The King promised endless wealth and power to anyone who defeats his would-be murderers. No results come until ten years later, when a man called Nameless brought the weapons of the three assassins to the Qin King's palace. Nameless claimed...
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bloody violence, strong sexuality, language, and brief drug use.
On the hunt for a fabled treasure of gold, a band of warriors, assassins, and a rogue British soldier descend upon a village in feudal China, where a humble blacksmith looks to defend himself and his fellow villagers.
17) Django unchained
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (166 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Django, a former slave turned hired gun, heads back to the plantation to free his wife, Broomhilda, from the tyrannical plantation owner Calvin Candie, with the help of a German bounty hunter, Dr. King Schultz.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 408 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Reservoir dogs: After a simple jewelery heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant.
Pulp fiction: The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tables of violence and redemption.
Jackie Brown: A female flight attendant becomes a key figure in a plot between the police and an arms dealer.
19) Reservoir dogs
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (153 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
During World War II, a group of Jewish-American guerrilla 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...