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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox book Cinema Speculation is a 2022 nonfiction book by American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, published by Harper on November 1, 2022.

Background

Cinema Speculation is Tarantino's debut work of nonfiction and combines "film criticism, film theory, a feat of reporting, and wonderful personal history."[1] The book is a collection of essays organized around "key American films from the 1970s" which Tarantino saw in his youth.[2] It was inspired by the film writing of critic Pauline Kael.[3]

Publication

The book was initially scheduled to be published on October 25, 2022;[4] Cinema Speculation was published by Harper on November 1, 2022.[5] It is the second book in a two-book deal Tarantino signed with HarperCollins in 2020.[3] Tarantino promoted the book with a nationwide book tour.[6] The book's cover features a photograph of Steve McQueen with director Sam Peckinpah on the set of the 1972 action crime thriller The Getaway.[7]

Reception

Cinema Speculation received favorable reviews, with a cumulative "Rave" rating at the review aggregator website Book Marks, based on eleven book reviews from mainstream literary critics.[8] The book debuted at number five on The New York Times nonfiction best-seller list for the week ending November 5, 2022.[9] Kirkus Reviews gave the book a starred review, writing, "Whether you agree with his assessments or not, he provides the original reporting and insights only a veteran director would notice, and his engaging style makes it impossible to leave an essay without learning something."[10] The Daily Telegraph reviewer Jasper Rees gave the book 3 out of 5 stars, writing, "At times it's like leafing through yellowing back issues of Screen International. At others you feel Tarantino would have made a brilliant Tinseltown gossip columnist."[11]

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