Chapter 82: Quentin Tarantino on preferring penny paperbacks and perfecting the process
What was your first Tarantino experience?
I was thirteen years old in an unfinished basement watching Reservoir Dogs on VHS and can still remember how shook my friends and I were when we saw it.
Was that your first Tarantino experience? Or was it Pulp Fiction? Jackie Brown? Kill Bill? Inglourious Basterds? Django Unchained? The Hateful Eight? Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?
Well, the Tarantino Experience continues with his brand new book Once Upon A Time In Hollywood which is the propulsive, addictive, roller-coastering movie novelization of his award-winning film. I absolutely loved it.
Today we’re going to talk about: Quentin Tarantino’s favorite writer, how we thicken our skin in a thin-skinned world, how we can live confidently in a clickbait world, how one goes about writing a movie novelization, what an unlikely spinoff to Inglourious Basterds might look like, why we should avoid self censorship, what are Quentin’s thoughts on meme Quentin Quarantino, his three most formative books, and much, much, more …
I’m going to be in your left ear (from a furnace room at my family’s lake house rental!), Quentin’s going to be in your right ear (from his writing studio in Hollywood Hills!) and you will be sitting right between us.
Let’s flip the page into Chapter 82 now …
What You'll Learn:
- What’s the difference between releasing a movie and releasing a book?
- What should we make of today’s ad-driven culture?
- How do we build thick skin today?
- Why is failure so important in the creation of art?
- What do critics offer artists?
- How do you decide what to do when you can do anything you want?
- Why is the artistic path such a guide post?
- Who was the first rock and roll idol?
- What is the balance between progressivism and artistic freedom?
- What principles should be followed when turning a movie into a book?
- What are the artistic and relationship implications of having confidence?
- Why is self-censorship limiting?
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