Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • The Millions

    Quentin Tarantino Writes Books Now

    by Chris Barsanti Feb 13, 2023 6 minutes

    Near the end of 1993’s True Romance, that Quentin Tarantino-scripted echt-1990s gumbo of trash-film lore and pop culture nerdom tarted up with perfume-ad Tony Scott direction and just-cameoing A-list stars, the comic-store-clerk-turned-gunslinger-on-the-run Clarence (Christian Slater) meets with Hollywood producer Lee (Saul Rubinek) to finalize a drug deal. Immediately, Clarence launches into a diatribe about what cinema means to him.

    What does Clarence not like? Merchant Ivory award films. “Safe, geriatric, coffee table dog shit.” What does he like? “Mad Max, that’s a movie. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, that’s a movie. Rio Bravo, that’s a movie.” Lee—who just so happens to have made a Vietnam war flick which Clarence reveres—tips his cap to the young enthusiast: “We park our cars in the same garage.”

    Given that Tarantino has called the script of his most autobiographical, Clarence can be read as his stand-in. Clarence also embodies the cinematic fan culture then coalescing. Within a few years, his dogmatic rage-screeding would become the coin of the

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from The Millions

    The Millions4 min read
    Why Write Memoir? Two Debut Authors Weigh In
    "It was hard on many levels, and I had to keep going back to why I was writing in the first place." The post Why Write Memoir? Two Debut Authors Weigh In appeared first on The Millions.
    The Millions5 min read
    Yomi Adegoke Contains Multitudes
    People struggle to hold multiple ideas in their heads at once, and so attempt to pigeonhole female writers, but I am very comfortable leaning into duality. The post Yomi Adegoke Contains Multitudes appeared first on The Millions.
    The Millions6 min read
    The Other Boy and the Heron
    The heron has a robust mythological history across many cultures, and while the meanings differ, many deal with death, rebirth, and transformation. The post The Other Boy and the Heron appeared first on The Millions.

    Related Books & Audiobooks