CINEMA UNCHAINED

An Interdisciplinary Journal. Drawing on her vast knowledge of contemporary cinema, Brancati provides a penetrating and original analysis of Tarantino s complete oeuvre and beautifully contextualizes its reception. -Denise J. Youngblood, Professor of History, University of Vermont. Brancati shows how aspects of Tarantino s films-which have been all too frequently dismissed as superfluous silliness-are, in fact, intentional aesthetic and ideological commentaries. -Ben Lawton, Associate Professor of Italian and Film Video Studies, Purdue University. Brancati shows a breathtaking erudition about global cinema and about Tarantino s place in it. Her clear and revealing analyses of the films are alone worth the price of admission. -Louis Menashe, Professor Emeritus of History, Polytechnic Institute of New York University. This fresh study is a valued and skillfully nuanced look at the important role Quentin Tarantino plays in our culture and in our times. -Frank Manchel, Professor Emeritus of English and Film Studies, University of Vermont.