How to Workshop N-Words
I am not willing to let go of one of the only things that truly belong to my people and me. It’s a very exclusive, very tumultuous kind of privilege.
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Posts Tagged: tarantino
“Throw Something Down Hard Enough, You Discover Its Laws”
Maybe my faith that the profoundest feeling we’re offered by art that really hits us deep in is a setting free, a series of screens or horizons obliterated somehow lovingly.
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The Rumpus Interview with David Lipsky
David Lipsky, whose book was recently adapted into the movie The End of the Tour, discusses his career as a writer and journalist as it’s evolved in the twenty years since his road trip with David Foster Wallace.
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Colin Winnette
The Rumpus Book Club chats with Colin Winnette about his new novel Haints Stay, writing ambiguity, and playing against the expectations of genre.
...moreTarantino’s Biggest Fan
In 1996, Sarah was one notable member of Tarantino’s fan base. He makes some awesomely gruesome films, but his fan-appreciation is nothing but precious.
...moreInglourious Basterds
Quintin Tarantino’s new film is not a retelling of The Dirty Dozen or Castellari’s Inglourious Bastards. Obsessed With Film has the story behind Inglorious Basterds. Written by Sebastian Haselbeck, the founder and editor of the Quentin Tarantino archives. (see the trailer here)
...moreThe New Cult Canon
“The independent world was supposed to be cordoned off from the violent, profane genre fare that littered the multiplex. While the great unwashed were off watching Steven Seagal shatter forearms like twigs, Joe Bordeaux-Sippers could flee for safety in tucked-away cinematic oases, where they found the comfort of earnest, socially progressive, values-affirming indie films, stuffy […]
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