02906nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10400429 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 070827s2007 ilu sb 001 0 eng 2007035105 9780812696349 (trade paper : alk. paper) 0812696344 (trade paper : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)649915889 PN1998.3.T358 Q46 2007eb 791.4302/33092 22 Quentin Tarantino and philosophy [electronic resource] : how to philosophize with a pair of pliers and a blowtorch / edited by Richard Greene and K. Silem Mohammad. Chicago : Open Court, c2007. xiii, 217 p. Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 29 Includes bibliographical references and index. Tarantino's films: what are they about and what can we learn from them? / Bruce Russell -- Stuntman Mike, simulation, and sadism in death proof / Aaron C. Anderson -- Unleashing Nietzsche on the tragic infrastructure of Tarantino's Reservoir dogs / Travis Anderson -- The moral lives of Reservoir dogs / James H. Spence -- Revenge and mercy in Tarantino / David Kyle Johnson -- "I'm a bad person" : Beatrix Kiddo's rampage and virtue / Rachel Robison -- A sword of righteousness : Kill Bill and the ethics of vengeance / Timothy Dean Roth -- Stuck in the middle with you : Mr. Blonde and retributive justice / Joseph Ulatowski -- "I didn't know you liked the Delfonics": knowledge and pragmatism in Jackie Brown / K. Silem Mohammad -- Vinnie's very bad day : twisting the tale of time in Pulp fiction / Randall E. Auxier -- Coke into Pepsi : the miracle in Pulp fiction / Keith Allen Korcz -- Quentin Tarantino and the ex-convict's dilemma / Richard Greene -- Kill Bill : Tarantino's oedipal play / Mark T. Conard -- Travolta's Elvis man and the Nietzschean superman / Bence Nanay and Ian Schnee -- Could Beatrix Kiddo reach enlightenment? traces of Buddhist philosophy in Kill Bill / Luke Cuddy and Michael Bruce. "A collection of essays that addresses philosophical aspects of the films of Quentin Tarantino, focusing on topics in ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, language, and cultural identity"--Provided by publisher. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Tarantino, Quentin Criticism and interpretation. Electronic books. local Greene, Richard, 1961 Sept. 2- Mohammad, K. Silem. ebrary, Inc. Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 29. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10400429 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 94183 94183