Books Recommended by Quentin Tarantino
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Leni Riefenstahl
A Memoir
Leni Riefenstahl
Source: "Her descriptions of normal friendly conversations with Hitler are amazing and ring of truth." - Quentin Tarantino
1 recommenderThe Employment of Negro Troops
Ulysess Lee
Source: "The most profound thing I’ve ever read on both the war and racist America of the 1940s." - Quentin Tarantino
1 recommenderHarold and Maude
Colin Higgins
Source: "I didn't see Harold and Maude until about seven years ago, but I read [this book] in the 70's." - Quentin Tarantino
1 recommenderThe Ministry of Illusion
Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife
Eric Rentschler
Source: "A wonderful critical reexamination of German cinema under Joseph Goebbels." - Quentin Tarantino
1 recommenderPictures at a Revolution
Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
Mark Harris
Source: "Probably one of the best books I’ve ever read in my life." - Quentin Tarantino
2 recommendersLeni Riefenstahl
The Fallen Film Goddess
Glenn B Infield
Source: "The first of many books I’ve read on Fräuline Riefenstahl." - Quentin Tarantino
1 recommenderLittle Boy Blue
A Novel
Edward Bunker
Source: "The best first-person crime novel I've ever read." - Quentin Tarantino
1 recommenderEndless Highway
David Carradine
Source: "One of the best actor biographies I ever read." - Quentin Tarantino
1 recommender- 1 recommender
Bruce Lee
The Man Only I Knew
Linda Lee
Source: "The first biography I ever read." - Quentin Tarantino
1 recommender- 1 recommender
- 1 recommender
Chaos
Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
Tom O'Neill
Source: "Fantastic." - Quentin Tarantino
2 recommenders
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