ILLEGAL USE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS, PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES, AND THEIR ANALOGUES CAUSES HARM TO HEALTH; THEIR ILLEGAL TRAFFICKING IS PROHIBITED AND ENTAILS RESPONSIBILITY ESTABLISHED BY LAW. The Tarantino-literary figure slips away from definitions as easily as Tarantino-the-director. Memoirs, Hollywood history, film theory, viewer's diary, pulp nonfiction, or recorded stand-up — all this is "Cinema Speculations." Tarantino dedicated his first documentary book to the films of his youth that shaped his taste and intuition: from "Dirty Harry" and "Rocky" to "Escape from Alcatraz." The author puts order in the director’s kitchens of his predecessors, always asking: how would film history look if things had happened differently? This is a book full of sincere love and enthusiasm from a director whose vast knowledge, professional experience, and Hollywood connections make him convincing even in the most fantastic and speculative constructions. Can you imagine how Brian De Palma would have filmed "Taxi Driver"? Quentin will tell you.