Tarantino the writer eludes definitions just as easily as Tarantino the director. Memoirs, Hollywood history, film theory, audience diary, pulp-non-fiction or recorded stand-up, all this is “Film Speculation”. Tarantino dedicated his first documentary book to the films of his youth that determined his taste and intuition: from “Dirty Harry” and “Rocky” to “Escape from Alcatraz.” The author puts things in order in the director's kitchens of his predecessors, invariably asking the question: what would the history of cinema look like if everything had happened differently? This is a book full of sincere love and excitement from a director whose enormous knowledge, professional experience and connections in Hollywood allow him to be convincing even in the most fantastic and speculative constructions. Can you imagine Brian De Palma directing Taxi Driver? Quentin will tell you.