Quentin Tarantino, In His Own Words
Nobody talks about movies the way Quentin Tarantino talks about movies. Before he ever directed a frame, he spent years behind the counter of Video Archives in Manhattan Beach, arguing about cinema with anyone who would listen. That energy never left him — which is why his interviews are some of the most compulsively listenable conversations ever recorded about film.
This compilation gathers those conversations across his entire career: the hungry unknown promoting Reservoir Dogs at Sundance, the overnight legend of the Pulp Fiction years, the elder statesman reflecting on his ten-film plan. Played end to end, they form something no single interview can — a portrait of an artist thinking out loud for thirty years.
What's Inside This Compilation
The interviews are arranged to flow as one continuous listen. You'll hear Tarantino on his writing process — the longhand notebooks, the years spent living inside his characters. On violence, and why he refuses to apologize for it. On the directors who built him: Leone, De Palma, Hawks, Godard. On the film-by-film stories behind Kill Bill's five-year gestation, the Cannes triumph of Pulp Fiction, and why he swears he'll stop at ten.
Why Listen for Eight Hours?
Because that's when it stops being an interview and becomes company. Longform Cinema Club builds every compilation for the long stretches of life — the overnight drive, the deep work session, the long run, the quiet hour before bed. Nothing jolts you. Press play and let the conversation carry you.
Where to Start With Tarantino's Films
If this compilation sends you back to the movies themselves, the conversation makes the most sense in order: Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), the Kill Bill films (2003–04), Death Proof (2007), Inglourious Basterds (2009), Django Unchained (2012), The Hateful Eight (2015), and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019).