The critically acclaimed double feature Grindhouse resurrects the theatrical experience of watching back-to-back "exploitation" movies. Written and directed by two of the genre’s best-known and most hardcore fans, the film consists of two short features—one from Quentin Tarantino and the other by Robert Rodriguez—as well as a series of lurid trailers for non-existent movies.
This 250-page hardcover companion book, Grindhouse: The Sleaze-filled Saga of an Exploitation Double Feature, offers fans an insider’s look into the making of the hotly anticipated double feature. Tarantino and Rodriguez chronicle the film’s production from page to screen and everything in between. Featured are interviews with key cast and crewmembers and over 300 photographs and illustrations, including never-before-seen artwork and concept designs. An exhaustive history of exploitation films, complete with full-color reproductions of classic one-sheets from the directors’ private collections, enhances the reader’s appreciation of this highly entertaining and influential genre. It is a visually stunning book that will mesmerize readers.
Grindhouse cannot fail to be anything other than rip-roarin’ awesome.”
Grindhouse is a gift to moviegoers who miss, or missed, the experience of watching b-grade genre pictures of the sort that in the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s sold what the big studios wouldn’t: usually sex and gore.”
