BEING one himself, Quentin Tarantino knows how to keep film buffs sweet. So on the DVD release of his
latest film Death Proof - itself is a pastiche and homage to the exploitation cinema genre grindhouse - he packs in a selection of extras which are meatier than a Big Kahuna Burger, writes Kerry Ann Eustice.
Tarantino adores talking shop. He passionately discusses the moviemaking process, aspects such as co-ordinating stunts, casting and editing, impressively referencing the films and people which influenced him.
He wanted Death Proof's chase scene to be the best in cinema history and called on the best stunt men and women in the business to beat Bullitt, current, although unofficial, best chase scene title holder. A mini-documentary showing how these people and stunts shape the film is the most insightful, fact wise.
Some of the individual featurettes are a bit on the long side, but it's worth watching the bonus disc in full to see the director at work. Behind-the-scenes footage reveals the
camaraderie he creates on set and cast interviews prove he's still the person - from new talent such as Mary Elizabeth Winstead to acting legends like Kurt Russell - everyone is aching to work with.
And Death Proof does little to tarnish Tarantino's legacy of cool.
Although some background on exploitation cinema should be here too - its absence suggests a future double-bill style release with Robert Rodriguez's grindhouse film Planet
Terror - Death Proof is Tarantino on usual top form.
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