"A collection of essays that addresses philosophical aspects of the films of Quentin Tarantino, focusing on topics in ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, language, and cultural identity"--Provided by publisher. Acknowledgments ix Let's Go to Woik xi Part I ``Everybody Be Cool, This Is a Robbery'': Aesthetics, Pop, Style 1(40) Tarantino's Films: What Are They About and What Can We Learn from Them? 3(10) Bruce Russell Stuntman Mike, Simulation, and Sadism in Death Proof 13(8) Aaron C. Anderson Unleashing Nietzsche on the Tragic Infrastructure of Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs 21(20) Travis Anderson Part II ``I Bet You're a Big Lee Marvin Fan'': Violence, Aggression, Negative Ethics 41(68) The Moral Lives of Reservoir Dogs 43(12) James H. Spence Revenge and Mercy in Tarantino: The Lesson of Ezekiel 25:17 55(20) David Kyle Johnson ``I'm a Bad Person'': Beatrix Kiddo's Rampage and Virtue 75(10) Rachel Robison A Sword of Righteousness: Kill Bill and the Ethics of Vengeance 85(12) Timothy Dean Roth Stuck in the Middle with You: Mr. Blonde and Retributive Justice 97(12) Joseph Ulatowski Part III ``Why Don't You Tell Me What Really Happened?'' Time, Causality, Experience 109(52) ``I Didn't Know You Liked the Delfonics'': Knowledge and Pragmatism in Jackie Brown 111(12) K. Silem Mohammad Vinnie's Very Bad Day: Twisting the Tale of Time in Pulp Fiction 123(18) Randall E. Auxier Coke into Pepsi: The Miracle in Pulp Fiction 141(8) Keith Allen Korcz Quentin Tarantino and the Ex-Convict's Dilemma 149(12) Richard Greene Part IV ``God Will Be Cut'': Psychology, Spirituality, Identity 161(46) Kill Bill: Tarantino's Oedipal Play 163(14) Mark T. Conard Travolta's Elvis Man and the Nietzschean Superman 177(12) Bence Nanay Ian Schnee Could Beatrix Kiddo Reach Enlightenment? Traces of Buddhist Philosophy in Kill Bill 189(18) Luke Cuddy Michael Bruce Our Names Don't Mean Shit! 203(4) Any of You Fucking Pricks Move, I'll Index Every Motherfucking Last One of You 207