The Power of the Hang: Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown

The Power of the Hang: Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown

“Something that starts soon and looks good.” “Okay, so what’s the plot?” Anybody who has ever recommended any work of fiction has surely been hit with this question, likely quite immediately following one of their suggestions. It’s a fair inquiry, too: most people who engage with art need something familiar to invest in, and what better place to start than the sequence of events of that drives the narrative forward? “Well, it’s about a 44-year o…