Quentin Tarantino : du cinéma d’exploitation au cinéma by Philippe Ortoli

“…It is fairly obvious that Tarantino has contributed to making exploitation cinema, if not universally popular, at least acceptable to a wider audience than its initial niche fans. So much so that, following on the success of Pulp Fiction (1994), critics and scholars who previously frowned upon exploitation cinema were now displaying vast knowledge of these films. …”
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The Foreign Commission of the Soviet Writers’ Union in 1950s-1960s: Boundaries, Obstacles, Tricks, Embarrassment, Impact by Kristina Buynova

“…The FC was keen to please its guests, so any awkward situations were carefully smoothed over by the consultants, or ‘minders’, as the foreigners called them. …”
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