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DVD set of the complete Quentin Tarantino films

Finally, all the waiting and the fidgety anticipation are over. That’s right – “Django Unchained” opens in just a couple of days. Can’t make it that long? Or, perhaps a smidge more realistically, need a last-minute “wow” gift for the cinephile on your holiday shopping list? There’s a good-size Quentin fix to be gotten from “Tarantino XX” (1992-2009), an eight-film Blu-ray set celebrating a career (so far) of schlock-cinema conventions elevated to indie art. It’s all here, from “Reservoir Dogs” and “Pulp Fiction” right through “Inglourious Basterds,” along with a happy surprise: the Christian Slater-Patricia Arquette crime flick “True Romance” (1993), directed by late, hyperkinetic stylist Tony Scott from Tarantino’s script. (“Romance” generally seems to be overlooked because of its collaborative nature, but we’ve always sparked to its mix of Tarantino’s dialogue and Scott’s visual flair. The mash-up is certainly tighter here than in Scott’s “Crimson Tide,” where Tarantino’s script-doc contributions – Silver Surfer?! – just don’t float.) The set’s copious extras include a new, two-hour career retrospective with producers and other Tarantino cohorts doing the talking for him, and a marathon five-hour critics’ round table. The disc menu segments the conversation by film, but it’s more free-form than that, with discussion about, say, the strong women of “Kill Bill” and “Jackie Brown” spilling into the section on “Death Proof.” Gift budget still not busted? Try another essential Blu-ray box, “Bond 50,” or Timeless Media’s brazen piggyback releases of vintage “Django” spaghetti westerns. (“XX,” Lionsgate, $119.99; available now)

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