Despite the three hour running time, it flies right by. Definitely my favourite Tarantino film of recent years, and Brad Pitt finally received his long awaited Oscar.
I disagree with your take on Cliff and Rick's relationship. Rick doesn't treat Cliff as an employee at all. If he did he'd gave him the boot when he tossed Lee around. Plus he fought for Cliff in every set to get him stunt work up to that, even tho Cliff's reputation is terrible (this is expanded upon in the novelization). He also pays him more than he has to for a driver and Cliff is basically living his best life, doing exactly what he was doing before minus the dangerous stunts. On top of that, he also took him to Italy, where Cliff have literally no work to do since the studio provided for everything. Regarding the ambulance scene I think it's more about the portrayal of the notion of masculinity at the time. Both convey that they mean much more to each other than they let on and that's the beauty of it: the simple "thanks buddy you're a true friend" means a lot more than some histrionic display of emotion that wouldn't fit them or the period in my opinion
I agree with this. One correction, Cliff kept doing the stunts for Rick on their Italy trip. He is shown jumping the car over the bridge for Operazione Dyn-O-Mite!
Yes! Exactly I was in the midst of figuring out how to put this to words when I saw your comment. Beautifully written and thanks for saving me some time.
I feel like Rick and Cliff have a friendship that's more based on mutual respect than emotion. Cliff is the only person that is honest with Rick and doesn't treat him like a pampered celebrity. He's willing to take the kids gloves off for the guy. Meanwhile, Rick was the only person willing to keep working with Cliff after the incident with his wife. These are two guys who might not have a lot in common, but they definitely need each other.
@@lydiaboll2872 I've got at least 1 relative who easily matches that description, but HELL WILL HOST AN NHL FRANCHISE before they have it confirmed let alone seek treatment.
When I watched this film back in the Summer of 2019, I was genuinely excited to see what Tarantino had in store for a 60's California setting and he did NOT disappoint. That Bruce Lee scene was great and what a hilarious and satisfying ending he wrote!
The Bruce Lee scene was a disgrace. He went on to claim he write that scene intentionally to take a personal jab at Lee because he HEARD that Lee mistreated stuntmen. Which is hilarious, because his stunt men have been very public and vocal about working with the legend. Quinton lost me in this one. The end was really cool. The rest of it seemed like it was written by an 18 yr old...
Took a university module about film history, and this was the last movie the lecturer shown to us to depict the Golden Age of Hollywood. Definitely encompass the era of Hollywood films during that period
I see this movie as Tarantino’s ode to Hollywood. Rick’s character represents old Hollywood in the film. At times the movie is blatantly speaking to Hollywood on behalf of Tarantino, such as the part where the little girl tells Rick “that was the best acting I’ve ever seen”. The end of the movie is honestly one of the coolest things he’s done. In real life, the murder of Sharon Tate is arguably the moment the golden age ended. The Manson family killed it, and here we see Tarantino’s “revenge” play out on screen. The very end of the film shows us Rick (who again is our representation of golden age Hollywood) go through the “gates of heaven” (Tates gated driveway) and joins Sharon and the rest in a symbolic afterlife of sorts.
@@zaidlacksalastname4905this wants his point tho. Many people have lots of other people they go around with and call somewhat ''friends'' cuz real friends are extremely rare. If u don't get it jet u hope u get the opportunity to later on in life.
I promise I'm not trying to be different or edgy but of you're talking about the flame thrower scene, I literally walked out of the movie theater when I saw that. I gave a movie a fighting chance, I even popped an edible to make the movie more enjoyable, I still was not having a good time
@@Hoopergames that was your experience and that's okay, but i think that the point of the movie is that it doesn't have a point, it's like a 2h40min tribute to the late 60's, in a Tarantino way, and it all happens around the Sharon Tate killing event, and Tarantino changes it at his own style, it's an enjoyable movie if you already know certain things, but if you don't know nothing about the 60s and you just watch it, it's totally understandable that that happens...
Yes in that timeline. Films like Kill Bill and From Dusk Till Dawn are films and tv shows in that universe. The Failed pilot for Fox Force Five was altered and became The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad in Kill Bill.
As a big Tarantino fan I absolutely love this film & this video from you! It came out at a time when I had a difficult time in my life, with losses & anxiety, when I saw this film I laughed, smiled, felt excited & just forgot all about my personal life This is what cinema can do & should do, it’s supposed entertain people for 2 hours & also make people reflect on history & how it has shaped us like Scorsese film often does
I wouldn’t say that Cliff and Rick’s friendship is one-sided. I mean Rick does try to get Cliff work as a stuntman and it’s implied that’s why Cliff is employed by Rick in the first place: because Cliff can’t find work in stunt performing anymore. Also, Cliff insists that Rick stay home even when Rick offers to go to the hospital with Cliff
Tarantino is, no doubt, my favourite director. And among all his incredible movies - I do believe that Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is his best work by a mile. Sure, it may not be as epic as Pulp Fiction or Django Unchained, but it doesn’t have to be, cause it’s totally different from what Tarantino usually does. It’s a deeply unsettling story with way more emotional depth and complexity than one could expect - and that makes the movie stand out.
Definitely my take, still enjoyed the video, but this video also got really personal and I feel read a little to heavily into the opinion of Tarantino's personal life. I got no idea if it is true or not, but it definitely isn't my takeaway that this is his laundry list/fan fiction of a having a friend.
Interesting, another example of this would be True Romance, written by Tarentino, famously. The character Clarence he even says was based on him, and Alabama is his vision at the time of a perfect girlfriend. Think about it, everyone in the movie loves Clarence, he works at a comic store, big film nerd. Alabama is really pretty, tough but loving, is always in a great mood, eats cheeseburgers, plays video games all that stuff.
I think late 60s Hollywood is supposed to be symbolic of Hollywood now with the end of dvd and merging of streaming and the lost of the Hollywood star.
I disagree about their friendship. Yes Rick is Cliff's boss but it seems that it is more of a _I have lots of money and I want to support my friend but I don't want to insult him by just outright giving him money_ type of deal. Cliff is not the type of guy that even could be taken advantage of. Even still, the narrator refers to their relationship as "More than a brother and a little less than a wife."
Another thing i noticed about this film was his love of Steve McQueen. His book has McQueen being directed as the front cover and on the back he is wearing the same jacket McQueen wears in The Great Escape, but in this movie there were so many parallels to McQueen. The Actor in the Western drives off on his triumph wearing a McQueen outfit, the scene of Cliff driving in his blue VW is taken directly form a ohot of McQueen in his Jaguar, and just like Dalton, McQueen started in a TV western that lead to his career.
Casting Leo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt for this movie in particular was the best thing Tarantino has ever done in his entire career as a director because three of them had never worked together before, so that's why what makes Once Upon A time in Hollywood a special and personal movie. Regarding Tarantino, I remember seeing Kill Bill as a kid, which was his first movie I saw, then you must imagine how violent that movie was for a 8-years-old like me in that time. In fact, I saw it with my family. Going back to his latest movie, if you ask me about Once Upon A time in Hollywood as a film, I'll include it on my top-5 movies.
Man I feel like I have never seen someone put so much effort into missing the point of a piece of art. The movie is clearly about the inherent loneliness of success. The two are only friends due to the economic circumstances they're in, and the film is very clear about that. Really feels like you're grasping at straws with this one to paint Tarantino as an out of touch auteur who doesn't know what it's like to have a human connection, as opposed to the actual point of the film which is that notoriety and success come with certain personal sacrifices.
I think that's one point, but a story can say more than one thing, and tbis movie certainly does. I completely agree that this isn't a reflection of some inability to understand meaningful human relationships, amd I don't agree with his take on their dynamic at all, although I don't think their friendship is purely based on economic circumstances. I think it's a lot more specifically about himself and Harvey Weinstein.
Man it would be great to have a conversation with Tarantino about movies, that would be really awesome, he is so knowledgeable in knowing them inside and out with the technical stuff, like the cinematography, camera angles, shot sizes, what the movie was shot on, 16mm or 35mm, what lenses the filmmakers used, editing and cutting the movie together, knowing the story beats and the characters and their motivations, movies have been a passion of mine since I was a little kid in the 80's and I would love to have a conversation with people as passionate about movies as I am but have more knowledge and are way smarter than me, as I have a very low I.Q. and am really dumb.
It's kinda strange how every legend in this are held in high regard except the character assassination of Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee is known to be confident yet humble. For example many people debate about who'd win with Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali fighting. Bruce Lee said he could never beat Muhammad Ali no matter how hard he trains.
Giving what happened IRL, it is very clear there is a "parallel universe" type of thing going on. The Bruce Lee we know was a great, stand-up fellow. The one on the movie wasn't.
Great notion on the value of friendship! This was and still is the last truly great movie from the dying Hollywood - how ironic and glorious at the same time.
Yeah. This review could not be more wrong. To be honest, this seems like a review written by someone who doesn’t have a close friend, but has dreamed of what a relationship with a close friend would be like.
Think you could have done more to present this as your own opinion. The tone was pretty declarative throughout. Not so much “I think” as “so what QT meant was”. Not saying you’re wrong, just pointing out it’s conjecture.
I don't know how all these a list actors got on board (since there is no clear plot, or even a clear genre the film belongs to, ...) .. but all i know is i thank god for this film ! A true masterpiece .. just a chill, feel good kinda film, 9.5/10
I believe that Rick leaving Cliff to go to the hospital is Cliff silently accepting that Rick will finally have the breakthrough he was waiting because he already mentioned how much he wanted a meeting with Roman Polanski, and Sharon Tate inviting home was what he needed to get into Polanski's good side, because for my experience we men don't talk and just silently agree, we understand the needs and wants of our friends and we do no mind taking one for the team if that means our friends will get what they need, and hey, if Rick never got the career revival he just couldn't afford having Cliff around but if he starts making movies again, ye would definitely need a stuntman as he always fought to only use Cliff as his double.
Tarantino's view that he is only going to make X amount of movies is terrible. Scorsese just turned 81 and has made over 50 films and his most recent Killers of the Flower Moon is beautiful and an awesome true story brought to life. Obviously there aren't many directors like Marty but QT I'm sure could make another 6-10 movies over the next 10-15 years and I believe they would be pretty awesome considering his credits. I hope he does make more than 10, for his own story telling fire and for his huge fanbase, I look forward to it.
I think Tarantino absolutely understood when he wrote this script that Cliff was a friend for hire. The subtle way Cliff kisses Rick’s butt is well written and perfectly played by Brad Pitt. Cliff embodies everything Rick wants to be, handsome, confident, well spoken and authentically an alpha male, and Cliff just appreciates the job. The give and take in the relationship is what gives it the appearance of a friendship, but Cliff is the kind of guy who is charming and friendly with everyone. Rick knows once he can no longer afford Cliff, the relationship will be pretty much over. I wonder how many “friends “ Tarantino has who he feels the same way about.
I love your take on the personal connection it has to him. im honest enough to say that I thought the movie was pretty good but I only wanted to see it because of Margot...
I have, at times, experienced Tarantino fatigue. And while I did enjoy The Hateful Eight, it did not have the same impact on my as, say, Jackie Brown or even Django Unchained. Enter Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. I did not only love the movie utterly and unreserved, I laughed, I cried, I cheered and I was dizzy when I left the theater. But then I saw all the other films kind of filtered through OUATIHollywood, I studied them, revisited them and in fact became a fanboy all over again. What a film.
I disagree that the movie is about their friendship. I would argue that their friendship is part of the setting, with the story focusing on finding a new place in an industry that is moving past you
Read the book! Cliff Booth is the best character QT has ever written. I hope he starts writing books once he's done with his 10th film. He's such a great writer. A genius of our time.
Corrections: 1) Sharon didn't lose her life; it was violently taken from her. Along with Jay Sebring, Gibby Folger, Voytek Frykowski, and Steven Parent all perished that night. 2) It wasn't hyperviolence; it was justifiable homicide. 3) Rick didn't abandon Cliff; Cliff told Rick to go inside and take care of his wife and Brandy. 4) Quentin didn't have a jones about bare feet in this movie; Sharon loved to walk around barefoot, and the "family" were hippies would didn't wear shoes. It was manna. 5) Cliff was going to fight to the death, not because he had to, but because he wanted to. That's friendship. That's love. "There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for a friend." 6) The whole Manson thing was NOT a tragedy, it was a crime. A horrible, violent, preventable crime. 7) OUTIH was more of a siloquy than a love letter, but there is not law saying it can't be a little of both.
You do recall that Rick's wife is traumatized and more or less unconscious, right? I think it's probably best for him to stay home with her rather than go with Cliff who will be under the watchful eye of the nurses and doctors. Now, Rick going into Sharon's house instead of staying home is a bit problematic, but maybe he's just going to stay a few minutes,
I’m sort of reading both relationships of Cliff Booth and his wife AND Rick Dalton and Cliff Booth to Quentin Tarantino’s relationships with Roger Avary and editor Sally Menke. Will we ever know how much of Pulp Fiction Avery actually did write? What kind of movie would Once Upon a Time in Hollywood…. be (as enjoyable as it is), had Sally Menke lived to edit it? What is the deeper meaning, if any, of Rebecca Gayheart playing Cliff Booth’s wife? (Both Roger Avary and Rebecca Gayheart were behind the wheel in separate incidents of vehicular manslaughter.)
Tarantino also likes to give his audience some catharsis in his films: massacring Nazis or Manson family members. The ending of this film so is fun. We laughed our heads off at the butchery at the end of the film.
"once upon a time" means there is a story and for this film it is in Hollywood, meaning there is a "once upon a time" based from what really happened in Hollywood or the Sharon Tate murder
The biggest crime of this movie was the fact that the Boeing 747 has been around for 50 goddamn years and yet they couldn't CGI a fake one that look anything close to real.
I don't really think this movie was quite so abstract, and while that relationship does put friendship at the center of the story as a central ideaof the story, I don't agree that it's about his idea of friendship in general. It feels a lot more specific. Whereas the narrative as a whole could be seen as nostalgic revisionism of the passing of the golden era of Hollywood, perhaps reflecting his worries and concerns about the state of the industry and place of his ilk today, I agree with the idea that the relationship between Rick and Cliff is a somber but nostalgic revisionism of his relationship to Harvey Weinstein.
I don't think you get this movies type of friendship, which is genuine but also non standard. Q doesn't want to be Cliff or Rick, he's the puppet master that puts those guys in his movies, he might have thought he wanted to be Rick at some point but never Cliff... come on man.
idk man it maybe cliche but their friendship never strikes me as master and henchmen. But you know, each to their own. It is a fiction in which the director has the freedom to depict it as anyway he wants, cause yeah I do agree if you bring that to irl, it becomes fairy tale (which basically what the movie was).
The little girl is right, but she should have said it to Brad Pitt. "That was the best acting I've ever seen in my whole life." Classic example of one star completely stealing the whole film from the arguably bigger star. Not that DiCaprio was bad, but Pitt just slayed that part.
I disagree with your take on their relationship. I’ve heard another essay linking their relationship to that of Harvey Weinstein and Tarantino. I don’t know if that is any more correct or not, but it made so much sense I couldn’t help but believe every minute of that theory. Frankly, it makes a lot more sense than this video’s take. While I did think the same when I first saw the movie - that this was a transactional relationship - the fact is, it goes so much deeper than that. I wish I could remember the details of the Weinstein/Tarantino theory, but since I can’t I encourage you to seek it out. It may change your mind on the movie.
I’m of two kinds of when watching this film. 1st is that this is Tarantino trying to make his version of a PT Anderson film. I also feel like this is him taking his Four Rooms segment and stretching that joke to 3 hours
Create video but I think you missed the mark on the friendship. I think the way you described it is exactly what Tarantino intended. There is a discrepancy and a power imbalance. And he shows us over and over how Cliff views the relationship one way and Dalton views it another.
ummm.. bit of a stretch to say Cliff put his life on the line for Rick. Pretty sure Cliff acted out of self defense regardless had Rick been there or not.
Who ever made this video is unaware of the classic friendships in literature, many of which include a power differentials. Frodo is Sam's master in the book. The Count of Monte Cristo and Jacopo, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.
Damn, i didnt know that the 3 people that got to ricks house were actually heading to tates house. i thought that they were gonna kill cliff because he beat the sht out of Clem. Now i know this, it doesnt even make sense to kill Cliff because he beated up Clem.
These takes are extremely reaching. Not saying you are wrong I’d just like to see the rationale behind them. This is more a psychological diagnosis of Tarantino himself than a critique on his movie. I don’t know of any psychologists or psychiatrists who would be willing to make these claims without a proper assessment on the individual in question. Interesting points though!
I love all your work and all your videos, but this seems like an awfully misguided interpretation. Felt really far away from every experience and every analysis of the movie that I’ve ever heard and read from friends, commentators and movie critics. Pretty random
Despite the three hour running time, it flies right by. Definitely my favourite Tarantino film of recent years, and Brad Pitt finally received his long awaited Oscar.
Brad is so underrated as an actor. Fuck him tho, that's what you get for being that handsome😂
I actually want four hours. 🤫
Wow i didn’t even know it was 3 hours
I didn't realize it's that long. Flies by
the movie is not 3 hours, its 2 hours and 40 minutes lol
I disagree with your take on Cliff and Rick's relationship. Rick doesn't treat Cliff as an employee at all. If he did he'd gave him the boot when he tossed Lee around. Plus he fought for Cliff in every set to get him stunt work up to that, even tho Cliff's reputation is terrible (this is expanded upon in the novelization). He also pays him more than he has to for a driver and Cliff is basically living his best life, doing exactly what he was doing before minus the dangerous stunts. On top of that, he also took him to Italy, where Cliff have literally no work to do since the studio provided for everything.
Regarding the ambulance scene I think it's more about the portrayal of the notion of masculinity at the time. Both convey that they mean much more to each other than they let on and that's the beauty of it: the simple "thanks buddy you're a true friend" means a lot more than some histrionic display of emotion that wouldn't fit them or the period in my opinion
This just makes me like the movie even more
I agree with this, but the observation of the powerdynamic is also true it is a bit weird and uneasy which I enjoy.
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I agree with this. One correction, Cliff kept doing the stunts for Rick on their Italy trip. He is shown jumping the car over the bridge for Operazione Dyn-O-Mite!
Yes! Exactly I was in the midst of figuring out how to put this to words when I saw your comment. Beautifully written and thanks for saving me some time.
The fact that there are so many different interpretations of this film is what makes it so damn incredible. Most of Tarantino’s films are like this.
They're oysters. Potentially sheltering a pearl.
Nah.
I feel like Rick and Cliff have a friendship that's more based on mutual respect than emotion. Cliff is the only person that is honest with Rick and doesn't treat him like a pampered celebrity. He's willing to take the kids gloves off for the guy. Meanwhile, Rick was the only person willing to keep working with Cliff after the incident with his wife. These are two guys who might not have a lot in common, but they definitely need each other.
Rick seems manic - depressive, or MAYBE bipolar. It's hard to tell.
@@DanielAppleton-lr9eq You’re right on the money-Tarantino confirmed that Rick was bipolar but was undiagnosed.
@@lydiaboll2872 I've got at least 1 relative who easily matches that description, but HELL WILL HOST AN NHL FRANCHISE before they have it confirmed let alone seek treatment.
@@lydiaboll2872 I SHOULD be able to recognize bipolar disorder, I have 2 relatives who are DEFINITELY TEXTBOOK CASES.
This is the kind of movie that, even if you liked at first, you just love more and more each time you watch it
When I watched this film back in the Summer of 2019, I was genuinely excited to see what Tarantino had in store for a 60's California setting and he did NOT disappoint. That Bruce Lee scene was great and what a hilarious and satisfying ending he wrote!
I remember walking to my theater on a warm summer night to go see it. ‘Twas lovely
The Bruce Lee scene was a disgrace.
He went on to claim he write that scene intentionally to take a personal jab at Lee because he HEARD that Lee mistreated stuntmen.
Which is hilarious, because his stunt men have been very public and vocal about working with the legend.
Quinton lost me in this one. The end was really cool. The rest of it seemed like it was written by an 18 yr old...
Yep that lee scene is the reason that i don't like him much.but yaah he's a great director
@Wallychans Quentin Tarantino is a clown for trying to diss Bruce Lee who was a really nice guy l.
@@Wallychans yeah, this film was very overrated imo.
Took a university module about film history, and this was the last movie the lecturer shown to us to depict the Golden Age of Hollywood. Definitely encompass the era of Hollywood films during that period
Bro probably liked feet
I see this movie as Tarantino’s ode to Hollywood. Rick’s character represents old Hollywood in the film. At times the movie is blatantly speaking to Hollywood on behalf of Tarantino, such as the part where the little girl tells Rick “that was the best acting I’ve ever seen”. The end of the movie is honestly one of the coolest things he’s done. In real life, the murder of Sharon Tate is arguably the moment the golden age ended. The Manson family killed it, and here we see Tarantino’s “revenge” play out on screen. The very end of the film shows us Rick (who again is our representation of golden age Hollywood) go through the “gates of heaven” (Tates gated driveway) and joins Sharon and the rest in a symbolic afterlife of sorts.
You're a lucky person if you have even one true friend.
Fr. I learned the hard way how much better one or two friends are than zero friends when I joined university.
@@zaidlacksalastname4905this wants his point tho. Many people have lots of other people they go around with and call somewhat ''friends'' cuz real friends are extremely rare. If u don't get it jet u hope u get the opportunity to later on in life.
@@zaidlacksalastname4905 Damn. Most of my high school friends fell off the radar in the 90s.
"Come visit me tomorrow. Bring bagels!"
This film has one of best film climaxes in history.
I promise I'm not trying to be different or edgy but of you're talking about the flame thrower scene, I literally walked out of the movie theater when I saw that. I gave a movie a fighting chance, I even popped an edible to make the movie more enjoyable, I still was not having a good time
@@Hoopergames that was your experience and that's okay, but i think that the point of the movie is that it doesn't have a point, it's like a 2h40min tribute to the late 60's, in a Tarantino way, and it all happens around the Sharon Tate killing event, and Tarantino changes it at his own style, it's an enjoyable movie if you already know certain things, but if you don't know nothing about the 60s and you just watch it, it's totally understandable that that happens...
@@Hoopergames " My booze don't need no buddy ". Part of the appeal comes from waiting to see the Manson family flambee'd.
A theory i heard was that all his films take place in the alternate universe where Hitler was killed in the movie theatre.
Even Django?
Yes in that timeline. Films like Kill Bill and From Dusk Till Dawn are films and tv shows in that universe. The Failed pilot for Fox Force Five was altered and became The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad in Kill Bill.
@@anubusx I get dizzy watching Kill Bill.
@@anubusxwhat films are from that universe u talked about?
@@daymenpollet4202 .
All of them to the ghosts i can communicate with.
The way Leo explains he stutters means he's nervous cuz he just killed someone with flamethrower, that's great actor guys
As a big Tarantino fan I absolutely love this film & this video from you!
It came out at a time when I had a difficult time in my life, with losses & anxiety, when I saw this film I laughed, smiled, felt excited & just forgot all about my personal life
This is what cinema can do & should do, it’s supposed entertain people for 2 hours & also make people reflect on history & how it has shaped us like Scorsese film often does
I wouldn’t say that Cliff and Rick’s friendship is one-sided. I mean Rick does try to get Cliff work as a stuntman and it’s implied that’s why Cliff is employed by Rick in the first place: because Cliff can’t find work in stunt performing anymore. Also, Cliff insists that Rick stay home even when Rick offers to go to the hospital with Cliff
Probably the best video-essay by Nerdstalgic
Tarantino is, no doubt, my favourite director.
And among all his incredible movies - I do believe that Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is his best work by a mile.
Sure, it may not be as epic as Pulp Fiction or Django Unchained, but it doesn’t have to be, cause it’s totally different from what Tarantino usually does. It’s a deeply unsettling story with way more emotional depth and complexity than one could expect - and that makes the movie stand out.
It's a nice work and the acting and writing was incredible. Like just imagine what they are asked to act and how well they do it.
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@ indeed, thanks for correcting!
English is my second, so rare names are tough at times
There are two types of people. People who love this movie and people who are wrong
Lol so true.
I think Tarantino was aware of how cynically he was portraying friendship, and it was still personal.
Definitely my take, still enjoyed the video, but this video also got really personal and I feel read a little to heavily into the opinion of Tarantino's personal life. I got no idea if it is true or not, but it definitely isn't my takeaway that this is his laundry list/fan fiction of a having a friend.
@@angrykeeper I agree with you, that is definitely a weird take.
I really hope they release an extended cut!!! I love this movie so much I want more!
Interesting, another example of this would be True Romance, written by Tarentino, famously. The character Clarence he even says was based on him, and Alabama is his vision at the time of a perfect girlfriend. Think about it, everyone in the movie loves Clarence, he works at a comic store, big film nerd. Alabama is really pretty, tough but loving, is always in a great mood, eats cheeseburgers, plays video games all that stuff.
Hope Quentin Tarantino's wife has these qualities
I think late 60s Hollywood is supposed to be symbolic of Hollywood now with the end of dvd and merging of streaming and the lost of the Hollywood star.
This movie could’ve used a sequel. We were supposed to get extended show on Netflix, but it never happened. 😭
The lack of the Directors Cut drives me nuts. I want to see it so bad!
I disagree about their friendship. Yes Rick is Cliff's boss but it seems that it is more of a _I have lots of money and I want to support my friend but I don't want to insult him by just outright giving him money_ type of deal. Cliff is not the type of guy that even could be taken advantage of. Even still, the narrator refers to their relationship as "More than a brother and a little less than a wife."
Another thing i noticed about this film was his love of Steve McQueen. His book has McQueen being directed as the front cover and on the back he is wearing the same jacket McQueen wears in The Great Escape, but in this movie there were so many parallels to McQueen. The Actor in the Western drives off on his triumph wearing a McQueen outfit, the scene of Cliff driving in his blue VW is taken directly form a ohot of McQueen in his Jaguar, and just like Dalton, McQueen started in a TV western that lead to his career.
Still remember opening night, the second Leo comes out the tool shed with a flamethrower, THE AUDIENCE WENT NUTS🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Casting Leo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt for this movie in particular was the best thing Tarantino has ever done in his entire career as a director because three of them had never worked together before, so that's why what makes Once Upon A time in Hollywood a special and personal movie. Regarding Tarantino, I remember seeing Kill Bill as a kid, which was his first movie I saw, then you must imagine how violent that movie was for a 8-years-old like me in that time. In fact, I saw it with my family. Going back to his latest movie, if you ask me about Once Upon A time in Hollywood as a film, I'll include it on my top-5 movies.
Man I feel like I have never seen someone put so much effort into missing the point of a piece of art. The movie is clearly about the inherent loneliness of success. The two are only friends due to the economic circumstances they're in, and the film is very clear about that. Really feels like you're grasping at straws with this one to paint Tarantino as an out of touch auteur who doesn't know what it's like to have a human connection, as opposed to the actual point of the film which is that notoriety and success come with certain personal sacrifices.
I think that's one point, but a story can say more than one thing, and tbis movie certainly does. I completely agree that this isn't a reflection of some inability to understand meaningful human relationships, amd I don't agree with his take on their dynamic at all, although I don't think their friendship is purely based on economic circumstances. I think it's a lot more specifically about himself and Harvey Weinstein.
this is the most unique analysis i've heard on a film. Never looked at it this way
That was NOT how I expected this video to go 😵💫
Man it would be great to have a conversation with Tarantino about movies, that would be really awesome, he is so knowledgeable in knowing them inside and out with the technical stuff, like the cinematography, camera angles, shot sizes, what the movie was shot on, 16mm or 35mm, what lenses the filmmakers used, editing and cutting the movie together, knowing the story beats and the characters and their motivations, movies have been a passion of mine since I was a little kid in the 80's and I would love to have a conversation with people as passionate about movies as I am but have more knowledge and are way smarter than me, as I have a very low I.Q. and am really dumb.
Hasn’t stopped Michael Bay
This is pretty much a perfect movie
It's kinda strange how every legend in this are held in high regard except the character assassination of Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee is known to be confident yet humble.
For example many people debate about who'd win with Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali fighting. Bruce Lee said he could never beat Muhammad Ali no matter how hard he trains.
Giving what happened IRL, it is very clear there is a "parallel universe" type of thing going on. The Bruce Lee we know was a great, stand-up fellow. The one on the movie wasn't.
Great notion on the value of friendship! This was and still is the last truly great movie from the dying Hollywood - how ironic and glorious at the same time.
I don’t quite know how to articulate it but OUATIH is his first movie that feels tender and hopeful to me
Might be my favorite video you’ve done. Been watching for a while 👍
This is an egregious reach in every way.
Yeah. This review could not be more wrong. To be honest, this seems like a review written by someone who doesn’t have a close friend, but has dreamed of what a relationship with a close friend would be like.
@@mr.doctorcaptain1124 dude. That was good.
Think you could have done more to present this as your own opinion. The tone was pretty declarative throughout. Not so much “I think” as “so what QT meant was”. Not saying you’re wrong, just pointing out it’s conjecture.
I don't know how all these a list actors got on board (since there is no clear plot, or even a clear genre the film belongs to, ...) .. but all i know is i thank god for this film ! A true masterpiece .. just a chill, feel good kinda film, 9.5/10
Before he passes on, he will reveal hidden messages throughtout his movies that culminate into one simple message.
"I love movies."
I need to see this again. Ive only seen it once or twice when it first came out
I love hearing takes on Once Upon a Time but it's deeply egotistic to try to assume Tarantino's intent when presenting your own take.
I believe that Rick leaving Cliff to go to the hospital is Cliff silently accepting that Rick will finally have the breakthrough he was waiting because he already mentioned how much he wanted a meeting with Roman Polanski, and Sharon Tate inviting home was what he needed to get into Polanski's good side, because for my experience we men don't talk and just silently agree, we understand the needs and wants of our friends and we do no mind taking one for the team if that means our friends will get what they need, and hey, if Rick never got the career revival he just couldn't afford having Cliff around but if he starts making movies again, ye would definitely need a stuntman as he always fought to only use Cliff as his double.
Thanks for the essay I will definitely watch the movie
What’s mind blowing! You can’t tell if Leonardo DiCaprio is acting in Character or is it Rick Dalton that is acting in his character! ;)
Tarantino's view that he is only going to make X amount of movies is terrible. Scorsese just turned 81 and has made over 50 films and his most recent Killers of the Flower Moon is beautiful and an awesome true story brought to life. Obviously there aren't many directors like Marty but QT I'm sure could make another 6-10 movies over the next 10-15 years and I believe they would be pretty awesome considering his credits. I hope he does make more than 10, for his own story telling fire and for his huge fanbase, I look forward to it.
I think Tarantino absolutely understood when he wrote this script that Cliff was a friend for hire. The subtle way Cliff kisses Rick’s butt is well written and perfectly played by Brad Pitt. Cliff embodies everything Rick wants to be, handsome, confident, well spoken and authentically an alpha male, and Cliff just appreciates the job. The give and take in the relationship is what gives it the appearance of a friendship, but Cliff is the kind of guy who is charming and friendly with everyone. Rick knows once he can no longer afford Cliff, the relationship will be pretty much over. I wonder how many “friends “ Tarantino has who he feels the same way about.
Great video.
This was beautiful
I love your take on the personal connection it has to him.
im honest enough to say that I thought the movie was pretty good but I only wanted to see it because of Margot...
Finally, a good old video essay. Now I feel empty about this film xd
I have, at times, experienced Tarantino fatigue. And while I did enjoy The Hateful Eight, it did not have the same impact on my as, say, Jackie Brown or even Django Unchained. Enter Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. I did not only love the movie utterly and unreserved, I laughed, I cried, I cheered and I was dizzy when I left the theater. But then I saw all the other films kind of filtered through OUATIHollywood, I studied them, revisited them and in fact became a fanboy all over again. What a film.
I disagree that the movie is about their friendship. I would argue that their friendship is part of the setting, with the story focusing on finding a new place in an industry that is moving past you
this is my favorite movie of all time.
Kill Bill was obviously very personal for him too, and he's admitted as much.
Genial análisis 😊
Read the book! Cliff Booth is the best character QT has ever written. I hope he starts writing books once he's done with his 10th film. He's such a great writer. A genius of our time.
this is my favorite Tarantino movie
I understand and like this movie more now. Thanks !
Corrections:
1) Sharon didn't lose her life; it was violently taken from her. Along with Jay Sebring, Gibby Folger, Voytek Frykowski, and Steven Parent all perished that night.
2) It wasn't hyperviolence; it was justifiable homicide.
3) Rick didn't abandon Cliff; Cliff told Rick to go inside and take care of his wife and Brandy.
4) Quentin didn't have a jones about bare feet in this movie; Sharon loved to walk around barefoot, and the "family" were hippies would didn't wear shoes. It was manna.
5) Cliff was going to fight to the death, not because he had to, but because he wanted to. That's friendship. That's love. "There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for a friend."
6) The whole Manson thing was NOT a tragedy, it was a crime. A horrible, violent, preventable crime.
7) OUTIH was more of a siloquy than a love letter, but there is not law saying it can't be a little of both.
You do recall that Rick's wife is traumatized and more or less unconscious, right? I think it's probably best for him to stay home with her rather than go with Cliff who will be under the watchful eye of the nurses and doctors. Now, Rick going into Sharon's house instead of staying home is a bit problematic, but maybe he's just going to stay a few minutes,
Ford vs Ferrari is a movie about best friends that I really enjoy. It seems like it's about racing cars, but I'm telling you, it's about best friends.
I’m sort of reading both relationships of Cliff Booth and his wife AND Rick Dalton and Cliff Booth to Quentin Tarantino’s relationships with Roger Avary and editor Sally Menke.
Will we ever know how much of Pulp Fiction Avery actually did write?
What kind of movie would Once Upon a Time in Hollywood…. be (as enjoyable as it is), had Sally Menke lived to edit it?
What is the deeper meaning, if any, of Rebecca Gayheart playing Cliff Booth’s wife?
(Both Roger Avary and Rebecca Gayheart were behind the wheel in separate incidents of vehicular manslaughter.)
Tarantino also likes to give his audience some catharsis in his films: massacring Nazis or Manson family members. The ending of this film so is fun. We laughed our heads off at the butchery at the end of the film.
"once upon a time" means there is a story and for this film it is in Hollywood, meaning there is a "once upon a time" based from what really happened in Hollywood or the Sharon Tate murder
The ending caught me off guard but it worked 😎🤟🏻
The biggest crime of this movie was the fact that the Boeing 747 has been around for 50 goddamn years and yet they couldn't CGI a fake one that look anything close to real.
I don't really think this movie was quite so abstract, and while that relationship does put friendship at the center of the story as a central ideaof the story, I don't agree that it's about his idea of friendship in general. It feels a lot more specific. Whereas the narrative as a whole could be seen as nostalgic revisionism of the passing of the golden era of Hollywood, perhaps reflecting his worries and concerns about the state of the industry and place of his ilk today, I agree with the idea that the relationship between Rick and Cliff is a somber but nostalgic revisionism of his relationship to Harvey Weinstein.
I don't think you get this movies type of friendship, which is genuine but also non standard. Q doesn't want to be Cliff or Rick, he's the puppet master that puts those guys in his movies, he might have thought he wanted to be Rick at some point but never Cliff... come on man.
Might be my favorite movie ever
I recommend seeing Targets from 1968. Its a film that heavily influenced OUATIH.
idk man it maybe cliche but their friendship never strikes me as master and henchmen. But you know, each to their own. It is a fiction in which the director has the freedom to depict it as anyway he wants, cause yeah I do agree if you bring that to irl, it becomes fairy tale (which basically what the movie was).
I think you forgot to tag on a "but that's just a theory; a film theory"
I don't agree. I think Tarantino is well aware of the power dynamics and plays into them.
The little girl is right, but she should have said it to Brad Pitt. "That was the best acting I've ever seen in my whole life." Classic example of one star completely stealing the whole film from the arguably bigger star. Not that DiCaprio was bad, but Pitt just slayed that part.
I tuned out when I heard “power dynamics”
His best film!!
I was conflicted, The Manson Murders are as gory and hideous as any other sickos , Tarantino makes a fantasy
I disagree with your take on their relationship. I’ve heard another essay linking their relationship to that of Harvey Weinstein and Tarantino. I don’t know if that is any more correct or not, but it made so much sense I couldn’t help but believe every minute of that theory. Frankly, it makes a lot more sense than this video’s take. While I did think the same when I first saw the movie - that this was a transactional relationship - the fact is, it goes so much deeper than that. I wish I could remember the details of the Weinstein/Tarantino theory, but since I can’t I encourage you to seek it out. It may change your mind on the movie.
This is Tarantinos best movie by a landslide
i gotta rewatch this
I’m of two kinds of when watching this film. 1st is that this is Tarantino trying to make his version of a PT Anderson film. I also feel like this is him taking his Four Rooms segment and stretching that joke to 3 hours
It feels like you got alot wrong about the 2 leads and their friendship
Create video but I think you missed the mark on the friendship. I think the way you described it is exactly what Tarantino intended. There is a discrepancy and a power imbalance. And he shows us over and over how Cliff views the relationship one way and Dalton views it another.
Such a good film!!
Once upon a time in Hollywood is my favourite Tarantino
ummm.. bit of a stretch to say Cliff put his life on the line for Rick. Pretty sure Cliff acted out of self defense regardless had Rick been there or not.
Cliff so manly he don't even need friends at the hospital
also, Cliff definitely killed his wife. it's only suggested in the film, but canon to the story he definitely did kill his wife
Damn that was dark.
Who ever made this video is unaware of the classic friendships in literature, many of which include a power differentials. Frodo is Sam's master in the book. The Count of Monte Cristo and Jacopo, Don Quixote and Sancho Panza.
I disagree that QT isn't aware of the power imbalance. seems like he gets it.
Genuine question: Does AI write your videos?
i hated this one the first time i saw it, but after a few rewatches it became a favorite. weird how his movies do that
My favourite one (after django)
Damn, i didnt know that the 3 people that got to ricks house were actually heading to tates house. i thought that they were gonna kill cliff because he beat the sht out of Clem. Now i know this, it doesnt even make sense to kill Cliff because he beated up Clem.
Yes it is
Epic movie! 🤪👍🏻💥
These takes are extremely reaching. Not saying you are wrong I’d just like to see the rationale behind them. This is more a psychological diagnosis of Tarantino himself than a critique on his movie. I don’t know of any psychologists or psychiatrists who would be willing to make these claims without a proper assessment on the individual in question. Interesting points though!
I love all your work and all your videos, but this seems like an awfully misguided interpretation. Felt really far away from every experience and every analysis of the movie that I’ve ever heard and read from friends, commentators and movie critics. Pretty random