Honestly True Romance might be my favorite thing Quentin has done. His writing and Tony Scotts direction made a movie that's just incredible. It might be Christian Slaters crowning achievement in acting also. Every actor in It is amazing. I dont think there's a boring scene in the movie.
It's got the IT factor for sure, but something's missing, it doesn't have any weight, feels hollow somehow. But a MUCH better depiction of two absolute sociopaths then Natural born killers, an absolute abomination of a film, do to it's editing. Unwatchable.
I had a similar impression: True Romance, Natural Born Killers, and From Dusk Till Dawn are Tarantino's best films, even though he wasn't the director.
@@mkII. Best thing he ever wrote was the opening scene for inglourious Basterds and the best thing he ever directed was the whole "house of blue leaves" scene in kill bill where the bride took out 88 henchmen
The scene with Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper is an absolute true masterpiece of writing and acting. Quite possibly my favorite scene of all time. The scene in the bar in Inglorious Bastards takes a solid second.
@@TheSpacemanSpliff Tell a Sicilian mobster, that his people are all descended from black Moorish people, who invaded into Italy, and stayed in some areas so long, that it changed the genetics from a majority light skin, light haired population, to a darker skin tone, dark hair and brown eyed one, and use all the correct racist lingo, because he knows how much a man like that would be upset by it, after telling him he can always tell when a man is lying? 😆 Yeah, it’s pretty epic, even if Clarence’s dad wasn’t the best guy, as he hadn’t seen him in a long time, and even the racism, in what he says to Walken’s character, still holds some morality and honor, because he’s trying to get the man to kill him, before they really start torturing him worse, as well as a little Fu$& You, to someone who thinks he’s such a powerful presence, over this more simple one. I saw the movie in the theater, when I was probably 14, and it was all in that scene, and the few black friends I had, where I grew up, loved Tarantino, and loved that scene, to the point they’d quote it. I know a lot of people know it now, snd talk about like we do, but in the larger scheme of what are considered the greatest scenes between two actors, it doesn’t get a lot of love. Hopper and Walker have had greater characters, in movies they were stars or co stars in, but that scene, is the of the best either ever did, and I think it’s as good as anything I’ve ever seen in a film, tv shows and nowadays, any streaming service series’.
Dennis Hopper was so good in this. I felt like it was my own dad bleeding in THAT scene. Also the breezy opening of the romance was well done, with the Sonny Chiba movie date and and Rose spilling the popcorn all over poor Clarence.
I loved it when Quentin said that it's one of his favorite flicks of all time.After all these years it's still one of mine..in my Top 3.I'm sure he wishes that he still could of directed it,but to have him actually say that proves that Tony Scott was really in sync with that script so much so that Quentin didn't have 1 bad thing to say about it once he saw it.I still think it's the best thing Quentin's ever wrote & i love all his flicks.Hanz Zimmer gave this one of the best scores for any movie for this flick,it's so well done & so is the soundtrack as well.
He realized that he wasn’t ready to direct something like that, for his first movie, or it would’ve been a very different film. It would’ve had no budget, and maybe the equivalent of his direction on Reservoir Dogs, depending on how much he’d have had to change the script. I like what Scott did with it. It has his style all over it visually, and though one can hear Tarantino’s dialogue in many places, it’s still got Tony’s thing too.
I don't think he would have played any more roles quite like that even if he *hadn't* passed, but I know what you mean. His role in TR was almost a prototype for Tony Soprano, as far as his delivery and mannerisms. I know when the show ended he looked for roles as far from that style of character as possible. Kinda like how Prince never made anything like Purple Rain again, knowing it was massively popular and he could've ridden it all the way to the bank. Artists. 😁
@@undeadelvis I think they meant their separated twins because they both originated from the same mind, same writer. Not simply sharing similar themes with a different writer and story
The thing I love about True Romance is that I loved the movie, still in my top 10 of all time; then I became a Tarantino fan from Reservoir Dogs/Pulp Fiction on. He became my favorite director. And I didn’t find out he wrote TR till years later and I was like no wonder I love it. Quentin is such an amazing writer/movie maker. Would love to see his take on NBK, being that he didn’t like how OS did it. Sad he’s only making 1 more movie.
The music on this movie and the main characters simple naive take on a dark situations they were dealing with was so beautiful it made me cry . He truly loved her and they both accepted each other as is
Yep, whenever that movie is mentioned, that line is the first one that pops in my head. That movie also taught me that I could make a small bong from a bear-shaped honey container. He was, of course, called “Smokey”.
Haha it's such a perfect example of something a stoned out loser who wouldn't do shit would say to himself Extra funny considering he's saying it about a big strong hitman
The Walken/Hopper scene and Gary Oldman/Slater scenes are insanely good. Me and my brother have been quoting those scenes word for word for years. Amazing wring and acting.
It's always nice to read such comments! That scene made me realize that the Clarence character was 100% based on Quentin, that one and the one at the cinema watching Sonny Chiba's flicks
Nah. As Tarantino himself has said on the commentary, his version of the script was grittier and more cynical so the ending was perfect for THAT script. The "spirit" you are talking about was added by Tony Scott and yes, the ending of the movie is perfect for THAT ending.
Still on my top 10 (maybe top5, I can't decide) of favorite movies of all time and all genres! It's a 90's masterpiece - and there's quite a few in that decade
Deep down I think I want something like this, or the Vega brothers movie, or Kill Bill 3. But I really do respect Tarantino for not wanting to repeat himself
get off the remake train, man. The film was made. it is what it is - and quite great at that. Remakes SUCK. Thank goodness he has more sense than this.
It's awesome that Quentin loves True Romance as much as everyone else, it would've been amazing to see his version of course, but what Tony Scott did was singular and special.
Alabama ruined other actual real girls for me for a good decade after that. The trashy Marilyn Monroe estethic and that overbite just killed me every time I saw it :)
One of the things I loved, was in another interview about TR, Quentin talks about how in the original script, Christian Slater's character, and Alabama, both die. But one of the people working with him on the script, basically said that he just really liked these two kids, and he wanted them to get away. And apparently he made his case so convincingly that Quentin changed it. And said that "he was right." when it came to that fundamental change to the story. That it worked much better than his tragic tale.
true but there are so many outstanding performances in this film. imo you can't single out any character as the greatness of this film is such a group effort. He was AMAZING in this, but so was everyone else! I don't feel like there was a single weak character or performance in the entire film, and put up against Gary Oldman, that's saying a lot
This is my favorite movie of all time, hands down. Funny when you tell people that, then they see it and are like “ that def wasn’t what I was expecting’ epic! We all are searching for our Alabama.
Anyone who hasn't seen this movie should stop whatever they're doing and go watch it. It's perfect. The writing, directing, acting, cinematography, lighting., editing., music. They put it all together and it' works.
Why am I not surprised that Tarantino writing a sub-script that his character is "writing", turns out so good it actually becomes a fantastic movie in itself 😂😂😂 Love True Romance! Love NBK!! Both amazing pieces of art and it's so great to see what Scott and Stone did with Tarantino's work, In both you can see they're a Tarantino piece but they differ quite a lot from his actual movies.
Patricia Arquette was so good in that. Also this put James Gandolfini in view for him to later become Tony Soprano. Such a great movie. "and some cleaning products." Floyd the roomate played by Brad Pitt. Classic.
@@SegkeeI like Natural Born Killers a lot, I think we’re maybe very slightly better off getting the Oliver Stone doomer fever dream that we did than another pulpy Tarantino crime movie
I wish they would ask him where he gets the foresight, the vision for his decision making prosses at such an early stage in his career. Its so wise. I wonder where he found that. Its brilliant on his part.
He is a huge movie fan. Most of his brilliant ideas are taken from past films that were great. Not putting him down. He is just an accute student of film, and takes lessons from Truffaut, Bruce Lee, Sam Fuller, Alfred Hitchcock, etc.
I would love to see more films written by Tarantino but directed by other people. Yeah natural born killers didn’t work out so great but both true romance and from dusk till dawn were absolutely amazing!
4:08 I'm surprised Quentin even flirted with the idea of those both being the same movie. To me besides offing the pimp in True Romance which was out of love/jealously... I never thought Clarence was a murderer. He's a comic book nerd who ended up with a shit ton of coke and needed to get rid of it to go on vacation with his gal. It's interesting that young writers have soooo many ideas and are trying to get them all out. I think Tarantino's best work was his earliest: True Romance, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction. Everything after that has been very hit and miss to me.
This was my favorite movie for a good long while. Still in my top 10. Great dialog, great acting, directing, score, everything. Everything came together beautifully. And I prefer the theatrical cut. The DC is just more swearing and violence in a movie overflowing with swearing and violence.
We saw this awesome flick at the theater on a weekend afternoon, and I recall there were almost the only ones in there lol. MAYBE 10-15 people total. It was a box office disaster, but over the years more people saw it on HBO, etc. to become the well-deserved cult classic it is. IDK what happened at first. Maybe people thought it was ''romance' film in the traditional sense or something. Who knows?
QT is the only artist I'm aware of who mythologizes themselves. He does this sort of thing a lot. He's not wrong that his first script is somewhat historical because it's the first thing *he* did, but he shouldn't be pointing it out.
This personal Quentin anecdote doesn't definitively prove the Variety blind item -- "This big-name Hollywood director got his start as a cocaine dealer to other Hollywood celebs" -- but it sure gives it a lot of support. Coke dealer hits the West Coast, makes a few connections, ultimately writes his own life into a surrealist screenplay (right down to the main character wanting to be a screenwriter), and parlays it into fame. True Romance is almost a slanted autobiography. AAAAAND: Elmore Leonard (who wrote the 1990 'Get Shorty' book from which the Travolta film was adapted) specifically thanks Tarantino in the credits. 'Get Shorty' tells a very similar criminal-with-Hollywood-ambitions story.
Not even half way through, and I just can't listen to him - good lord! But let me say: True Romance is among my favorite love stories of all time. It's an amazing script with a breathtaking cast...absolutely top film.
That would be terrible. The intensity comes from knowing that Hopper loves his kid, and is making up for every time he screwed up over his life by making Vincent kill him. To go beyond the anger to just torture him, even though it could still be on the plate. He gives it all for his son.
Now i got 2 c that movie bein made. A extended version of TR n NBK mixed up.. you put Clarence writin or daydreamin n cut 2 a sceen of NBK n so n so forth. 💯
This is insanity. The original version had Slater, writing the script for NBK, while playing out his role in the film. That’s like saying, I have this movie called “Empire Strikes Back” and in the film, Luke is also writing a novel called “Raiders of the Lost Ark!” Quentin is diabolical
Honestly True Romance might be my favorite thing Quentin has done. His writing and Tony Scotts direction made a movie that's just incredible. It might be Christian Slaters crowning achievement in acting also. Every actor in It is amazing. I dont think there's a boring scene in the movie.
It's got the IT factor for sure, but something's missing, it doesn't have any weight, feels hollow somehow. But a MUCH better depiction of two absolute sociopaths then Natural born killers, an absolute abomination of a film, do to it's editing. Unwatchable.
I had a similar impression: True Romance, Natural Born Killers, and From Dusk Till Dawn are Tarantino's best films, even though he wasn't the director.
@@mkII. Best thing he ever wrote was the opening scene for inglourious Basterds and the best thing he ever directed was the whole "house of blue leaves" scene in kill bill where the bride took out 88 henchmen
One of my top 10 movies of all time 👍
My Favorite also!!👍👍👍👍👍
The scene with Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper is an absolute true masterpiece of writing and acting. Quite possibly my favorite scene of all time. The scene in the bar in Inglorious Bastards takes a solid second.
Which is basically the same. Dude realises death is imminent, so enjoys his last whisky or sigaret.
@@djsickmick9890 I suppose I like those two scenes so much because I imagine that's how I'd choose to go out in that situation too.
@@TheSpacemanSpliff
Tell a Sicilian mobster, that his people are all descended from black Moorish people, who invaded into Italy, and stayed in some areas so long, that it changed the genetics from a majority light skin, light haired population, to a darker skin tone, dark hair and brown eyed one, and use all the correct racist lingo, because he knows how much a man like that would be upset by it, after telling him he can always tell when a man is lying? 😆
Yeah, it’s pretty epic, even if Clarence’s dad wasn’t the best guy, as he hadn’t seen him in a long time, and even the racism, in what he says to Walken’s character, still holds some morality and honor, because he’s trying to get the man to kill him, before they really start torturing him worse, as well as a little Fu$& You, to someone who thinks he’s such a powerful presence, over this more simple one.
I saw the movie in the theater, when I was probably 14, and it was all in that scene, and the few black friends I had, where I grew up, loved Tarantino, and loved that scene, to the point they’d quote it.
I know a lot of people know it now, snd talk about like we do, but in the larger scheme of what are considered the greatest scenes between two actors, it doesn’t get a lot of love.
Hopper and Walker have had greater characters, in movies they were stars or co stars in, but that scene, is the of the best either ever did, and I think it’s as good as anything I’ve ever seen in a film, tv shows and nowadays, any streaming service series’.
Dennis Hopper was so good in this. I felt like it was my own dad bleeding in THAT scene. Also the breezy opening of the romance was well done, with the Sonny Chiba movie date and and Rose spilling the popcorn all over poor Clarence.
@@Bonn1770 not just one sonny chiba movie, 3 sonny chiba movies
I loved it when Quentin said that it's one of his favorite flicks of all time.After all these years it's still one of mine..in my Top 3.I'm sure he wishes that he still could of directed it,but to have him actually say that proves that Tony Scott was really in sync with that script so much so that Quentin didn't have 1 bad thing to say about it once he saw it.I still think it's the best thing Quentin's ever wrote & i love all his flicks.Hanz Zimmer gave this one of the best scores for any movie for this flick,it's so well done & so is the soundtrack as well.
One of, if not my favourite movie of all time. So so many great performances from so many great actors. Gary Oldman is unbelievable. Never gets old.
My brother who is 15 years older said this is his favorite. While mine has been Resvoir dogs for almost 20 years now. Quentin changes people.
He realized that he wasn’t ready to direct something like that, for his first movie, or it would’ve been a very different film.
It would’ve had no budget, and maybe the equivalent of his direction on Reservoir Dogs, depending on how much he’d have had to change the script.
I like what Scott did with it. It has his style all over it visually, and though one can hear Tarantino’s dialogue in many places, it’s still got Tony’s thing too.
"Could of"
Dear lord
Also James Gandolfini was so good in this movie. Think about how many cool roles like this he could have had post Sopranos if he didn’t pass. Rip 😔
I don't think he would have played any more roles quite like that even if he *hadn't* passed, but I know what you mean. His role in TR was almost a prototype for Tony Soprano, as far as his delivery and mannerisms. I know when the show ended he looked for roles as far from that style of character as possible. Kinda like how Prince never made anything like Purple Rain again, knowing it was massively popular and he could've ridden it all the way to the bank. Artists. 😁
He was about twice the size after Sopranos and he was getting older. No chance he’d take such a violent role again I’m sure he was sick of it.
Killing them softly has a good true romance/sopranos gandolfini
Blah blah blah stop talking about what could have happened
@maxh_music. I agree James Gandolfini was a great actor. It’s crazy to me how HBO paid him $8M to turn down an offer to appear in the Office TV Show.
Got it on DVD years ago before I knew Tarantino wrote it. Absolutely love this movie! 🍿
So wild to hear that True Romance and Natural Born Killers are kind of conjoined twins separated at birth.
Don't forget Raising Arizona.
@@undeadelvisTarantino not write that script.
@@treborkroy5280 that's true. But, those three are all cut from the same Badlands cloth.
@@undeadelvis I think they meant their separated twins because they both originated from the same mind, same writer. Not simply sharing similar themes with a different writer and story
They both sucked
The thing I love about True Romance is that I loved the movie, still in my top 10 of all time; then I became a Tarantino fan from Reservoir Dogs/Pulp Fiction on. He became my favorite director. And I didn’t find out he wrote TR till years later and I was like no wonder I love it. Quentin is such an amazing writer/movie maker. Would love to see his take on NBK, being that he didn’t like how OS did it. Sad he’s only making 1 more movie.
The music on this movie and the main characters simple naive take on a dark situations they were dealing with was so beautiful it made me cry . He truly loved her and they both accepted each other as is
True Romance is a perfect movie.
"Condescend me, man. I'll fkin kill ya." Is one of the greatest lines in cinema history.
Yep, whenever that movie is mentioned, that line is the first one that pops in my head. That movie also taught me that I could make a small bong from a bear-shaped honey container. He was, of course, called “Smokey”.
@chriswallace9113 Same here. My mom was like "where the hell is that honey" (we rarely used it)
The one that always slayed me was “Don’t give me the finger!!! I’ll have you killed!!!!” 😂
@@nobless_oblige_dignitas 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Haha it's such a perfect example of something a stoned out loser who wouldn't do shit would say to himself
Extra funny considering he's saying it about a big strong hitman
Such an underrated film, easily one of my most favorites 🙌
best thing Tarantino has ever been involved in
The Walken/Hopper scene and Gary Oldman/Slater scenes are insanely good. Me and my brother have been quoting those scenes word for word for years. Amazing wring and acting.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. True classic.
Love these clips of various interviews with QT talking about a specific film!.. that’s for posting.
Still one of my top 5 favorite films
Always a pleasant surprise to recommend this to people that love QT’s films that have no ideas about his writing of True Romance. 🎉
Amazing to me how many die hard Tarantino fans never heard of this movie, super fun to watch their heads explode when they finally see it.
"You're so cool."
I have a small part in this movie. I’m reading the magazine with Elvis on the cover. Lucky me😊
U been in anything else?
It's always nice to read such comments! That scene made me realize that the Clarence character was 100% based on Quentin, that one and the one at the cinema watching Sonny Chiba's flicks
@@djnw1894 You might try looking up his name. Gregory Sporleder
Weren’t you also in the Rock?
I remember you brother, Renaissance Man!!! You were great! Big Kahuna Burger!
Love True Romance, and Tony Scott's direction is great.
More people should watch true romance. Holy shit one of the best movies ever.
It's on Tubi periodically
one of my all time favorites..... i also saw the fan edit "Tarantino cut" which is also really good.
Where can I watch it? The "Tarantino cut" I mean
@@pablomenabarrios5666 I found it on the Seven Seas (if you get my drift)
amazing cast
I'd like to see Slater, Arquette, and Oldham in Tarantino' final film. Even if they're small cameos, that would be great.
the ending in the movie is way more in the spirit of the piece than the ending originally written.
Nah. As Tarantino himself has said on the commentary, his version of the script was grittier and more cynical so the ending was perfect for THAT script. The "spirit" you are talking about was added by Tony Scott and yes, the ending of the movie is perfect for THAT ending.
This movie is so underrated, it is a perfect movie, I have recommended this movie to so many people, more than any other
yeah it's weird - I end up recommending it more than others as so few people seem to have seen it!
One of my very few VHS cassettes that I saved along the way. Great movie!
Tarantino doesn't give Roger Avery enough credit like usual, it's a nice surprise that he even mentioned him though.
Still on my top 10 (maybe top5, I can't decide) of favorite movies of all time and all genres! It's a 90's masterpiece - and there's quite a few in that decade
Watched it for the first time a couple weeks ago. Great movie! The ending is awesome.
He should remake this with his original script as his 10th and final film. Full circle.
Deep down I think I want something like this, or the Vega brothers movie, or Kill Bill 3. But I really do respect Tarantino for not wanting to repeat himself
get off the remake train, man. The film was made. it is what it is - and quite great at that. Remakes SUCK. Thank goodness he has more sense than this.
It's awesome that Quentin loves True Romance as much as everyone else, it would've been amazing to see his version of course, but what Tony Scott did was singular and special.
This movie is so good. Great Gandalfini role! Patricia Arquette is the heart of this film. You can't help but love her as much as Clarence does.
Alabama ruined other actual real girls for me for a good decade after that. The trashy Marilyn Monroe estethic and that overbite just killed me every time I saw it :)
i always liked the fight scene where alabama hits virgil over the head with the cistern lid and it DOESNT break
One of the things I loved, was in another interview about TR, Quentin talks about how in the original script, Christian Slater's character, and Alabama, both die. But one of the people working with him on the script, basically said that he just really liked these two kids, and he wanted them to get away. And apparently he made his case so convincingly that Quentin changed it. And said that "he was right." when it came to that fundamental change to the story. That it worked much better than his tragic tale.
When I was 14 or 15, I bought the same sunglasses Christian Slater's character wears because I loved this movie so much.
Great movie. Here in Oz it was thought that he hated what TS did with this movie especially the ending. Awesome to hear he loved it!
I don't think he initially liked it though but don't quote me on that
Gary Oldman is MONEY. I’ve been scrolling and nobody has mentioned him.
I love it when Oldman says "a eggroll" acting like a "Whigger". Brilliant acting and movie all around. One of my favorites ever.
true but there are so many outstanding performances in this film. imo you can't single out any character as the greatness of this film is such a group effort. He was AMAZING in this, but so was everyone else! I don't feel like there was a single weak character or performance in the entire film, and put up against Gary Oldman, that's saying a lot
@@JayCail'Got everything from a Diddle-eyed Joe to damned if I know' 😂
@@JayCail what we have here is a charlie Bronson, Mr majestik
@@gaz4840 Yup ... someone forgot to tell Clarence that it wasn't white boy day.
This movie is perfect
TR is actually my FAV QT film.
It is certainly his best writing. Simple lines and small moments are all so memorable.
Long have I waited….Rip Gandolfini
One of my favorites
He actually mentions Roger Avery
They finally got back together for a limited run podcast.
@@MijoShrekyeah i was confused about that because its referred to as season 1. I was hoping it would be ongoing. Too bad. It’s really good.
Avery's a lazy communist, just like Oliver Stone. QT is a real artist.
Tarantino is the only Director, who when he talks about his movies I like them more rather than less
This is my favorite movie of all time, hands down. Funny when you tell people that, then they see it and are like “ that def wasn’t what I was expecting’ epic! We all are searching for our Alabama.
My dog of 18 years was called Floyd after Pitts Floyd.
Awesome dog
And is a nod to Pink Floyd
Anyone who hasn't seen this movie should stop whatever they're doing and go watch it. It's perfect. The writing, directing, acting, cinematography, lighting., editing., music. They put it all together and it' works.
Why am I not surprised that Tarantino writing a sub-script that his character is "writing", turns out so good it actually becomes a fantastic movie in itself 😂😂😂
Love True Romance! Love NBK!! Both amazing pieces of art and it's so great to see what Scott and Stone did with Tarantino's work, In both you can see they're a Tarantino piece but they differ quite a lot from his actual movies.
Quentin Tarantino on PAW Patrol: The Movie?
Okay now you're just trolling 🤣
AI may be the only way to get there, love the vision.
Reservoir Dogs
Animated movie and they’re all real dogs
@@jodi2847 and you’re nuts
Maniac Cop 7
Great movie all cast are on point makes u not want 2 blink while watching it.....love the Christopher walkin scean
I love introducing people to this movie.
I have liked everything that Tarantino has written or directed. . that's how much of genius he is
Death proof was his weakest movie by far and OUATIH would be a close second IMO
no, that's how much of a fanboi you are
@@Fingersofjoy how can it be something by far and also have a close second?
@@adullsam easily .the worst and the second worst..hard to pick between the 2
I freakin love this movie!
It is a wild, violent roller coaster ride of a film! It's fantastic too.
This film has my favourite scene ever.
Which scene?
“You’re a cantaloupe!!”
. nice to listen in on an accurate account , great bar trivia .
Patricia Arquette was so good in that. Also this put James Gandolfini in view for him to later become Tony Soprano. Such a great movie.
"and some cleaning products." Floyd the roomate played by Brad Pitt. Classic.
My favorite movie ❤
Def my fav Quentin movie even tho he didn't direct it! Such a classic.
I would LOVE to be in an alternate reality where QT directed this and NBK...
why? True Romance is perfect. Tarantino even thinks so. NBK...fair enough.
@@SegkeeI like Natural Born Killers a lot, I think we’re maybe very slightly better off getting the Oliver Stone doomer fever dream that we did than another pulpy Tarantino crime movie
If memory serves me, George A. Romero's original script for Day of the Dead had both Day of the Dead and Land of the Dead in that draft...
Yeah it was something like that
Absolutely loved this movie... its just the best.
The Christopher Walken and Dennis Hopper scene is one of, if not the best in movie history.
Best. Movie. Ever. Only movie I’ve watched more than twice. I’ve owned 7 copies of the DVD because I would force people to borrow it to watch it.
I wish they would ask him where he gets the foresight, the vision for his decision making prosses at such an early stage in his career. Its so wise. I wonder where he found that. Its brilliant on his part.
He is a huge movie fan. Most of his brilliant ideas are taken from past films that were great. Not putting him down. He is just an accute student of film, and takes lessons from Truffaut, Bruce Lee, Sam Fuller, Alfred Hitchcock, etc.
I would love to see more films written by Tarantino but directed by other people. Yeah natural born killers didn’t work out so great but both true romance and from dusk till dawn were absolutely amazing!
This sits comfortably in my top 10 + The best role brad pit ever played 😂👍
Quentin Tarantino on The Cat in the Hat (2003)
4:08 I'm surprised Quentin even flirted with the idea of those both being the same movie. To me besides offing the pimp in True Romance which was out of love/jealously... I never thought Clarence was a murderer. He's a comic book nerd who ended up with a shit ton of coke and needed to get rid of it to go on vacation with his gal. It's interesting that young writers have soooo many ideas and are trying to get them all out. I think Tarantino's best work was his earliest: True Romance, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction. Everything after that has been very hit and miss to me.
This was my favorite movie for a good long while. Still in my top 10. Great dialog, great acting, directing, score, everything. Everything came together beautifully. And I prefer the theatrical cut. The DC is just more swearing and violence in a movie overflowing with swearing and violence.
The best movie of my life
My favorite movie of all time
We saw this awesome flick at the theater on a weekend afternoon, and I recall there were almost the only ones in there lol. MAYBE 10-15 people total. It was a box office disaster, but over the years more people saw it on HBO, etc. to become the well-deserved cult classic it is. IDK what happened at first. Maybe people thought it was ''romance' film in the traditional sense or something. Who knows?
Best movie
Best movie!!
Well put together! What’s the song at the end? Couldn’t see it in the description.
Is this from a podcast or just a mix of interviews?
Quentin's tenth film should be his version of Natural Born Killers.
QT is the only artist I'm aware of who mythologizes themselves. He does this sort of thing a lot. He's not wrong that his first script is somewhat historical because it's the first thing *he* did, but he shouldn't be pointing it out.
My Favorite Tarantino script.
Classic!!!
GODDAMN I love this movie
This personal Quentin anecdote doesn't definitively prove the Variety blind item -- "This big-name Hollywood director got his start as a cocaine dealer to other Hollywood celebs" -- but it sure gives it a lot of support. Coke dealer hits the West Coast, makes a few connections, ultimately writes his own life into a surrealist screenplay (right down to the main character wanting to be a screenwriter), and parlays it into fame. True Romance is almost a slanted autobiography.
AAAAAND: Elmore Leonard (who wrote the 1990 'Get Shorty' book from which the Travolta film was adapted) specifically thanks Tarantino in the credits. 'Get Shorty' tells a very similar criminal-with-Hollywood-ambitions story.
That scene in the hotel. Damn.
Not even half way through, and I just can't listen to him - good lord! But let me say: True Romance is among my favorite love stories of all time. It's an amazing script with a breathtaking cast...absolutely top film.
I read somewhere that QT wanted to start the film with the Sicilian scene. How incredible would that have been?
That would be terrible. The intensity comes from knowing that Hopper loves his kid, and is making up for every time he screwed up over his life by making Vincent kill him. To go beyond the anger to just torture him, even though it could still be on the plate. He gives it all for his son.
He had better sense not to and I agree. That scene completely takes you off guard after the nice father son reunion...
Now i got 2 c that movie bein made. A extended version of TR n NBK mixed up.. you put Clarence writin or daydreamin n cut 2 a sceen of NBK n so n so forth. 💯
True love begets mortal danger which is overcome through true love.
Who killed Officer Dimes in the version YOU saw? I've seen it two different ways.
Amazing movie!
I love this movie. My real love story was similar without drugs and Hollywood :) I named my first son Christian after Slater when I saw this movie.
Holy Smithers!
This has to be the most sycophantic interview I've ever heard/endured....
"Okey dokey doggie daddy"
But it wasn't the first script he ever wrote. My Best Friend's Birthday was the first, also written with Avery.
The biggest thing about ture romance that movies dont have now is it was fun.
and exciting... two things that are rare to exist in movies today.
I would love a true romance edit that had nbk in it
The GaBaGoo of cool movies. 🎬🎞️🍿
Great movie
This is insanity. The original version had Slater, writing the script for NBK, while playing out his role in the film.
That’s like saying, I have this movie called “Empire Strikes Back” and in the film, Luke is also writing a novel called “Raiders of the Lost Ark!”
Quentin is diabolical
I believe half of what he’s saying about Clarence writing Natural Born Killers
good movie