Steve McQueen was supposed to be there that night, visiting with Sharon and her friends. He always carried a piece. Who knows? If he'd been there, they all might have lived.
@@finishin.my.coffee8780 Quincy Jones also said that he got an invitation to have dinner there that night. and Debra Tate as well. in one docu, Debra said "maybe if they had one wild child there that night...." I really dig the ending. the ultimate What If...
I went to see this in theaters with my dad. He was so confused because he’d never seen a QT movie. But was interested in the whole Tate Manson story. The look on his face was hilarious as we were leaving
A lot of people who have never seen a Tarantino movie don't understand it, that's normal. But if you've seen all of his movies from day one, then you'll get it, and really enjoy it. My wife never saw Pulp Fiction, and I told her it's a great movie, I've seen it several times over the years. So we watched it together, and she: 1) didn't understand it, 2) was confused by it, and 3) didn't like it one bit. Oh well, her loss I guess. I have always liked Tarantino movies and really enjoyed them, very entertaining for sure, and tons of great dialogue.
A lot of the words spoken by the Manson Family in the film are taken straight from the court trial. People have complained about the ending being too violent. But some would say that what happened to Sharon Tate and her friends that night, the killers got off very lightly. The film has the most satisfying ending,by, after all these years laying an open sore to rest. Cheers, Chris Perry.
Like all stories that start with "Once upon a time..." this film ended with "...and they all lived happily ever after." Sharon Tate's sister was bringing a case against Tarantino because, like the rest of us, all she'd heard was that Tarantino was making a movie about the murder of Sharon Tate, her unborn baby and others, and she quite rightly thought that was gross. Tarantino showed her the script and explained what he was going to do and she gave the film her support after that. That last scene, with Sharon and her friends all alive at their home, laughing and smiling, makes me cry every time. I'm 60 and feel that this film is for the over 50's - or 60's LA/Hollywood enthusiasts - because there are so many cultural references to the time that would be missed otherwise. The fashions, the cars, the sets, the buildings especially, are as accurate as possible to the time and the radio station that is always playing and provides most of the music in the film along with DJ chat was put together when Tarantino put out a call for anyone who had recordings of the station to come forward and he compiled the soundtrack from their tapes as the station had closed and there were no recordings left.
@Keki Stani They'd advertised the film as being based around Sharon Tate's murder for about 2 years before the film came out. Tarantino even held back its release date until the anniversary of her death.
I cringed when I heard Tarantino's next film would be yet another turgid yarn about the Manson family, and hated this movie in advance. Little did I know that it would become my favorite of his films. I absolutely love this movie.
i love this movie, it's one of those that you can just kinda sit back and enjoy the ride. i saw this in the cinema and everyone died laughing at the ''well...the fucking hippies aren't''. the ending was joyous as i remember feeling anxious about the fact that i knew what was gonna happen, but loved that it turned out i didn't have any clue what the ending would actually be and it was one of the most satisfying endings ever.
Watched it w my ex & her grandparents in the cinema, grandparents left halfway thru bc they thought it was boring. I loved it & knew by the end they had no taste
Completely the opposite for me. I was liking the laidback mood of the whole movie(even though the first time I wasn't) but then it has to do this pointless cartoon violence bit. Whole movie builds to a joke. And it wasn't even surprising. He already did in Inglourious Basterds. He makes Cliff have superhero strength and makes the Manson members be completely incompetent which takes away any tension. Even if he was high AND blindfolded he would have taken them all out. Also I'm tired of seeing Tarantino doing only revenge stories. Also I really don't like the direction he went with the brutality of the executions. In previous movies they had a completely different vibe to all of them. Here I can't stomach any of it, there's no weight to them, just indulgence. I get that it suppose to be as harsh as what they did to Sharon Tate and others, but why show someone getting slammed into a wall that much. And then I look around and everyone is laughing at that. What ?
The scene with Sharon Tate watching her movie with the audience and enjoying them laughing at her scenes...it makes me cry every time. And the alternate universe ending is pure joy. This movie is Tarantino's love letter to old Hollywood and I LOVE it!
There are several things that are happening in this film. One, is that Tarantino is nostalgic for the Los Angeles he grew up in. He was around 7 in 1969 when this is set. The movie is basically about the time period in which the old Hollywood studio system died out and was replaced by auteurs. That also coincided with the end of the love and peace generation that died with the Manson murders. Those events happened to also parallel Tarantino's discovery of film as an art form and made him want to be a writer and actor. If you look at everything Tarantino loves it is from this time period. He's also doing just what he did in Inglourious Basterds by rewriting history and giving it a satisfying conclusion, knowing that only exists in the movies. He's giving you what you want but also showing you how artificial it all is. That's why his stuntman does all the hard, gritty work for him at the end of the movie, and Cliff gets to come in with the flamethrower and do the flashy part.
This movie is such a blast. It is long, and has a somewhat uneventful plot in the traditional sense, but man is it a thrill to watch. And Cliff Booth as portrayed by Brad Pitt is definitely one of Tarantino’s great characters.
Yeah it’s a hangout movie much akin to Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, George Lucas’ American Graffiti, or Richard Linklater’s Dazed & Confused-Not so much of an overall central plot to the entire film itself. More like a bunch of character driven subplots within the film (Rick as a formerly popular tv cowboy noticing that his star isn’t shining as brightly as it once did, Cliff a stuntman with an ambiguous past that prevents him from getting work in his chosen field, Sharon an actress who is on top of the world and her profession enjoying the life that everyone else begs for and looking forward toward her future).
Someone in some reaction video complained about all the driving around scenes. But that’s just L.A. There was a lot less traffic in the 60s and 70s, but people still spend a great deal of time in their cars.
exactly. Many people just dont get the movie. It doesn't have to meet any expectations or be realistic. It only needs to be entertaining and boy oh boy this movie is sure as hell that
The "Spahn Ranch" scene was filmed in the back of Chatsworth Park and every shot had to be super tight due to Topanga, Santa Susanna Pass and the 118fwy. Spahn Ranch became part of Chatsworth Park in 1992 and the original spot where the Manson clan resided has been a baseball field since 96-97. I live a stone's throw away the Park. They did build a legit set to resemble and replicate the Ranch. Spahn Movie Ranch got renamed to Dream Quest Studios and located on the other side of the hill in Simi Valley next to Corrigan Park. A lot of film and tv has been filmed there. Dream Quest is responsible for the Poltergeist movie and that house is 3 blocks from my old high school.
That's crazy you live so close to a place with both so much movie and TV history and so much true crime/pure evil history. I'm a southerner, and the closest thing we have is Civil War sites and Indian mounds, but so much time divorces most of us from feeling the weight of them. Glad they made something useful of that space. That's just wild, though.
watching this movie the first time all I could think was, what are we building up to? 'Cause, we all know what actually happened. That ending was basically Mad Max Fury Road packed into 5 minutes and it was worth it. The second time watching it I learned to simply enjoy the entire ride; An aging actor and stuntmen nearing the conclusion of their friendship. Tarantino nailed this slow burn and it's a full-on A for me.
i was unaware of the twist, i hadnt seen the other movies where he rewrote history so i thought it would end with the gore of the actual story. thankfully not because we already know that story and it would be tasteless.
@@markmac2206 yeah I actually think this was an incredible strategy. We all know Tarantino and we all know the story of the Manson murders and when you hear Quentin is doing this story we all immediately imagined his gory style and what that murder scene would look like in the style of Tarantino. It was smart subversion then to completely redirect the violence next door and rewrite history. We get the catharsis like Hitler dying in Basterds. He played us like a symphony with what our expectations were. I’ve never really heard of a director doing that before.
Damon Herriman played Charles Manson both here and in Netflix's Mindhunter and the Mindhunter performance is stunning. The incredible makeup done for the show makes it all the more uncanny.
The movie is not about the Manson murders. The movie is about the end of an era in Hollywood. Cliff represents the last real cowboy confronting the fact that his kind are no longer needed. The movie is about the character, not the murders. The parts that you think should have been edited out are the very point of the movie. It's about the end of the old Hollywood. It was very much necessary.
One of my favorite things about the ending is that Rick had no real idea what was happening when that chick came flying through the glass door. But he figured the best course of action was to go get the flame thrower anyway.
Definitely my fav T movie. Love the way history comes to life in a Tarantino kind of way. You really need to know the history around that time, the events, the characters before you can truly appreciate this movie.
It definitely deserves repeated viewings. So many details and references gives it a very rich texture with terrific character building- it think it is Tarantino's most thoughtful, nuanced film.
18:20 "So, Tarantino just leaves in all the stuff that everyone else would just edit out, then." Actually, yes. That is a well-documented feature of his aesthetic.
This movie is a spectacularly delightful and cathartic experience for those of us who lived during that time and get all of the many references, both the major ones and all the wonderful little throwaways that Tarantino packed in. For those who don't get any of that stuff, this film will just sail right over their heads and leave them utterly lost. One of its main joys is that it gives us a happy ending to one of the most disheartening and deeply troubling events that we ever lived through, something so bad that it has stayed with us ever since. Another thing about this movie is that it's a Christmas present for anyone who grew up watching the old TV westerns and reveled in the exploitation and genre cinema of the time. But as I said, in order to appreciate it at all, one must recognize such references as Eddie O'Brien, Andy McLaglen, Spahn Ranch, the dumpster-diving Manson girls, Lancer, James Stacy, Joanna Pettit, Paul Revere and the Raiders, the guests at Playboy Mansion, Matt Helm movies, 50s and 60s TV westerns and television in general, and everything regarding that awful night including Sharon's guests Abigail Folger, Voytek Frykowsi, and Jay Sebring as well as the killers themselves--not just recognizing the names but the feelings that they evoke. Considering all this, I think this tale was conceived by Tarantino to appeal to the most narrow range of audience for any of his films. As for me, I watch it at least once a month and it has become my favorite of his films.
I absolutely LOVE this movie. I'm all here for the "slice of life" part of it, it's basically Tarantino's love letter to 60's Hollywood culture. It's not so much all a build up to the Manson murders, this is 2 movies in one, 2 storylines that just happen to kiss. Plus I feel the ending is so satisfying, because you can see that Tarantino wants to right this colossal, horrible wrong that happened to Sharon Tate and her baby.
The actress playing Squeaky is former child star Dakota Fanning. The real Squeaky Fromme gained even more notoriety later on by attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford. The real Clem Grogan (the creep who punctures Cliff's tire) was once described as "barely human."
Cliff was experiencing 'trails', an effect that happens during acid trips when movement leaves a hallucinatory trail of images in the air. I got nervous when Cliff went onto the ranch because as I remember reading that Tex beheaded a stuntman and buried him out there. I think you two should check out Robert Redford's "Jeremiah Johnson".
Love this one. I think some of the mid section works nice as a parallel set; Rick acting out an old-style spaghetti western, while Cliff is acting out his own spaghetti western-like scenario in real life at the Manson ranch, and unlike Rick, is in real danger. Which gels up nicely with him being Rick's stunt double and all.
"Once upon a time in Hollywood" is a great movie but it's one of those movies that gets better with additional viewing because you see new things with each new viewing. I rank it high on the list of Tarantino's best movies. My personal favorite is "The Hateful Eight". However I do believe that Tarantino's best has been and always will be "Pulp Fiction".
Lol that’s almost EXACTLY what Charlie Manson looked like at the time. He was small, squirrelly, long bowy hair. Lol in his old age obv he looked very different. But that younger time he looked very much like how he did in this movie
I absolutely love this movie. I think at its core it is about the friendship between Rick and Cliff enduring. At the beginning of the film when Rick is so down about his career he talks about being one pool party away from being back in Hollywood's good graces because he lives next to Roman Polanski. Movie ends with Rick complete on the outs and then while sitting in his pool having an incredibly sad party with his last Hollywood friend, Cliff, a wild event happens that ends up being his introduction to Sharon Tate, and probably down the road Polanski. I think that probably got him a part in a Polanski movie, revitalized his career and he and Cliff get to keep on keeping on. Fantastic movie.
I just noticed that the director of the Italian spy movie that Rick Dalton was in was “Antonio Margariti” (sp) which was the name that they gave the “Italian cameraman” in the scene in Inglorious Basterds when they were pretending to be Italians at the movie premiere. I guess he worked his way up to director 🙂 Don’t forget that Tarantino rewrote history when he killed off Hitler in Inglorious Basterds.
"Tarantino just leaves in all the stuff everyone else would edit out" - not only that, this movie is in fact a brilliant negative of what really happened. If what happened was a cast bronze statue, this movie would be the cast. It is a whole new concept of storytelling, when you don't say the story, but everything around it.
This is definitely my favourite Tarantino movie. So incredibly beautiful. Second is Pulp Fiction. That will always hold a special place in my heart. And thanks to my friend I'd seen all of Tarantino's work.
Pulp Fiction is a generational classic. One of my fave movies ever. That said, this may be Tarantino’s greatest accomplishment. This is such a great film and it continues to grow in its stature every viewing.
The Sharon Tate house was originally owned by Beach Boys producer Terry Melcher (Doris Day's son) and his girlfriend Candace Bergen. Charles Manson had written a song for the Beach Boys, but they changed the lyrics. That's why he was pissed at them, and that's why Melcher sold the house. (Guns and Roses did record one of his songs)
Absolutely incredible film. The ending is definitely bittersweet. We all wish Sharon Tate and her friends were still alive, and this movie gives us that.
When i read comments like that, i allways ask myself why do people even care so much about Sharon Tate etc. especialy when those people where not even born back then when she and the others were killed. Do not get me wrong, sure i hoped all that stuff did never happen to her, but murders happen every day.
@@migalorsdarwin1930I think because she was pregnant, pretty, by all accounts a sweet and lovely person to people from all backgrounds which was rare in Hollywood
First off, I love rewatching my favorite movies with the two of you, one of the best movie reaction channels on TH-cam! Saw this twice in theatres and probably 10 or 15 times total and like any other Tarantino movie, I pick up on more crazy details with every rewatch. Keep doing what you guys do and being your selves, you two are amazing!
I imagine acid is a lot less common nowadays so fewer people have any experience with it, but I thought Pitt’s portrayal was pretty good, from his seeing trails when moving his hand to the laughing at Tex and pointing a finger gun at him. In my personal experience, one can get pretty deep into hallucinations and weirdness and then snap out of it when reality impinges and you need to interact with it. You feel crazy, the normal world feels crazy, but you don’t forget how to behave. In a way you’re better equipped to deal with bizarre but real situations.
@You, Me & The Movies - Tarantino has a well known love for old movies, their styles, and this Movie is a Love Letter to the 60's Movies. But Tarantino also has a passion for actors and their world, so he was able to really present us a Love letter to actors, and what is like, from behind the scenes of movies, which is why we see the 'Bad Takes' in the saloon scenes, actors struggling with their lines, but also actors struggling with the coming of an end of an Era (the end of 1960's movies and the 1970's, and the 'Death' of old style Western type of movies. Tarantino is also able to explore the dynamic between actors and Stuntmen, and what could have been the dynamics between the friendship of an actor and his stunt double, in this case, a beautiful friendship. Stuntmen & stuntwomen are so often 'neglected' in movies history or movies in general (Look at how many ceremonies there are for actors, and how many for stuntmen/Stuntwomen, in comparison, taking into account that stuntmen/Stuntwomen put their life in dangers (As opposed to many actors ). A beautiful film, a Love letter to 1970's Cinema.
The Rick / Cliff relationship is based on the similar relationship shared between director Hal Needham (a former stuntman) and Burt Reynolds. Needham would direct Reynolds later in serveral films. Cliff's backstory with his wife and the recriminations against him are similar to the real life incident between Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood who died under still questionable circumstances on a boat.
Haha clearly you haven’t watched Zack Snyder’s justice league 😂 2 extra hours of bullshit unnecessary fluff and slow mo and the plot is complete dogshit
I enjoyed this film so much when it was released and I still do. The alt universe Tarantino provides even goes as far as branding. Brad Pitt fecking Bruce Lee into a car is just wonderful. Tripping your balls off with a dog is pretty amazing. Its nice to see you two watching something new together. Is the original Martyrs too messed up for YT?
I know way too much Sharon Tate so I appreciated Tarantino's alternate universe. Definitely a love letter to that era and how age can catch up to us. Pitt and Dicaprio's characters managed to stay relevant and became heroes in the process (that's probably the point of the movie for those saying it's aimless). I also hear Tarantino adored the fuck out of Sharon Tate (me too) she actually represents "purity" in this movie. The way she carries herself is real innocent and sweet compared to other characters. We don't see her a lot but she is the centerpiece in a way. I loved it.🥃🍻
I teared up when the hippies got slaughtered. I felt like something we lost with the Manson murders Something beside Sharon and everyone was saved that we never were meant to lose. Also it was badass.
I love this film. Saw it twice in theatres. I'm a big Tarantino fan. Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction are my favorites of his. I was fortunate enough to see Reservoir Dogs in theatres a few years ago. This film was a love letter to Golden Age Hollywood. Tarantino loved that era and wanted a film to represent it.
This isn't my personal favorite of QT's movies, but it's easy to see why he made it. 60's film making is Tarantino's favorite era, especially the era pre Manson Murders where the general mood was free and happy (in no small part due to the infusion of drug and sex culture). Then the Manson Murders hit and it was like a giant sobering wake up call. The happy, fun attitude in Hollywood disappeared. Cinema started becoming very cynical and dark after that. This is QT's alternate wish fulfillment reality where he wishes he could stop that terrible awful real life event from ever occurring. That's why Brad Pitt's character goes so hard on them at the end, killing them in super brutal ways, but it's not played as horrifying. Knowing that these people on screen are representative of real life, super evil people (just reading about what they did will give you chills), it's instead incredibly cathartic. If anyone in real life deserved something like that, it was those people. I believe Tarantino even reached out to the family of Sharon Tate and told them about wanting to make this film and they were supportive of it. That's why there's that scene where Margot Robbie/Sharon Tate goes to the theater to watch her film. At first, it seems weird to be spending so much time with her doing something that's not critical to the plot. But he wanted to show she was a real person. Not just someone you read about in the newspaper (or wikipedia now). That she did the very human thing of going to a theater and watching a movie she's in. Just letting her exist. Letting her get her fairy tale ending (which is part of the reason why the film is named Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, it's a fairy tale). Also interesting that the vehicles he used to be the catalyst for this change was Leo and Brad Pitt's characters. They're actually more representative of "old" Hollywood. It's not a coincidence that they made their living off of 50's/early 60's Western TV shows. And through Leo, you kinda see a reflection of the evolution of acting, and just filmmaking as a whole was going through at the time. He actually manages to adapt, going from uncomfortable with being a hippy/Hell's Angel cowboy to nailing the scene with the kid, in a bout of more "real" style acting that was becoming more popular than the more staged style of the 50's. Still, at the end of the film, him and Pitt are being set up as knowing that their time is coming to an end. There's a new Hollywood that they're not a part of.... Until the Manson family come knocking at the wrong door. So this isn't just a fairy tale ending to Sharon Tate, this is a fairy tale ending to stars of the early Hollywood, where maybe they didn't get pushed out but instead embraced. All in all, the film is a love letter to Hollywood. Even literally, which is why there's a ton of just long driving shots. That's kinda part of the reason it's not my favorite, because I'm not from that area. so a lot of those shots, I'm sure for people from there, it's a great nostalgia trip, for me though it just seemed like long driving shots. But I still enjoyed the movie more than I didn't, and I can appreciate where Tarantino is coming from with it.
I really love this movie, Leo's scenes with the young girl were great, she was wonderful in her scenes. The ending is brilliant I laughed all the way through, so Tarantino. QT really likes his anthologies, he does them well.
This is basically a love letter film about the 50’s & 60’s of Hollywood filmmaking. It’s centered around three characters and their journey through that time period, the good, the bad, & the ugly. Great film! One of my favorites actually. I saw this 3 times in the theaters. Maybe 🤔 4, but who’s counting? 🤷🏾♂️😂😂😂🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾💝❤️
My viewing of this movie was extra special. I'm old enough to remember the events, but I had no idea what the movie was about. I wasn't tipped off by the date stamp early in the film because it was too early. But when that car turned onto Cielo Drive, I knew exactly where the plot was going. - just not the ending. Brad Pitt earned that Oscar.
Tatantino Movies ........ in a nutshell (They are all good watches) ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD = What happens when the Manson Family, foolheartedly, assault Clint Estwood's home when both his tougher than Bruce Lee, stunt double, and the guy's killer dog are there rather than taking out the defenseless Polanski household? ONCE UPON A TIME IN A WHAREHOUSE = Resevoir Dogs = What happens to trigger reconsideration of a Career in Law Enforement? ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH = Djanjo = What happens when a noble German dentist and the fastest gun in the west, a freed slave, visit Candyland, the baddest plantation ever? ONCE UPON A TIME IN VICHY FRANCE = Inglorius Basterds = What happens when an army squad of avenging Jews, and their allies, entrap the entire German High Command, prior to DDay? ONCE UPON A TIME RIDING SHOTGUN = Death Proof = What happens when the b@#$% can take a punch? ONCE UPON A TIME DURING PREGNANCY = Kill Bill 1&2 = What happens when returning unwanted wedding presents. ONCE UPON A TIME IN A RESTAURANT = Pulp Fiction = How can I get The Wolf to clean up the mess of my life? ONCE UPON A TIME IN A STEWARDESS OUTFIT = Jackie Brown = What happens when the girl power of Pam Grier and Bridget Fonda act little Bobby DeNiro into the shadows? ONCE UPON A TIME AT MOTEL 6 = The Hateful Eight = What happens when the entire Wild West isn't big enough for the 8 of them? ONCE UPON A TIME IN BREAKING BAD = True Romance = What happens when the love of your life arrives in the form of a Crack Ho? ONCE UPON A TIME IN OLLIE STONE'S MIND WHILE HE'S HIGH ON SOME GOOD %*&# = Natural Born Killers = What happens when you direct Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis and Rodney Dangerfield to just be themselves? ONCE UPON A TIME WITH SALMA HAYEK TABLE DANCING WEARING NOTHING BUT A BIKINI AND WITH A REAL PYTHON SNAKE WRAPPED AROUND HER NECK = Dusk to Dawn = Does any charactor deserve to die more than the one played by Tarantino?
I just love the characters and setting that Tarantino creates. I'm along for the ride. I saw this in the theater on opening night and I wasn't bored for a second. I loved every minute. You just have to soak every thing in. Don't be impatient.
"Cliff is in no state to fight back." Let's test that hypothesis. The hippie girl who sold Cliff the acid-dipped cigarette played B.B. in Kill Bill. The Manson Family member who got cold feet was Maya Hawke, Uma Thurman's daughter.
This is one of those rare movies that just gets better and better every time you watch it. I had a pretty “meh” feeling after my first viewing, but since then, I’ve probably watched this 5+ times and now I absolutely love it.
Sharon Tates sister was against the movie until she watchedd it . When she did she cried as margot robbie was truly amazing capturing sharon it was like seeing her alive again. She wished just like all of us that he had ended the same way. She enjoyed the revenge and said it was perfect.
To give some additional context "Once upon a time in the west" 1968 and "Once upon a time in America" 1984 both directed by Sergio Leone are worth a watch.
At the end, Rick Dalton meets St. Peter and the gate to heaven opens up for him. Rick ascends and meets the angels, who welcome him into their universe. Rick's career takes off from here, just Clint Eastwood after his own adventures in Italy. Perhaps Rick acts in a Roman Polanski film or two. He and his stunt double live blessed lives forever after.
I remember watching this with my friend in the cinema. I found a good portion of it interesting, before watching the ending. I was in and out sometimes. Then that ending hit, and boy did it hit hard! I hadn't been so happy with a movie ending like that in a long time!
I loved this movie. Tarantino grew up in California in the seventies and he paid respect to his memories. Also the late sixties a early seventies began the new Hollywood when the westerns died and the anti hero arose.
As an Angeleno of roughly the same age as Tarantino, there are a thousand little details he got right. For me, this movie carried a big nostalgic load, giving the ending a powerful emotional payoff.
Hell, it occured to me just now, that "Operazione Dyn-O-Mite" was made by Antonio Margariti, one of the "three Italians" from Inglorious Basterds. Haha... Marga-RI-TI
The ending was quite shocking and unexpected and amazing! It shows, what if two guys, an actor and his friend, a stuntman, saved the life of an actress from a fate worse than death?
@callmecatalyst Your comment makes me think about the O.J. Simpson case. All the jokes about the bloody knife, the "colon/slash" internet jokes...people didn't care about two dead people. They totally disregarded the fact that the blood and guts came from two victims.
Just because you haven't figured out the movie in the first 3 minutes is no reason to sit there with constipation face. Just relax....the story will unfold at the pace it should.
This is a nice leisurely stroll of a movie that ends with an incredible bang. The look is amazing. I saw it once in the theater and had to see it again just to see the end again. Seeing it the second time there was so much more to take in. When Sharon is watching herself on the big screen and it is actually the real Sharon Tate instead of Margot Robbie was a bit odd to me...until I saw it the second time. The sheer joy on her face as she leaves the theater is a wonder of acting on Robbie's part. Although my favorite part is the end section, but I absolutely love the scene when all the signs of the restaurants are lighting up one at a time. It just looks like the 60's and the soundtrack is just spot on. A wonderful movie that I think is misunderstood. I've read online many many times how people think this movie is boring, but I find it fascinating. Tarantino is supposed to release a 4 hour version sometime and I can't wait. Love this movie!
I'm sorry , but Damon Harrimon was an excellent Charlie Manson. There's more of him in the deleted scenes. He was so good in fact that he played the incarcerated Manson in the Netflix Series "Mindhunter".
Spaghetti western’s name comes from production being shot in Italy. filming was ridiculously cheaper so the western market decided to move almost 100% to Italy 🙂
True Fact: The Spahn Ranch was a location for several movies. In 1969, when it was inhabited by the Charles Manson Family/Cult, a movie was filmed there... an erotic softcore western titled 'Linda and Abilene'. This was two months before the Tate-LaBianca murders in August 1969. The movie was directed by the late famed exploitation director Herschell Gordon Lewis. Lewis and his entire film crew and cast were aware that the Manson Family was a crazed hippy cult. According to Lewis, he and his crew never met Charles Manson himself, but they were dozens of so-called Manson girls roaming around and gawking with curiosity at the crew during the filming. In a 2009 interview, Herschell Gordon Lewis recalled that the Manson Family had several pet dogs roaming around the ranch, one of which had a large bell attached to its collar which made noise every time the dog moved. Annoyed at the bell ringing which was interfering with the filming, Lewis and one of his crewmen went to the dog and began to remove the bell collar around the dog's neck when two of the Manson girls, who had been standing nearby, suddenly ran up and physically shoved both Lewis and the crewman to the ground and they loudly threatened to kill both of them if they tried to take off the bell collar or touch their dog again. (That's how crazy the Manson Family was) Lewis and the crewman defused the situation by apologizing and walking away from a possible violent confrontation and renewed filming on the movie. This is the link to what actually happened: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate%E2%80%93LaBianca_murders
I love this ending. It gives me the feeling that I know The Shape of Water was going for, but wasn't nearly as effective. By throwing "Once Upon a Time..." on the screen as Sharon Tate carries on with her life, you know that this was a fairy tale, with the ending that everyone wants but knows it isn't. There's a certain amount of melancholy that comes with it, which makes it nearly perfect.
Been hooked to your channel since I came across it a couple weeks ago. Love your reactions. You ll love this movie for sure, Leo and Brad , what can go wrong
I really love this movie, it's one of my favorite Tarantino films. I heard it's an homage, or like Brad Pitt called it, Quentin's love letter to Los Angeles when he was growing up there in the Sixties and Seventies. And I hate to say, but I loved them destroying those Manson assholes lol. I don't normally advocate violence on that level but f*ck them for what they did, especially to pregnant Sharon Tate.
Regarding the Playboy Mansion, there was a time in the early 90's when it wasn't in its heyday. I worked part time for a catering co and we had a gig at the PB Mansion for a charity party. I was jazzed thinking I was going to see a bevy of beautiful bunnies but no. I found out Hefner is now married, and the wife kicked out the bunnies. Just my luck.
It's a very gentle and warming movie for me. I think it's more about sending you to placed in the time of 60s Hollywood experiencing the golden glorious era, where happiness, self redemption and dignity stays in QT's eyes and evil never got its way to the world. Couldn't help to think if it is going to be a better world than ours now.
Manson actually wrote two songs that were recorded by The Beach Boys. Dennis Wilson is how he got introduced to Terry Melcher, who lived in the Polanski/Tate house previously, along with his girlfriend Candice Bergen.
This is actually my favorite Tarantino movie. I love the pacing, sense of period and the slow build up of dread. When I saw it in the theater, I was literally in tears anticipating what was going to happen to beautiful, innocent, pregnant Sharon Tate and the others. And this one had an alternative ending I could embrace.
The ending with Rick Dalton meeting Sharon and the others made me emotional. Like, "If only this happened instead."
Thank you, Quentin - sincerely from, pretty much everybody.
It was definitely his most emotional ending since Jackie Brown. I had a tear in my eye for sure.
Same here. Knowing what actually happened, how she begged for her baby's life. I get really really choked up, wishing this could have been.
Steve McQueen was supposed to be there that night, visiting with Sharon and her friends. He always carried a piece. Who knows? If he'd been there, they all might have lived.
@@finishin.my.coffee8780 Quincy Jones also said that he got an invitation to have dinner there that night. and Debra Tate as well. in one docu, Debra said "maybe if they had one wild child there that night...." I really dig the ending. the ultimate What If...
One of the best ever "time and place" movies. Tarantino killed it. And his alternate-history ending is hilarious.
I guess that means I won't get it, because I think it looks flat. I watch every other decades films, but I've seen so few 60s
@@mikemath9508 Only some of it is about 60s films. Some of it is about 60s reality.
it's his least compelling movie
he always does
Time and place….called a period piece….smfh
I went to see this in theaters with my dad. He was so confused because he’d never seen a QT movie. But was interested in the whole Tate Manson story. The look on his face was hilarious as we were leaving
Maybe you shouldn’t have done the ol’ hole-in-the-popcorn-bucket trick to him.
A lot of people who have never seen a Tarantino movie don't understand it, that's normal. But if you've seen all of his movies from day one, then you'll get it, and really enjoy it. My wife never saw Pulp Fiction, and I told her it's a great movie, I've seen it several times over the years. So we watched it together, and she: 1) didn't understand it, 2) was confused by it, and 3) didn't like it one bit. Oh well, her loss I guess. I have always liked Tarantino movies and really enjoyed them, very entertaining for sure, and tons of great dialogue.
A lot of the words spoken by the Manson Family in the film are taken straight from the court trial. People have complained about the ending being too violent. But some would say that what happened to Sharon Tate and her friends that night, the killers got off very lightly. The film has the most satisfying ending,by, after all these years laying an open sore to rest. Cheers, Chris Perry.
And like with Joker, they ignore other violent movies like John Wick and Rambo.
Like all stories that start with "Once upon a time..." this film ended with "...and they all lived happily ever after." Sharon Tate's sister was bringing a case against Tarantino because, like the rest of us, all she'd heard was that Tarantino was making a movie about the murder of Sharon Tate, her unborn baby and others, and she quite rightly thought that was gross. Tarantino showed her the script and explained what he was going to do and she gave the film her support after that. That last scene, with Sharon and her friends all alive at their home, laughing and smiling, makes me cry every time. I'm 60 and feel that this film is for the over 50's - or 60's LA/Hollywood enthusiasts - because there are so many cultural references to the time that would be missed otherwise. The fashions, the cars, the sets, the buildings especially, are as accurate as possible to the time and the radio station that is always playing and provides most of the music in the film along with DJ chat was put together when Tarantino put out a call for anyone who had recordings of the station to come forward and he compiled the soundtrack from their tapes as the station had closed and there were no recordings left.
@Keki Stani They'd advertised the film as being based around Sharon Tate's murder for about 2 years before the film came out. Tarantino even held back its release date until the anniversary of her death.
Well, it wasn't happily ever after for the fucking hippies. 😂
I cringed when I heard Tarantino's next film would be yet another turgid yarn about the Manson family, and hated this movie in advance. Little did I know that it would become my favorite of his films. I absolutely love this movie.
i love this movie, it's one of those that you can just kinda sit back and enjoy the ride. i saw this in the cinema and everyone died laughing at the ''well...the fucking hippies aren't''. the ending was joyous as i remember feeling anxious about the fact that i knew what was gonna happen, but loved that it turned out i didn't have any clue what the ending would actually be and it was one of the most satisfying endings ever.
Agreed. Same thing happened in my theater. In a movie with a lot of talking, the build up to the final fight scene was totally worth it.
That is a hilarious line. The second one has to be Cliff saying “He said ‘I’m the devil, and Im here to…do some devil shit’”
Watched it w my ex & her grandparents in the cinema, grandparents left halfway thru bc they thought it was boring. I loved it & knew by the end they had no taste
Same. The tension of thinking we were going to see the Manson killings was brilliantly released so the whole cinema was on a massive high
This movie has one of the most satisfying endings of all time.
Makes us wish that's how it happened in real life.
Completely the opposite for me. I was liking the laidback mood of the whole movie(even though the first time I wasn't) but then it has to do this pointless cartoon violence bit. Whole movie builds to a joke. And it wasn't even surprising. He already did in Inglourious Basterds. He makes Cliff have superhero strength and makes the Manson members be completely incompetent which takes away any tension. Even if he was high AND blindfolded he would have taken them all out. Also I'm tired of seeing Tarantino doing only revenge stories.
Also I really don't like the direction he went with the brutality of the executions. In previous movies they had a completely different vibe to all of them. Here I can't stomach any of it, there's no weight to them, just indulgence. I get that it suppose to be as harsh as what they did to Sharon Tate and others, but why show someone getting slammed into a wall that much. And then I look around and everyone is laughing at that. What ?
Fucking-A Bubba!!! I was cheering in the theater.
@Slim Brady
really why?
I like the movie and hate the ending. I bought the movie and cutted the end out.
@@timdaugherty4014 the difference is the people in real life did something, while here innocents were killed.
The scene with Sharon Tate watching her movie with the audience and enjoying them laughing at her scenes...it makes me cry every time. And the alternate universe ending is pure joy. This movie is Tarantino's love letter to old Hollywood and I LOVE it!
There are several things that are happening in this film. One, is that Tarantino is nostalgic for the Los Angeles he grew up in. He was around 7 in 1969 when this is set.
The movie is basically about the time period in which the old Hollywood studio system died out and was replaced by auteurs. That also coincided with the end of the love and peace generation that died with the Manson murders.
Those events happened to also parallel Tarantino's discovery of film as an art form and made him want to be a writer and actor. If you look at everything Tarantino loves it is from this time period.
He's also doing just what he did in Inglourious Basterds by rewriting history and giving it a satisfying conclusion, knowing that only exists in the movies. He's giving you what you want but also showing you how artificial it all is. That's why his stuntman does all the hard, gritty work for him at the end of the movie, and Cliff gets to come in with the flamethrower and do the flashy part.
This movie is such a blast. It is long, and has a somewhat uneventful plot in the traditional sense, but man is it a thrill to watch. And Cliff Booth as portrayed by Brad Pitt is definitely one of Tarantino’s great characters.
My favorite scenes are actually the ones with Rick filming the episode of that series where he's "Dakota". Lol
Yeah it’s a hangout movie much akin to Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, George Lucas’ American Graffiti, or Richard Linklater’s Dazed & Confused-Not so much of an overall central plot to the entire film itself. More like a bunch of character driven subplots within the film (Rick as a formerly popular tv cowboy noticing that his star isn’t shining as brightly as it once did, Cliff a stuntman with an ambiguous past that prevents him from getting work in his chosen field, Sharon an actress who is on top of the world and her profession enjoying the life that everyone else begs for and looking forward toward her future).
@@stevenjohnvasquez9112 also somewhat similar to Big Lebowski
Someone in some reaction video complained about all the driving around scenes. But that’s just L.A. There was a lot less traffic in the 60s and 70s, but people still spend a great deal of time in their cars.
exactly. Many people just dont get the movie. It doesn't have to meet any expectations or be realistic. It only needs to be entertaining and boy oh boy this movie is sure as hell that
The "Spahn Ranch" scene was filmed in the back of Chatsworth Park and every shot had to be super tight due to Topanga, Santa Susanna Pass and the 118fwy. Spahn Ranch became part of Chatsworth Park in 1992 and the original spot where the Manson clan resided has been a baseball field since 96-97. I live a stone's throw away the Park. They did build a legit set to resemble and replicate the Ranch. Spahn Movie Ranch got renamed to Dream Quest Studios and located on the other side of the hill in Simi Valley next to Corrigan Park. A lot of film and tv has been filmed there. Dream Quest is responsible for the Poltergeist movie and that house is 3 blocks from my old high school.
That's crazy you live so close to a place with both so much movie and TV history and so much true crime/pure evil history. I'm a southerner, and the closest thing we have is Civil War sites and Indian mounds, but so much time divorces most of us from feeling the weight of them. Glad they made something useful of that space. That's just wild, though.
The Spahn Ranch was recreated at the former Corriganville Ranch which is now part of Chatsworth Park.
Sharon Tate's sister was a consultant on this movie and she LOVED the ending. She said it was the "what if scenario" concerning her sister.
watching this movie the first time all I could think was, what are we building up to? 'Cause, we all know what actually happened. That ending was basically Mad Max Fury Road packed into 5 minutes and it was worth it. The second time watching it I learned to simply enjoy the entire ride; An aging actor and stuntmen nearing the conclusion of their friendship. Tarantino nailed this slow burn and it's a full-on A for me.
i was unaware of the twist, i hadnt seen the other movies where he rewrote history so i thought it would end with the gore of the actual story. thankfully not because we already know that story and it would be tasteless.
@@markmac2206 yeah I actually think this was an incredible strategy. We all know Tarantino and we all know the story of the Manson murders and when you hear Quentin is doing this story we all immediately imagined his gory style and what that murder scene would look like in the style of Tarantino. It was smart subversion then to completely redirect the violence next door and rewrite history. We get the catharsis like Hitler dying in Basterds. He played us like a symphony with what our expectations were. I’ve never really heard of a director doing that before.
Damon Herriman played Charles Manson both here and in Netflix's Mindhunter and the Mindhunter performance is stunning. The incredible makeup done for the show makes it all the more uncanny.
That was immediately what I thought as well. His performance as Manson in Mindhunter was phenomenal.
@@blueeyedcowboy8291 Phenomenal is a stretch. He has the mannerisms down but that's it. Jeremy Davies was better.
And his was in one of my fav movies: House of Wax (2005)!
And his was in one of my fav movies: House of Wax (2005)!
The movie is not about the Manson murders. The movie is about the end of an era in Hollywood. Cliff represents the last real cowboy confronting the fact that his kind are no longer needed. The movie is about the character, not the murders. The parts that you think should have been edited out are the very point of the movie. It's about the end of the old Hollywood. It was very much necessary.
One of my favorite things about the ending is that Rick had no real idea what was happening when that chick came flying through the glass door. But he figured the best course of action was to go get the flame thrower anyway.
Definitely my fav T movie. Love the way history comes to life in a Tarantino kind of way. You really need to know the history around that time, the events, the characters before you can truly appreciate this movie.
It definitely deserves repeated viewings. So many details and references gives it a very rich texture with terrific character building- it think it is Tarantino's most thoughtful, nuanced film.
Django unchained
18:20 "So, Tarantino just leaves in all the stuff that everyone else would just edit out, then."
Actually, yes. That is a well-documented feature of his aesthetic.
This movie is a spectacularly delightful and cathartic experience for those of us who lived during that time and get all of the many references, both the major ones and all the wonderful little throwaways that Tarantino packed in. For those who don't get any of that stuff, this film will just sail right over their heads and leave them utterly lost. One of its main joys is that it gives us a happy ending to one of the most disheartening and deeply troubling events that we ever lived through, something so bad that it has stayed with us ever since. Another thing about this movie is that it's a Christmas present for anyone who grew up watching the old TV westerns and reveled in the exploitation and genre cinema of the time. But as I said, in order to appreciate it at all, one must recognize such references as Eddie O'Brien, Andy McLaglen, Spahn Ranch, the dumpster-diving Manson girls, Lancer, James Stacy, Joanna Pettit, Paul Revere and the Raiders, the guests at Playboy Mansion, Matt Helm movies, 50s and 60s TV westerns and television in general, and everything regarding that awful night including Sharon's guests Abigail Folger, Voytek Frykowsi, and Jay Sebring as well as the killers themselves--not just recognizing the names but the feelings that they evoke. Considering all this, I think this tale was conceived by Tarantino to appeal to the most narrow range of audience for any of his films. As for me, I watch it at least once a month and it has become my favorite of his films.
I absolutely LOVE this movie. I'm all here for the "slice of life" part of it, it's basically Tarantino's love letter to 60's Hollywood culture. It's not so much all a build up to the Manson murders, this is 2 movies in one, 2 storylines that just happen to kiss. Plus I feel the ending is so satisfying, because you can see that Tarantino wants to right this colossal, horrible wrong that happened to Sharon Tate and her baby.
The actress playing Squeaky is former child star Dakota Fanning. The real Squeaky Fromme gained even more notoriety later on by attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford. The real Clem Grogan (the creep who punctures Cliff's tire) was once described as "barely human."
the real clem was described as such bc he was high on drugs all the time, a lot of drugs!
Who's the actress that plays Susan A in once upon a time in Hollywood cuz she looks soo fuckin familiar
She is out of prison now.
The girl hitching that Cliff picks up is actress Margaret Qualley daughter of actress Andie MacDowell.
Cliff was experiencing 'trails', an effect that happens during acid trips when movement leaves a hallucinatory trail of images in the air.
I got nervous when Cliff went onto the ranch because as I remember reading that Tex beheaded a stuntman and buried him out there.
I think you two should check out Robert Redford's "Jeremiah Johnson".
Love this one. I think some of the mid section works nice as a parallel set; Rick acting out an old-style spaghetti western, while Cliff is acting out his own spaghetti western-like scenario in real life at the Manson ranch, and unlike Rick, is in real danger. Which gels up nicely with him being Rick's stunt double and all.
"Once upon a time in Hollywood" is a great movie but it's one of those movies that gets better with additional viewing because you see new things with each new viewing. I rank it high on the list of Tarantino's best movies. My personal favorite is "The Hateful Eight". However I do believe that Tarantino's best has been and always will be "Pulp Fiction".
Hateful Eight is probably my least favorite of his films. But we agree on Once Upon a Time.
@@norwegianblue2017 easily his worst film.
15:00 She was wearing those glasses because the character she played in the movie wore them and she wanted to be recognized.
This is my favorite of QT ‘s films basically a love letter to the Hollywood that he grew up in. I love his alternative history ending!
Lol that’s almost EXACTLY what Charlie Manson looked like at the time. He was small, squirrelly, long bowy hair. Lol in his old age obv he looked very different. But that younger time he looked very much like how he did in this movie
I absolutely love this movie. I think at its core it is about the friendship between Rick and Cliff enduring. At the beginning of the film when Rick is so down about his career he talks about being one pool party away from being back in Hollywood's good graces because he lives next to Roman Polanski. Movie ends with Rick complete on the outs and then while sitting in his pool having an incredibly sad party with his last Hollywood friend, Cliff, a wild event happens that ends up being his introduction to Sharon Tate, and probably down the road Polanski. I think that probably got him a part in a Polanski movie, revitalized his career and he and Cliff get to keep on keeping on. Fantastic movie.
I just noticed that the director of the Italian spy movie that Rick Dalton was in was “Antonio Margariti” (sp) which was the name that they gave the “Italian cameraman” in the scene in Inglorious Basterds when they were pretending to be Italians at the movie premiere. I guess he worked his way up to director 🙂
Don’t forget that Tarantino rewrote history when he killed off Hitler in Inglorious Basterds.
"Tarantino just leaves in all the stuff everyone else would edit out" - not only that, this movie is in fact a brilliant negative of what really happened. If what happened was a cast bronze statue, this movie would be the cast. It is a whole new concept of storytelling, when you don't say the story, but everything around it.
He set it in 1969 because it was on the cusp of a major shift in Hollywood, in movies, in the culture and in the country.
This is definitely my favourite Tarantino movie. So incredibly beautiful.
Second is Pulp Fiction. That will always hold a special place in my heart. And thanks to my friend I'd seen all of Tarantino's work.
Pulp Fiction is a generational classic. One of my fave movies ever. That said, this may be Tarantino’s greatest accomplishment. This is such a great film and it continues to grow in its stature every viewing.
The Sharon Tate house was originally owned by Beach Boys producer Terry Melcher (Doris Day's son) and his girlfriend Candace Bergen. Charles Manson had written a song for the Beach Boys, but they changed the lyrics. That's why he was pissed at them, and that's why Melcher sold the house. (Guns and Roses did record one of his songs)
Absolutely incredible film. The ending is definitely bittersweet. We all wish Sharon Tate and her friends were still alive, and this movie gives us that.
When i read comments like that, i allways ask myself why do people even care so much about Sharon Tate etc. especialy when those people where not even born back then when she and the others were killed.
Do not get me wrong, sure i hoped all that stuff did never happen to her, but murders happen every day.
@@migalorsdarwin1930I think because she was pregnant, pretty, by all accounts a sweet and lovely person to people from all backgrounds which was rare in Hollywood
This is not just my favorite Tarantino film, this my favorite movie of all time.
First off, I love rewatching my favorite movies with the two of you, one of the best movie reaction channels on TH-cam! Saw this twice in theatres and probably 10 or 15 times total and like any other Tarantino movie, I pick up on more crazy details with every rewatch. Keep doing what you guys do and being your selves, you two are amazing!
The ending to this movie made me cry. good job Tarantino!
"take this mechanical asshole off my street" is an iconic line when it's said by a night robe wearing Leo as he's holding a jug of margarita. 👌😂
Imagine being high on acid with someone pointing a gun at you who says “I’m as real as a donut mother****” 🤣 Brad did a great job of reacting 😂
I imagine acid is a lot less common nowadays so fewer people have any experience with it, but I thought Pitt’s portrayal was pretty good, from his seeing trails when moving his hand to the laughing at Tex and pointing a finger gun at him. In my personal experience, one can get pretty deep into hallucinations and weirdness and then snap out of it when reality impinges and you need to interact with it. You feel crazy, the normal world feels crazy, but you don’t forget how to behave. In a way you’re better equipped to deal with bizarre but real situations.
@@MarcosElMalo2 truth. But it would be mind blowing! 😂
I LOVE the rare occasions when you BOTH haven't seen the movie! (Double of the reaction impact)
It's not that Hollywood got tired of makin' em, it's that westerns made outside of the US didn't have to abide by the Hays Code.
@You, Me & The Movies - Tarantino has a well known love for old movies, their styles, and this Movie is a Love Letter to the 60's Movies. But Tarantino also has a passion for actors and their world, so he was able to really present us a Love letter to actors, and what is like, from behind the scenes of movies, which is why we see the 'Bad Takes' in the saloon scenes, actors struggling with their lines, but also actors struggling with the coming of an end of an Era (the end of 1960's movies and the 1970's, and the 'Death' of old style Western type of movies. Tarantino is also able to explore the dynamic between actors and Stuntmen, and what could have been the dynamics between the friendship of an actor and his stunt double, in this case, a beautiful friendship. Stuntmen & stuntwomen are so often 'neglected' in movies history or movies in general (Look at how many ceremonies there are for actors, and how many for stuntmen/Stuntwomen, in comparison, taking into account that stuntmen/Stuntwomen put their life in dangers (As opposed to many actors ). A beautiful film, a Love letter to 1970's Cinema.
that Manson was used in David Finchers Netflix series Manhunter.
The Rick / Cliff relationship is based on the similar relationship shared between director Hal Needham (a former stuntman) and Burt Reynolds. Needham would direct Reynolds later in serveral films. Cliff's backstory with his wife and the recriminations against him are similar to the real life incident between Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood who died under still questionable circumstances on a boat.
“So Tarantino just leaves in everything everyone else would just edit out?” 😂😂😂
Loved that extra ten seconds of silence
Haha clearly you haven’t watched Zack Snyder’s justice league 😂 2 extra hours of bullshit unnecessary fluff and slow mo and the plot is complete dogshit
"Anything we can do about that heat?" wasn't scripted...
That was Leo actually asking...
"It's too long so I don't think I would ever revisit this film."
Am I the only one who sometimes jumps to my favorite parts in films I've seen?
This movie has a knack for tugging on all the right heart strings.
I enjoyed this film so much when it was released and I still do. The alt universe Tarantino provides even goes as far as branding. Brad Pitt fecking Bruce Lee into a car is just wonderful. Tripping your balls off with a dog is pretty amazing. Its nice to see you two watching something new together. Is the original Martyrs too messed up for YT?
I know way too much Sharon Tate so I appreciated Tarantino's alternate universe. Definitely a love letter to that era and how age can catch up to us. Pitt and Dicaprio's characters managed to stay relevant and became heroes in the process (that's probably the point of the movie for those saying it's aimless). I also hear Tarantino adored the fuck out of Sharon Tate (me too) she actually represents "purity" in this movie. The way she carries herself is real innocent and sweet compared to other characters. We don't see her a lot but she is the centerpiece in a way. I loved it.🥃🍻
I teared up when the hippies got slaughtered. I felt like something we lost with the Manson murders
Something beside Sharon and everyone was saved that we never were meant to lose. Also it was badass.
I love this film. Saw it twice in theatres. I'm a big Tarantino fan. Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction are my favorites of his. I was fortunate enough to see Reservoir Dogs in theatres a few years ago.
This film was a love letter to Golden Age Hollywood. Tarantino loved that era and wanted a film to represent it.
This isn't my personal favorite of QT's movies, but it's easy to see why he made it. 60's film making is Tarantino's favorite era, especially the era pre Manson Murders where the general mood was free and happy (in no small part due to the infusion of drug and sex culture). Then the Manson Murders hit and it was like a giant sobering wake up call. The happy, fun attitude in Hollywood disappeared. Cinema started becoming very cynical and dark after that. This is QT's alternate wish fulfillment reality where he wishes he could stop that terrible awful real life event from ever occurring. That's why Brad Pitt's character goes so hard on them at the end, killing them in super brutal ways, but it's not played as horrifying. Knowing that these people on screen are representative of real life, super evil people (just reading about what they did will give you chills), it's instead incredibly cathartic. If anyone in real life deserved something like that, it was those people.
I believe Tarantino even reached out to the family of Sharon Tate and told them about wanting to make this film and they were supportive of it. That's why there's that scene where Margot Robbie/Sharon Tate goes to the theater to watch her film. At first, it seems weird to be spending so much time with her doing something that's not critical to the plot. But he wanted to show she was a real person. Not just someone you read about in the newspaper (or wikipedia now). That she did the very human thing of going to a theater and watching a movie she's in. Just letting her exist. Letting her get her fairy tale ending (which is part of the reason why the film is named Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, it's a fairy tale).
Also interesting that the vehicles he used to be the catalyst for this change was Leo and Brad Pitt's characters. They're actually more representative of "old" Hollywood. It's not a coincidence that they made their living off of 50's/early 60's Western TV shows. And through Leo, you kinda see a reflection of the evolution of acting, and just filmmaking as a whole was going through at the time. He actually manages to adapt, going from uncomfortable with being a hippy/Hell's Angel cowboy to nailing the scene with the kid, in a bout of more "real" style acting that was becoming more popular than the more staged style of the 50's. Still, at the end of the film, him and Pitt are being set up as knowing that their time is coming to an end. There's a new Hollywood that they're not a part of.... Until the Manson family come knocking at the wrong door. So this isn't just a fairy tale ending to Sharon Tate, this is a fairy tale ending to stars of the early Hollywood, where maybe they didn't get pushed out but instead embraced.
All in all, the film is a love letter to Hollywood. Even literally, which is why there's a ton of just long driving shots. That's kinda part of the reason it's not my favorite, because I'm not from that area. so a lot of those shots, I'm sure for people from there, it's a great nostalgia trip, for me though it just seemed like long driving shots. But I still enjoyed the movie more than I didn't, and I can appreciate where Tarantino is coming from with it.
Well said !
Plus, those Manson Family member BUTCHERED Tate and the rest for REAL. So a little fake brutality on them was the least he could do for them.
Up till Cliff got stoned I was like, where’s the violence, Tarantino???!!!!
Tarantino: hold my laced doobie.
I really love this movie, Leo's scenes with the young girl were great, she was wonderful in her scenes. The ending is brilliant I laughed all the way through, so Tarantino. QT really likes his anthologies, he does them well.
This is basically a love letter film about the 50’s & 60’s of Hollywood filmmaking. It’s centered around three characters and their journey through that time period, the good, the bad, & the ugly. Great film! One of my favorites actually. I saw this 3 times in the theaters. Maybe 🤔 4, but who’s counting? 🤷🏾♂️😂😂😂🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾💝❤️
My viewing of this movie was extra special. I'm old enough to remember the events, but I had no idea what the movie was about. I wasn't tipped off by the date stamp early in the film because it was too early. But when that car turned onto Cielo Drive, I knew exactly where the plot was going. - just not the ending. Brad Pitt earned that Oscar.
Tatantino Movies ........ in a nutshell (They are all good watches)
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD = What happens when the Manson Family, foolheartedly, assault Clint Estwood's home when both his tougher than Bruce Lee, stunt double, and the guy's killer dog are there rather than taking out the defenseless Polanski household?
ONCE UPON A TIME IN A WHAREHOUSE = Resevoir Dogs = What happens to trigger reconsideration of a Career in Law Enforement?
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH = Djanjo = What happens when a noble German dentist and the fastest gun in the west, a freed slave, visit Candyland, the baddest plantation ever?
ONCE UPON A TIME IN VICHY FRANCE = Inglorius Basterds = What happens when an army squad of avenging Jews, and their allies, entrap the entire German High Command, prior to DDay?
ONCE UPON A TIME RIDING SHOTGUN = Death Proof = What happens when the b@#$% can take a punch?
ONCE UPON A TIME DURING PREGNANCY = Kill Bill 1&2 = What happens when returning unwanted wedding presents.
ONCE UPON A TIME IN A RESTAURANT = Pulp Fiction = How can I get The Wolf to clean up the mess of my life?
ONCE UPON A TIME IN A STEWARDESS OUTFIT = Jackie Brown = What happens when the girl power of Pam Grier and Bridget Fonda act little Bobby DeNiro into the shadows?
ONCE UPON A TIME AT MOTEL 6 = The Hateful Eight = What happens when the entire Wild West isn't big enough for the 8 of them?
ONCE UPON A TIME IN BREAKING BAD = True Romance = What happens when the love of your life arrives in the form of a Crack Ho?
ONCE UPON A TIME IN OLLIE STONE'S MIND WHILE HE'S HIGH ON SOME GOOD %*&#
= Natural Born Killers = What happens when you direct Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis and Rodney Dangerfield to just be themselves?
ONCE UPON A TIME WITH SALMA HAYEK TABLE DANCING WEARING NOTHING BUT A BIKINI AND WITH A REAL PYTHON SNAKE WRAPPED AROUND HER NECK = Dusk to Dawn = Does any charactor deserve to die more than the one played by Tarantino?
The girl that Brad Pitt picked up is Margaret Qualley, the daughter of Andie MacDowell.
I loved this movie a lot. Saw it several times. And will watch it again. I love that time period.
I just love the characters and setting that Tarantino creates. I'm along for the ride. I saw this in the theater on opening night and I wasn't bored for a second. I loved every minute. You just have to soak every thing in. Don't be impatient.
"Cliff is in no state to fight back." Let's test that hypothesis.
The hippie girl who sold Cliff the acid-dipped cigarette played B.B. in Kill Bill. The Manson Family member who got cold feet was Maya Hawke, Uma Thurman's daughter.
This is one of those rare movies that just gets better and better every time you watch it. I had a pretty “meh” feeling after my first viewing, but since then, I’ve probably watched this 5+ times and now I absolutely love it.
This is the only one of Quentin Tarantino's films I haven't had a chance to see yet. But I've loved everything else that he's done.
The scene where Brad Pitt picks up Pussycat was filmed right in front of the bar I work at! They actually used our space for crew and extras holding.
Sharon Tates sister was against the movie until she watchedd it . When she did she cried as margot robbie was truly amazing capturing sharon it was like seeing her alive again. She wished just like all of us that he had ended the same way. She enjoyed the revenge and said it was perfect.
To give some additional context "Once upon a time in the west" 1968 and "Once upon a time in America" 1984 both directed by Sergio Leone are worth a watch.
Tex is Charles Watson, who is serving a life sentence for his part of the Tate- Lo Bianca murders.
I have just found your channel in the past week. I love it!
That little girl is amazing. Hope to see more of her in the future.
And RIP Luke Perry
At the end, Rick Dalton meets St. Peter and the gate to heaven opens up for him. Rick ascends and meets the angels, who welcome him into their universe. Rick's career takes off from here, just Clint Eastwood after his own adventures in Italy. Perhaps Rick acts in a Roman Polanski film or two. He and his stunt double live blessed lives forever after.
I remember watching this with my friend in the cinema. I found a good portion of it interesting, before watching the ending. I was in and out sometimes. Then that ending hit, and boy did it hit hard! I hadn't been so happy with a movie ending like that in a long time!
Tarantino is excellent at rewriting history
I loved this movie. Tarantino grew up in California in the seventies and he paid respect to his memories. Also the late sixties a early seventies began the new Hollywood when the westerns died and the anti hero arose.
As an Angeleno of roughly the same age as Tarantino, there are a thousand little details he got right. For me, this movie carried a big nostalgic load, giving the ending a powerful emotional payoff.
Hell, it occured to me just now, that "Operazione Dyn-O-Mite" was made by Antonio Margariti, one of the "three Italians" from Inglorious Basterds. Haha... Marga-RI-TI
The ending was quite shocking and unexpected and amazing! It shows, what if two guys, an actor and his friend, a stuntman, saved the life of an actress from a fate worse than death?
@callmecatalyst Your comment makes me think about the O.J. Simpson case. All the jokes about the bloody knife, the "colon/slash" internet jokes...people didn't care about two dead people. They totally disregarded the fact that the blood and guts came from two victims.
The Bruce Lee fight was hilarious.
“Do that again ok?”
5:45 a cowboy never draws his cellular telephone during a film
Just because you haven't figured out the movie in the first 3 minutes is no reason to sit there with constipation face. Just relax....the story will unfold at the pace it should.
I like that Tarantino actually showed the movie to a friend of Roman Polanski, the balanced way of getting him involved.
This is a nice leisurely stroll of a movie that ends with an incredible bang. The look is amazing. I saw it once in the theater and had to see it again just to see the end again. Seeing it the second time there was so much more to take in. When Sharon is watching herself on the big screen and it is actually the real Sharon Tate instead of Margot Robbie was a bit odd to me...until I saw it the second time. The sheer joy on her face as she leaves the theater is a wonder of acting on Robbie's part. Although my favorite part is the end section, but I absolutely love the scene when all the signs of the restaurants are lighting up one at a time. It just looks like the 60's and the soundtrack is just spot on. A wonderful movie that I think is misunderstood. I've read online many many times how people think this movie is boring, but I find it fascinating. Tarantino is supposed to release a 4 hour version sometime and I can't wait. Love this movie!
Kill Bill is my favorite Tarantino movie(s) If I come across it on TV I'm there until the end...either Vol 1 or 2.
I remember watching that movie in the Theatre. It was one of the Matt Helm movies, a James Bond spoof, like the Flint films.
I'm sorry , but Damon Harrimon was an excellent Charlie Manson. There's more of him in the deleted scenes. He was so good in fact that he played the incarcerated Manson in the Netflix Series "Mindhunter".
Spaghetti western’s name comes from production being shot in Italy. filming was ridiculously cheaper so the western market decided to move almost 100% to Italy 🙂
True Fact: The Spahn Ranch was a location for several movies. In 1969, when it was inhabited by the Charles Manson Family/Cult, a movie was filmed there... an erotic softcore western titled 'Linda and Abilene'. This was two months before the Tate-LaBianca murders in August 1969. The movie was directed by the late famed exploitation director Herschell Gordon Lewis. Lewis and his entire film crew and cast were aware that the Manson Family was a crazed hippy cult. According to Lewis, he and his crew never met Charles Manson himself, but they were dozens of so-called Manson girls roaming around and gawking with curiosity at the crew during the filming. In a 2009 interview, Herschell Gordon Lewis recalled that the Manson Family had several pet dogs roaming around the ranch, one of which had a large bell attached to its collar which made noise every time the dog moved. Annoyed at the bell ringing which was interfering with the filming, Lewis and one of his crewmen went to the dog and began to remove the bell collar around the dog's neck when two of the Manson girls, who had been standing nearby, suddenly ran up and physically shoved both Lewis and the crewman to the ground and they loudly threatened to kill both of them if they tried to take off the bell collar or touch their dog again. (That's how crazy the Manson Family was) Lewis and the crewman defused the situation by apologizing and walking away from a possible violent confrontation and renewed filming on the movie.
This is the link to what actually happened: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tate%E2%80%93LaBianca_murders
Honestly I love these Tarantino alternate history films. Wondering if his last film is going to be another alternate history film.
I love this ending. It gives me the feeling that I know The Shape of Water was going for, but wasn't nearly as effective. By throwing "Once Upon a Time..." on the screen as Sharon Tate carries on with her life, you know that this was a fairy tale, with the ending that everyone wants but knows it isn't. There's a certain amount of melancholy that comes with it, which makes it nearly perfect.
Been hooked to your channel since I came across it a couple weeks ago. Love your reactions. You ll love this movie for sure, Leo and Brad , what can go wrong
"What if I'm IN the movie?"
"SEVENTY FIVE CENTS" hahaha you crack me up
I really love this movie, it's one of my favorite Tarantino films. I heard it's an homage, or like Brad Pitt called it, Quentin's love letter to Los Angeles when he was growing up there in the Sixties and Seventies. And I hate to say, but I loved them destroying those Manson assholes lol. I don't normally advocate violence on that level but f*ck them for what they did, especially to pregnant Sharon Tate.
Regarding the Playboy Mansion, there was a time in the early 90's when it wasn't in its heyday. I worked part time for a catering co and we had a gig at the PB Mansion for a charity party. I was jazzed thinking I was going to see a bevy of beautiful bunnies but no. I found out Hefner is now married, and the wife kicked out the bunnies. Just my luck.
Jason Voorhees would be proud of Brad in that final scene there. Absolute savage.
It's a very gentle and warming movie for me. I think it's more about sending you to placed in the time of 60s Hollywood experiencing the golden glorious era, where happiness, self redemption and dignity stays in QT's eyes and evil never got its way to the world. Couldn't help to think if it is going to be a better world than ours now.
"Gentle" and--warming? A body incinerated alive by a flame thrower? Are you trying to be funny? Is there something wrong with you?
Tarantino's alternate endings are great, just like Inglorious Bastards!
nobody can touch a Q.T. film. best film maker ever.
No, He Smoked ( Cliff) that Acid cigarette and was Hyper-Aware ( Alert and in control of his Environment) He knew EXACTLY what he was Doing! 🙄
That song the girls were singing when they were dumpster diving was actually written by Charlie Manson.
Manson actually wrote two songs that were recorded by The Beach Boys. Dennis Wilson is how he got introduced to Terry Melcher, who lived in the Polanski/Tate house previously, along with his girlfriend Candice Bergen.
This is actually my favorite Tarantino movie. I love the pacing, sense of period and the slow build up of dread. When I saw it in the theater, I was literally in tears anticipating what was going to happen to beautiful, innocent, pregnant Sharon Tate and the others. And this one had an alternative ending I could embrace.