05-02-2020, 10:50 PM
Watched this again with Stacy who enjoyed it despite its ultravi. We both chuckled a lot.
It's so much about Leo & Brad, about the style, the camerawork (many subtle one-ers) and that nostalgia love letter. The dirty feet was QT tapping a foot fetish and appears throughout the film, not just Margot. Matt Helm is the Bruce Lee connection because that's where he and Tate cross paths. It also feeds into the Jay Sebring scene, who was pivotal in introducing Lee into the Hollywood circles. The dog feeding scene also works into the acidic finale.
I do still have my issues with QT overall. He is overrated, but it's his style that makes him so. He's like the Warhol of post millennial filmmaking. He knows how to manipulate his critics, how to capitalize on scandal, and how to poach scenes and make them his own. Killing the Manson murderers is like killing Hitler in Inglourious Basterds. Sharon Tate is just a redux of the Bear Jew. It's OT formula, played out again.
It's so much about Leo & Brad, about the style, the camerawork (many subtle one-ers) and that nostalgia love letter. The dirty feet was QT tapping a foot fetish and appears throughout the film, not just Margot. Matt Helm is the Bruce Lee connection because that's where he and Tate cross paths. It also feeds into the Jay Sebring scene, who was pivotal in introducing Lee into the Hollywood circles. The dog feeding scene also works into the acidic finale.
I do still have my issues with QT overall. He is overrated, but it's his style that makes him so. He's like the Warhol of post millennial filmmaking. He knows how to manipulate his critics, how to capitalize on scandal, and how to poach scenes and make them his own. Killing the Manson murderers is like killing Hitler in Inglourious Basterds. Sharon Tate is just a redux of the Bear Jew. It's OT formula, played out again.
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