I have been a huge Tarantino fan since PF, have caught all of his films since on opening night, but surprisingly only loved 2 of them as I was walking out of the theater (KB1, PF)… because, like much of Monty Python, much of the experience is in the after, the discussions, the quotes, the things you notice a second time.
My daughter and I were driving home tonight and our conversation was as such…
:chuckle:
(grins) “What, Dad?”
(still chuckling) “When Brad Pitt snapped his fingers.”
“That was awesome. I liked how she wanted to watch herself in the movie.”
“Shit, I would too, wouldn’t you?”
… nods …
“Was it one of the Manson girls who sold him that cigarette?”
“I don’t know. We’ll have to see it again - Tarantino showed him buying it twice, which hints at a stronger connection than usual. He does stuff like that.”
“That was a weird movie.”
"It was a weird movie. All his movies are weird. They cut in time. They change styles in a flash. There are always homages and references. Sophia, I think there was a time when we went from the movie into a documentary then into a TV show, watched that for a minute or so, then pulled back out into the documentary, finished that, and then returned to our movie. I mean, who the fuck does that?
“But you never, ever, ever lose track of what’s going on.”
"Hey, yeah! I noticed that, Dad! There was this long sequence that was Leo only and then a couple of quick shots of Bruce Lee appeared. I just started wondering what was going on with Brad Pitt when the film cut to his story.
… pauses…
“… Damn, that’s good movie making.”
“Did you notice just how much of the film was spent driving?”
“… Yeah. Now that you mention it…”
“Very Los Angeles, 1969. You drove everywhere and a good chunk of your life was in the car. The feel of living in that city, at that time, was very immersive.”
“Mind if I play my music?”
“Sure, Sophia,” disconnecting my phone from the bluetooth.
“Look, there’s a OUaTiH playlist on Spotify!”
… one of the songs starts playing, Sophia starts laughing…
“That was when the…”
… and, continuing, we drove home.
It was awesome, the 3rd QT movie I loved coming out of the theater, and for far fuller, richer reasons than the first two could ever be.