https://twitter.com/PureCinemaPod/status/1146504162303074304
fuckin a jenkins, thanks for posting that
Listening to it now. I'd like to suggest that Quentin put together an in-person, three hour lecture where he shows clips from these films and talks about the cultural impact, behind-the-scenes intrigue, etc, of these 60s/70s films. Fascinating stuff. He could do one for each film decade...
QUENTIN TARANTINO'S FEATURE PRESENTATIONIn a new 3-part podcast, Film Critic Amy Nicholson talks with Quentin about 5 films he's programmed the New Beverly Cinema and how they connect to his life and career. The five films are:
- POINT BLANK
- ENTER THE DRAGON
- VALLEY GIRL
- HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE
- BOOGIE NIGHTS
(Careful observers will be aware that the 5th film in that list is a bit of an obsession with yours truly. So Tarantino-related excitement and anticipation have returned to my heart following my recent excursion to The Dome.)
Part I:
https://www.theringer.com/2019/7/25/20727062/quentin-tarantino-feature-presentation-point-blank-reservoir-dogs (https://www.theringer.com/2019/7/25/20727062/quentin-tarantino-feature-presentation-point-blank-reservoir-dogs)
really enjoyed watching this, think is was a special feature on a QT dvd box set from 2012
Consequence of Sound w/ Tarantino (https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/12/filmmaker-of-the-year-quentin-tarantino/)
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How do you feel streaming affects future filmmakers? How do you feel it would have affected you growing up?
Well, I can honestly tell you as much as you have access to everything, I actually had access to more at Video Archives. It was actually kind of funny because I don’t have Netflix in America, but I live half my time in Tel Aviv, so I actually started watching it for the first time and I thought, “Hey, this is pretty fun; I kind of like this.” So, when I came back to Los Angeles, I actually asked to have a meeting with Ted Sarandos because he’d been very respectful to me for a long time. So, I just wanted to tell him, “Hey, look, I’ve finally watched your thing,” and I told him what I liked and then he goes, “Okay, any things? Any suggestions you can make?” And I said, “Yes, I do, I have a couple.” So I told him a couple of things I didn’t like, but one of the things I said is, “You could have more ‘70s movies on there.” And he goes, “Yeah.” And I said, “I mean … it’s such a giant hole. I was even surprised that you have so little. I’m gonna put it like this: I looked up Burt Reynolds. You had four Burt Reynolds movies, and two of them were The Longest Yard.” And he actually hid his face in his hands. He’s like, “Oh my god.”
So, let me get back to your question before I derailed. On one hand, I don’t know if I would even be a filmmaker if I was 22 right now. Or, maybe, I made my first movie when I was like 29, and maybe I would have made four movies on an iPhone by the time I’m 29. They might not be any good, but I would have learned my craft, and I definitely wouldn’t have been sweating the idea of going to film school; that’s for damn sure. They’re going to get you nothing but an iPhone, but I’m paying you $50,000? In the ‘70s, there was a reason you went to film school: you got film, you got a camera. So, who knows. Maybe absolutely yes, or maybe who knows.
This actually could have derailed me. It could have stopped me in my tracks because it could have been almost too good — the technology that exists. Okay, say video stores were still in existence, but all the other technology for the last 10 years was going strong. Me and the guys at Video Archives would have absolutely had a podcast. We absolutely would have had a podcast, and it would have been fantastic, and we would have felt great about it, and I’m sure it would have been popular at least from the people in Manhattan Beach, but I actually think it would’ve gotten even more popular than that. But that actually might have satiated me enough to not go forward as a filmmaker because I was .. getting nourished. I was still undernourished, but I would have been nourished enough and like, “How much more can you expect?”
[...]
So, what’s next? Are you really going to stick to the 10 films?
Yeah, that’s the idea.
Is Star Trek going to be part of that?
I think I’m steering away from Star Trek, but I haven’t had an official conversation with those guys yet. In a strange way, it seems like this movie, Hollywood, would be my last. So, I’ve kind of taken the pressure off myself to make that last big voilà kind of statement. I mean to such a degree there was a moment when I was writing and went, “Should I do this now? Should I do something else? Is this the 10th one?” No, no don’t stop the planets from aligning, what are you, Galactus? If the Earth is saying do it, do it. Not that it was an argument, but a little thought, like, “Well, if I’m gonna go out like Max Ophüls style, Lola Montez, this is it, and if It’s not good, then all my other work is trash, alright.” This would have been the one. But in a weird way, it actually kind of freed me up. I mean, I have no idea what the story of the next one’s going to be. I don’t even have a clue
Is there a genre you’ve been starving for?
No, I know nothing! I’ll tell you in a second, not what it’s going to be, but why I don’t know. But one of the things that it has done is that it has made me feel like I’ve made my big statement on Hollywood and that there is the accumulation of a career, accumulation of my interest, accumulation of the filmography. If the idea that all the films are a boxcar and it’s all one train, they’re all telling one story. Well, this is the climax, so I can actually see now my 10th movie probably being a little smaller.
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what... the...actually hahaha
https://overcast.fm/+U1XGOfUa8
This is a fantastic 3 hour conversation between QT and Edgar Wright, first half in which they discuss formative cinema-going experiences (in conjunction with the latest issue of Empire covering the same from all manner of luminaries), second half they dive deep into British cinema, references largely pulled from a list compiled by Scorsese at Wright's personal request. Will go back soon and compile a list of everything mentioned and include it here (it's a lot) but for now, enjoy! :)
Via Reddit
Movies Scorcese's British Film Recs to Edgar Wright (https://letterboxd.com/nerdboner/list/movies-scorceses-british-film-recs-to-edgar/)
The Empire Film Podcast – A Celebration of Cinema: Edgar Wright and Quentin Tarantino in Conversation (https://letterboxd.com/saveferris71/list/the-empire-film-podcast-a-celebration-of/)
in a critical realm First Cow was helped by the pandemic, in terms of a concentrated memory, but in a larger sense The Invisible Man was bolstered. I remember I downplayed the invisible man but it's doing well for itself because of itself and the reason described
now dying to see Stolen Face (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045191/). so Edgar describes it and a doctor has a crush on a woman but she ain't having it and therefore the doctor performs surgery on another woman's face who accepts him and this woman comes to look like the woman who rejects him. part of the Eyes Without a Face and The Skin I Live In type of movie
later I read the IMDb nice tidy description
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A doctor repairs a female inmate's disfigured face to match the lovely woman who left him, and marries her, only to find out how abusive she is.
Quote from: jenkins on February 08, 2021, 03:27:11 PM
Via Reddit
Movies Scorcese's British Film Recs to Edgar Wright (https://letterboxd.com/nerdboner/list/movies-scorceses-british-film-recs-to-edgar/)
The Empire Film Podcast – A Celebration of Cinema: Edgar Wright and Quentin Tarantino in Conversation (https://letterboxd.com/saveferris71/list/the-empire-film-podcast-a-celebration-of/)
in a critical realm First Cow was helped by the pandemic, in terms of a concentrated memory, but in a larger sense The Invisible Man was bolstered. I remember I downplayed the invisible man but it's doing well for itself because of itself and the reason described
Ah well done! I always forget one can find literally anything on Reddit.
Quote from: jenkins on February 08, 2021, 03:52:10 PM
now dying to see Stolen Face (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045191/). so Edgar describes it and a doctor has a crush on a woman but she ain't having it and therefore the doctor performs surgery on another woman's face who accepts him and this woman comes to look like the woman who rejects him. part of the Eyes Without a Face and The Skin I Live In type of movie
What a premise! Sounds super intriguing, I'm looking forward to seeing it, too.
Here's a fun podcast where Quentin Tarantino talks about Fun City Editions and Vinegar Syndrome, specifically the films: I Start Counting, Jeremy, and Malibu High! (https://purecinemapodcast.libsyn.com/qt-movie-club-with-quentin-tarantino)
I haven't listened to it. 4 hours. I'd like to hear a 4 minute summary. their description:
QuoteElric and Brian are joined yet again by the great Quentin Tarantino to talk about a huge group of films he's been watching recently. Selections range from action, westerns, dramas and TV Movies (including a special tribute to director John Llewellyn Moxey). An epic chat running nearly 4 hours that is crammed full of recommendations from the master himself! Enjoy!
update: oh good, there's a list (https://letterboxd.com/purecinemapod/list/qt-movie-club/)
I Start Counting was a really exciting discovery for me. Came out of left field as something I'd never even heard the title of. Stoked to hear Quentin's thoughts.
Read this on Criterion Forum yesterday:
Quote from: mfunk9786Quentin Tarantino said (paraphrasing) "all but one or two" of the Twilight Time commentaries are terrible on the latest New Beverly podcast. Said they're so poor they've put him off the notion of scholarly tracks "Unless it's someone like Tim Lucas or Kim Newman." Particularly frustrated at what he considers to be a lack of research and too much speculation about what a filmmaker might have been thinking.
There are about 400 Twilight Time discs. I don't know how many have commentaries, but it's clear he's keeping up with a giant percentage of boutique label output if he's heard most of those and is now commenting on Vinegar Syndrome and Fun City. Really cool to know he's still so involved in what is now basically the home video evolution of the traditional repertory scene.
he calls I Start Counting the best of the bunch and compliments the fact that he hadn't heard about it before
I learned that nobody knows what happened to Jill Lansing from Malibu High!
Marc Maron talks with QT on episode 1239 (https://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1239-quentin-tarantino), dropped earlier today.
Only part way thru, but a spoiler around 00:25:00.
The takeaway, here, for me is that QT is going to keep releasing versions of this story until there's one that I like. :wink: (Yes, I'll very likely read the book. Maybe eward will loan me his copy.)
And we should have figured out that the "Retiring after 10 films" was clickbait bullshit all along. I enjoyed the part of the interview where
Quentin calmed down and spoke about meeting his birth father for the first (and only) time.
He's on the latest BEE for 3+ hours, great talk - it's Patreon, so if anyone wants it, let me know.
Quote from: eward on July 12, 2021, 07:28:41 PM
He's on the latest BEE for 3+ hours, great talk - it's Patreon, so if anyone wants it, let me know.
:waving: <3
Letting you know.
Quote from: eward on July 12, 2021, 07:28:41 PM
He's on the latest BEE for 3+ hours, great talk - it's Patreon, so if anyone wants it, let me know.
A little QT goes a long way sometimes with me, but I'm definitely interested in a tag team match with BEE. Thanks for the heads-up. My podcatcher says 4:11 for the episode. Yikes. That might not all be T, tho.
No, the first first hour and thirteen-ish minutes is BEE reading the latest installment of his new novel.
An hour in, and I will agree--it's a great interview. so far it has made me
a) quite nostalgic (like I'm not already) for those 70s glory days of film going. It occurred to me that it's very possible that I saw films in Westwood with BEE and/or QT at one time or another--especially when, as they mentioned, there were long lines and exclusive, one-theater runs.
b) appreciate how much Quentin enjoys his own stuff. That should be off-putting, but his love of Hollywood/movies is so pure and gleeful that it, somehow, doesn't come across as egotistical.
c) more eager to read the novel. I'm hoping more of it will work on the page than it did on the screen for me. Don't forget, I didn't dislike the entire film--just enough parts of it to spoil the overall experience. Fingers-crossed.
Another 2 hours of interview to go...
Quote from: wilberfan on July 13, 2021, 11:01:34 AM
c) more eager to read the novel. I'm hoping more of it will work on the page than it did on the screen for me. Don't forget, I didn't dislike the entire film--just enough parts of it to spoil the overall experience. Fingers-crossed.
The novel is largely composed of material that does not appear in the film. And the material that does, is either expanded or told from an alternate point of view. If the bulk of your disappointment stems from the film's third act (the August 8 section) then dare I say you ought to give the book a go.
Live at the New Beverly (https://www.cinemablend.com/podcasts/quentin-tarantino-interview-live-at-the-new-beverly-cinema-once-upon-a-time-hollywood/2570040/), discussion at the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood's book launch.
Have listened to pretty much all the podcast with him recently. My favorite parts:
1. Him being proud that his kids had the patience to watch 30 minutes of Despicable Me ("now I know that my kids first movie was despicable me.... he was really into it! and knew the difference between bad children movies and good ones").... from 3 Books with Neil Pasricha maybe?
2. Him talking about his portrait of Sharon Tate (was it from the PTA interview?). "I didn't want her to be a QT character and for the first time ever, through my movie, she has been alive, I made people look at Sharon Tate as Sharon Tate the person and not just someone who got murdered" (something like that?).
I've heard Tarantino in two separate interviews bring up how when he saw the title sequence of Almodovar's "Matador" where a guy is masturbating to the kill scenes of slasher movies he mentioned to Roger Avary " I want to do things like that in my movies" and Roger saying "They won't let you," and his response being "Who's 'they'?"
Reflecting on that statement, I don't know if Tarantino has done "things like that" in his movies, has he? No one masturbates in his films! He's never really elaborated on what he means by that. Can you think of an example where Tarantino might have pulled something off similar to The Matador sequence, or do you have an interpretation of your own of what he's getting at?
The lack of titties and schlongs is the most suprising thing about Tarantinos movies.
There's lots of big dick energy, but not enough dicks. Then there's feets. That¨'s about it.
Robyn, come on. the dicks are in the dialogue.
I don't go to the movies to hear about dicks, neither do I watch foreign movies to read about them. When I go to the movies I want to see dicks in full glory.
"I got Madonna's big dick comin' out of my left ear..."
I heard on Howard Stern that he decided to change life style after he did press for Kill Bill. Apparently he came across as a bit.... unhealthy?
Jesus, imagine waking up to that hangover the next morning, with only the vaguest of recollections (if any) of having appeared on late night television the previous evening?
I rather not lol
Compare this to the Abel Ferrara one. Now we know which one of them is the loud and obnoxious kind of drunk
Part way into another excellent podcast episode with QT. This one with Brian Koppelman.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quentin-tarantino-07-28-21/id814550071