One thing that most reviews of Once Upon A Time in Hollywood don't quite get at is how the movie is very rueful, self-critical and (deliberately) ambiguous. @Jo_Livingstone's essay is valuable for highlighting this:https://newrepublic.com/article/154591/quentin-tarantinos-metoo-moment …
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One clue as to the intent is the title, which is not just an allusion to Sergio Leone but also to fairytales.
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If the majority of the audience doesn’t read it that way—eg people think the Modest Proposal is great; Burke’s defense of natural society is successful—then isn’t that still a dangerous failure?
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With MP it was only a minority. But IMO the success of subtle satire/self-critique hinges on empirical reception questions.
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Which was an element in “Danjo” and “Inglorious Basterds” Justice only took place in a pulpy 70’s flick universe.
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Right -- those films make no sense unless you understand that.
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I can’t remember who said it but DiCaprio’s and Pitt’s characters are the kind of guys who say they would have been able to stop the murders if only they were there.
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I think that's right.
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tweeting about a film director who glorifies violence. good timing.
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I'm a Tarantino fan too, but he sometimes gets credited for depths that just aren't there on screen.
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Once Upon a Time is a movie that Tarantino wanted to make because it allowed him to indulge his lust for portraying extreme violence. Simple as that. No "art". No "mythologizing". Just straight-up lurid voyeurism. When filming it, did he spit on Margot Robbie?
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