PLOT A documentary that focuses on the first 21 years of Quentin Tarantino’s career and includes interviews with his frequent collaborators. SYNOPSIS Quentin Tarantino is the most influential filmmaker of the past 30 years. His bloody, talky, nonlinear films pull together dozens of influences to form bracingly original cinematic events. In a Hollywood that worships at the altar of franchises …
Set The Scene… In Quentin Tarantino’s ninth movie Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, where he takes the audience to a fictitious time in 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, a TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his long time stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The writer-director …
The Details… Bruce Lee taught Dean Martin, Sharon Tate and Nancy Kwan a few martial arts moves for their roles in the 1969 Matt Helm movie The Wrecking Crew, a spy comedy somewhat along the lines of Austin Powers. Although Bruce did not appear in the film, he receives a production credit as ‘Karate Advisor’ (choreographer) for the fight scenes. …
The Details… In 1969, Bruce Lee was Hollywood’s martial-arts instructor to amongst others Roman Polanski, Steve McQueen and celebrity hairdresser Jay Sebring. Through these connections Lee taught Sharon Tate Gung Fu for her movie “The Wrecking Crew” with Dean Martin. That summer, Bruce Lee was around 29 years of age and Polanski briefly considered him a suspect in the appalling …