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Feb 17, 2020 · Quentin Tarantino spent 5 years writing this story as a novel before transitioning it into a screenplay. Compare the Spahn Ranch sequence to another large set-piece with danger in the air, such as the climactic home invasion, and you will notice a few key differences.
Jul 26, 2019 · Anthony Lane reviews Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood,” which features Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Margot Robbie.
There are some interesting ideas and funny scenes, but Tarantino isn't a novelist and isn't doing a good job writing to the medium. Parts read like a college essay and parts read like a clumsy attempt at scene-writing.
Jun 30, 2021 · Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ Novel Is a Cineaste-Baiting Blast, With Big Departures From the Movie: Book Review. The novelization will satisfy fans' thirst for a ...
- Featuring A Time and Place as The Main Character
- Writing What You Know
- Intertwining Themes and Plot Points
- Continual Tension and Suspense
- Flawed Protagonists
- Playing with People's Expectations
- Breaking Screenwriting "Rules"
Nothing much really happens in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood — at least that's how it feels, plot-wise. Yet you'll find it very difficult not to be engaged by what you are reading or seeing. That is primarily because one of the main characters of the film isn't played by a movie star, character actor, or Tarantino regular. Instead, Hollywood circa ...
Yes, this is the old screenwriting adage that so many screenwriters misinterpret as meaning that your best writing will be on subjects that you know personally or experiences that you’ve experienced. There is undoubtedly some truth to those statements, but the meaning behind this phrase is more significant than that. Writing what you know is all ab...
Tarrantino masterfully intertwines his characters with a central common theme and event. It's his signature talent in most of his screenplays. We saw this in Reservoir Dogs, and we especially saw it in Pulp Fiction. And he takes this to another level in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Yes, the Manson Family murders are the plot point that Tarantino'...
This is the most masterful — and somewhat overlooked — aspect of Tarantino's screenplay. We know that the Manson Family murders are on the horizon. Cliff has a run-in with the Manson Family. Rick lives next to the site of the murders and eventually has a run-in of his own with them. Sharon has her own run-in with Charles Manson himself. With the kn...
The characters that Tarantino creates in his screenplays are rich and inviting. They're always flawed, but instantly likable to the point that we are more than willing to just hang out with them to see what they do and listen to what they have to say. And he makes these flawed characters likable by injecting empathetic qualities that we can relate ...
Warning: Spoiler Alert! Again, don't ruin it for yourself if you haven't seen the film. Make no mistake, many of us going into Once Upon a Time in Hollywood expected Pulp Fiction 2. We expected a multi-character story structured much like Pulp Fiction, with storylines colliding into each other throughout and especially by the end. Others expected a...
You can change history. You can offer substance over plot. You can just hang with the characters you create, instead of having to build a structured (and sometimes contrived) plot around them. You can suddenly break into voiceover narration deep within the second act, featuring a secondary character as that voice when they only have two scenes with...
Jun 28, 2021 · Quentin Tarantino’s first novel is, to borrow a phrase from his oeuvre, a tasty beverage. It’s his novelization of his own 2019 film “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” (the book’s title omits...
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Once Upon A Time In America is a beautifully crafted film with a captivating story that is the pinnacle of escapism. This film didn't only glue my eyes to the screen, it also managed to transport me into a whole different world and time period... a different story.
