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Rating: Q=7, P=6 / Can't Get Enough
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1969, Hollywood, Biopic, Nostalgia, Crime
Tarantino has done it again--created a modern day fairy-tale and rewriting of history. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is brimming with energy, color, nostalgia, and an anxious, restless vibe that is both intriguing and worrying. Much of the story feels like an homage or memoir reminiscent of George Lucas's American Graffiti and Woody Allen's Radio Days, both films that I adore. All three films have a radio soundtrack that acts a powerful narrator. All three are slow-paced and deliberate, caring about the details and little moments as much as the main story. And, in a way, Tarantino's film is also a kind of coming of age--it's a film about the end of an era, the end of two men's careers, the start of a very different world. So much meaning, so much going on. And of course, there is some serious darkness and insane moments that make you feel awful and relieved at the same time. How does he do it?
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