Re: What Did You Watch? 2025-02-22 (Saturday)

I tried to post this the other day, but I'm not sure it went through.
As far as my Tarantino watch goes, I've already watched these:

Natural Born Killers (4K disc) 1994 movie written by Quentin Tarantino
and directed by Oliver Stone.  Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis star
as a pair of psycho killers who travel the country senselessly murdering
people for no reason.  Stone went way over the top in making this movie
and really could have used someone to step in and force some restraint.
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True Romance (4K disc) 1993 movie written by Quentin Tarantino and
directed by Tony Scott.   Christian Slater stars as a video store clerk
who falls in love with a prostitute played by Patricia Arquette.  In an
act of true romance Slater murders Arquette's pimp (Gary Oldman) and
takes off with his drugs.  This prompts Oldman's business partner played
by Christopher Walken to come after them to get the drugs back.
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On the commentary track Scott said he read the script for this and
Reservoir Dogs back to back.  He wanted to direct Reservoir Dogs, but
Tarantino told him he was going to direct Reservoir Dogs himself, so
Scott had to settle for directing True Romance.  Also on the commentary
Scott talked about the scene between Dennis Hopper and Christopher
Walken, Scott wanted Walken to put the gun to Hopper's head, but Hopper
didn't want to have the gun touch his forehead.  To prove to Hopper it
was safe, Scott had the prop guy put the gun to Scott's forehead and
pull the trigger.  This caused the barrel to come out cutting Scott's
head and making him bleed.  I guess Hopper had a point.
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Reservoir Dogs (4K disc) 1992 movie written and directed by Quentin
Tarantino.  This was Tarantino's debut film.  The story jumps around in
time to reveal a bank robbery gone terribly wrong with the surviving
bank robbers returning to their hideout to figure out what went wrong.
This movie has never looked this good.  This new 4K looks outstanding.
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Pulp Fiction (4K disc) 1994 movie written and directed by Quentin
Tarantino.  John Travolta and Samuel J. Jackson star as a pair of hitmen
who having philosophical conversations while also trying to not break
anyone's concentration.  Great movie and this new 4K disc looks great.
The reason my Quentin Tarantino watch has been delayed multiple times
over the past few years is every time I was about to watch the movies
another movie would get a 4K upgrade so I would hold off and push the
watch date back.  And this just kept happening again and again.  But now
that I'm locked in and watching these it was worth the wait.  These 4K
discs look stunning.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QGeMApnBQQ
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From Dusk Till Dawn (blu-ray) 1996 movie written by Quentin Tarantino
and directed by Robert Rodriquez.  George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino
play a pair of murderous bank robbers who take Harvey Keitel and
Juliette Lewis hostage to help sneak across the border to Mexico.  But
they make a stop at a bar that turns out to be a hangout for blood
thirsty vampires.  It's been a while since I last watched this.  The
movie holds up great, but the print on this disc has seen better days.
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