Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

[scarlet-witch]

After reading that, Tarantino should be ashamed of himself.

 

[harlequinade]

These "people" aren't capable of feeling shame.

 

[dark_b]

what the f... is wrong with Tarantino? I am from europe. 40 miles per hour is 64 km/h. who the f... asks an actress(without any stunt driving experience) to drive 64 km/h on that tight road?

 

[harlequinade]

This is the kind of stuff that should end with him being kicked out of DGA. What the ****?!

This Sharon Tate movie was a bad idea in the first place and reeked of exploitation but now? That we KNOW he likes to humiliate actresses and loves to take an opportunity to choke them or spit on their face? Come on....

 

[scarlet-witch]

Yeah, that Sharon Tate movie is probably going to get scrapped...

 

[harlequinade]

Thurman says that in “Kill Bill,” Tarantino had done the honors with some of the sadistic flourishes himself, spitting in her face in the scene where Michael Madsen is seen on screen doing it and choking her with a chain in the scene where a teenager named Gogo is on screen doing it.

And that is on top of him strangling Diane Kruger in that scene in IB.

 

[TheVileOne]

I know some directors are known to do things like that. For example, Sam Raimi is one of the people who knocks a backpack into Tobey Maguire's face during a scene in Spider-Man 2. That seemed harmless by comparison.

But some of this stuff...yeesh...

I almost wonder if directors who do take part in actions like that if there's something weirder going on.

We already knew that Weinstein was a scumbag, but I wonder what this will do to the fans who worshipped Quentin Tarantino even after he got out of the Weinstein situation relatively unscathed even though he did admit to some degree he knew about what was going on.

 

[harlequinade]

Before anyone thinks of defending Tarantino - not even reddit movies is defending him. Think about that.

 

[scarlet-witch]

Like Vile One said, there seems to be quite a few directors that replace themselves in scenes like that (Mel Gibson was hammering the nails in Passion of the Christ, James Cameron was drawing in Titantic, etc) but this takes it to a whole other level of gross. I wonder what he's going to say in response?

 

[mclay18]

I hope Uma's NYT story ends up costing Tarantino this movie. It's reckless and sexist behavior to humiliate a leading actress by spitting in her face and forcing her to do a car stunt (that she had no experience with) that left her with lifelong injuries.

I knew there was a reason I didn't like Tarantino.

 

[Black Narcissus]

I really doubt this will cost him his next film, not with Leo attached.

 

[scarlet-witch]

Unless Leo drops out.

 

[harlequinade]

I really doubt this will cost him his next film, not with Leo attached.

DiCaprio is a smart dude. No way he is gonna do that mess now

 

[Black Narcissus]

Quentin did not sexually assault anyone and it was a stunt gone wrong. I hope this does not merit his film to be cancelled.

 

[harlequinade]

Right, all Thurman lost was her health.

Not a big deal.

 

[Black Narcissus]

A stunt gone very bad. Yes. A bad choice by the director? Sure. We saw Cruise is still recovering from his own failed stunt.

 

[harlequinade]

Cruise agreed to do his stunts.Thurman was voicing concerns and he didn't care.

You really wanna be defending that guy? Really?

 

[Black Narcissus]

What exactly am i defending tho? I said it was a bad choice and a bad outcome. I'm stating this should not be enough to warrant a cancellation for his next film. You don't have to agree with me on that, that is fine.

 

[harlequinade]

Oh well, thank you for permission.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Oh well, thank you for permission.

You are welcome. Please, call me Esteban.

 

[harlequinade]

No worries, I don't have plans on talking with you further so no need to call you anything.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

What exactly am i defending tho? I said it was a bad choice and a bad outcome. I'm stating this should not be enough to warrant a cancellation for his next film. You don't have to agree with me on that, that is fine.

It is more then a bad choice though. He put her in an obviously unsafe situation, which she did not want to do, and then lied to her in an attempt to get her to do it. He also threatened her. If she had died, whose fault would that have been?

I don't judge the outcome as much as the intent here. And the intent is bad. It is the kind of thing that should see a guild do something.

 

[Black Narcissus]

Well, Quentin has not been part of the DGA for long. He was never part of the guild while filming Kill Bill, I think he and RRodriguez quit and he joined back for either H8ful Eight or Django.

 

[redhawk23]

Quentin did not sexually assault anyone and it was a stunt gone wrong. I hope this does not merit his film to be cancelled.

A stunt gone wrong is when you take precautions, hire professionals who know what they are signing up for and then mistakes or accidents happen. Stunts are dangerous but precautions can be taken.

That is not what happened in this case.
What is described here is an an actress, not a stunt professional, being told told that a sloppily modified 50 year old car is likely unsafe. She refused to do it, was pressured into it by her director and friend, lied to about the nature of the road. She was not given any kind of safety gear, harness etc.

It led to an easily predictable and openly predicted accident that left the actress , reportedly, with permanent injuries. Then the director refused to allow the actress to see the footage without releasing him from his responsibility.

Sure this doesn't involve sexual assualt but since when is that the only way someone can be an awful person?

This is awful behavior that is not separable from his work. This is awful behavior AT work.

What this involves is straight up a man being criminally negligent and abusive as a person and as a director. This is a director failing to do his job. This is the same kind of behavior that led to death of Sarah Jones on the set of Midnight Rider after no one bothered to coordinate with the local railroad when they were filming on the tracks.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Well, Quentin has not been part of the DGA for long. He was never part of the guild while filming Kill Bill, I think he and RRodriguez quit and he joined back for either H8ful Eight or Django.

Then the studios, who value their employees so much, should do something. They won't, but let's see how this goes. Because tying Tarantino to Weinstein, like Thurman is doing, is not going to help his case. Especially as he held back the video for 15 years.