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One of Tarantino's ten favorite films

posted 18 years ago by vince_cadena
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Everybody knows Tarantino loves Bogdanovich but I was surprised to find out that this is his favorite of Bogdanovich's films.

[–] f_elliott 18 years ago

He reportedly dedicated his JACKY BROWN movie to him because of this film's influencial.

[–] flyingcandy 17 years ago

funny you mention that f_elliott because i just added that info about JACKIE BROWN, along with the poster's fact about it being one of tarantino's favorites, to the TRIVIA section

[–] fanaticita 17 years ago

In the special features interview of Bogdanovich, he said that They All Laughed is HIS favorite film also.

[–] glumpy_99 12 years ago

It feels like the relationship between Forster/Grier in JACKIE mirrors the relationship here between Gazzara/Hepburn (Forster and Gazzara especially feel as if they've been cut from the same cloth).

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[–] botfish 16 years ago

This film is fantastic. The tragic death of the beautiful Ms. Stratten caused this lovely film to be seen by so few. It really is a gem.

[–] Goodbye_Ruby_Tuesday 15 years ago

I just discovered it tonight, it truly is a gem (I'm surprised it has such a low rating--I gave it an 8); I think you can tell Bogdanovich was influenced by The Big Sleep--the banter between Sam and John could've been lifted from Bogart and Dorothy Malone's scene in the bookshop. Everyone involved was fantastic, it's really a tragedy that the lovely Dorothy Stratten died so young, she had a charm that's far and few today.

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[–] timlin-4 12 years ago

Not surprising. Meandering pointless plot, lots of over-written unrealistic characters, technical camerawork--film-making masturbation.

[–] The_Man_in_the_Planet 11 years ago

Very disappointed and expected much more after reading "The Killing of the Unicorn," and the way Bogdanovich talked up the film.

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[–] fernwoody-1 10 years ago

Not here: http://www.miramax.com/subscript/tarantinos-favorite-films/

Apocalypse Now (1979) Francis Ford Coppola
The Bad News Bears (1976) Michael Ritchie
Carrie (1976) Brian De Palma
Dazed and Confused (1993) Richard Linklater
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) Sergio Leone
The Great Escape (1963) John Sturges
His Girl Friday (1939) Howard Hawks
Jaws (1975) Steven Spielberg
Pretty Maids All in a Row (1971) Roger Vadium
Rolling Thunder (1977) John Flynn
Sorcerer (1977) William Friedkin
Taxi Driver (1976) Martin Scorsese

Also not in this list of his favorite 20
http://xfinity.comcast.net/slideshow/entertainment-tarantinotop20

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[–] Zarkoff (618) 2 months ago

Interesting list. Tarantino is known for taking inspiration from B movie, grindhouse type stuff, but only a couple of his top ten would fit. Pretty Maids All in a Row and Rolling Thunder. I can see them all being influential for Tarantino, though.

I'm half an hour into this one and I'm not sure where PB was going with it. Very meandering and slow. Maybe it was in QT's list of top ten misfires by directors he likes.