Once upon a Time in Hollywood - 4K + Blu-ray + Digital [4K UHD]

SPOILER ALERT IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE!! It's entertainment! It's fun! It's Old Hollywood that a lot of us read about in the magazines in the 60's and it's the horror of what happened without showing it. Leo's character had some gut wrenching scenes, like the bar scene with Timothy O. That was a bit hard to watch. An aging, once super popular tv western star now bloated from booze and forgetting lines, realizing he wasn't even a B list actor, was just sad.For me, Brad was the movie! He was having fun with his character and gosh, he has never looked better. Sobriety, maybe coming out on the other side of a nasty divorce finally, whatever, he just looks fit and actually content. The one part of the movie that got to me was when he was at the Ranch and the way those gals/guys were looking at him gave me chills. The hatred in their eyes reminded me of the news stories that came out after the murders and ensuing years of things they had done. Just mindless hatred. The acting here was well done and Bruce Dern, well, what can I say....heck of a part for him :)I thought the ending was perfect. It led up to the massacre without any detail. Rick Dalton had wanted to meet Sharon and Roman for a long time and there it was, Sharon on the gate intercom inviting him up for a drink and to meet her friends. His chance at maybe getting his Hollywood movie career back on track.....and the viewer is left knowing that would never happen because of what happened nights later behind that gate. Just a perfect ending.I can see why Sharon's sister approved of the movie. Her part was beautiful, fun and we were reminded of how horrific the crime was considering how pregnant she was.The music was non-stop and totally entertaining. Even Leo's painful rendition of "Green Door' stuck in my head for days after watching the movie!It's entertainment and for those of us who remember that time including all the westerns that glutted the tv screen back then, it was really well done. Quentin took his time with the characters, even with Brandy. OMG, that god-awful looking dog food though - lol! But, boy, do I remember being that drunk and opening a can of dog food and slopping it into a food bowl that way. I laughed every time Brad did that!Just enjoy it and don't look for reasons why Quentin did or didn't do this or that. It's a really good movie of a time in Hollywood that was changed forever by the maniacal followers of a man who has been described as being pure evil.

This is my and my husband's favorite movie so we had to own it! This disc is fun because it has behind the scenes and also previously unreleased footage. The picture on the sleeve are cool too!

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My rating is more of a 4.5.Thanks for reading!“𝑰'𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰'𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍'𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌""𝑵𝒂𝒉, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Set in 1969 Los Angeles, the film follows a fading character actor (Rick) and his stunt double (Cliff) as they navigate the rapidly changing film industry, with the looming threat of the Tate-LaBianca Murders hanging overhead.if there's any technique Tarantino has down to a science it is that of the fragmented narrative. Broken – but far from brittle - ‘Once Upon a Time…’ successfully forces two separate storylines to converge into one; consequently this expunges the need for what would otherwise be exhaustive exposition. This is especially true when what is considered common knowledge about Sharon Tate's life - or more specifically, her death - and speaks to the desire to tell a fully developed story using only the bare essentials or necessities.Taking place towards the end of the sixties ‘OUAT…’ stays dutifully committed to its intended aesthetic. The entirety of what is heard in the background or periodically Incorporated as casually announced news-bulletins - like those about the murder of Senator Robert F. Kenedy - are rooted in fact and contextually allude to historically significant events. Drawing from the wealth of influences available, Rick Dalton is a caricature of Steve McQueen ( who, unlike Dalton, made a more successful and comfortable transition from television to films), Edd Byrnes, Ty Hardin, and Pete Duel. Despite some initial difficulties in regards to convincing the surrounding Hollywood vendors to authorize the fitting of their premises with period facades to better represent the 1960s this obstacle was eventually surmounted (with some of these veneers staying in place long after production concluded).(Fun fact: Quentin Tarantino would not allow the use of cell phones on set while filming in lieu of phone booths being installed in the case that calls needed to be made by crew members. Talk about some devilish devotion!)With its paralleled narrative and authentic set design assuming the role of ‘OUAT…’s bread, this sandwich of satisfaction doesn't skimp in ensuring that the filling that is its characters is just as delicious and savory in tandem.They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks - and lucky for the audience sometimes you don’t have to. Possibly one of my favorite performances by DiCaprio to date, his demeanor (and excellently executed accent!) capture the essence of a character that both reaps the benefits of his fame while struggling with the lingering impermanence of it. As if designed to be a direct foil to this conundrum Cliff - portrayed by the one and only Brad Pitt (who does his stunts - surprise!) - embraces the fluidity his role invites and rolls with the punches (literally) as it is necessary As a consequence of this their relationship on screen becomes self-referential in that Cliff often does all of the dangerous fighting while Rick is rewarded with a flashy climax and what is assumingly will be all of the credit for a “job well done”. On the topic of dogs: a three-year-old Pitbull by the name of Sayuri was honored with the Palm Dog Award following her equally committed and sometimes scene stealing performance as ‘Brandy’ (more than deserved, if I do say so myself).Only accounting for approximately 20 minutes of screen time, Margot Robbie's portrayal of Shannon Tate is reflective of the amount of research done in preparation for it. Adorned with an abundance of grace, poise, and some of Tate's real jewelry, the accuracy of her performance reportedly moved some of Tate’s surviving family members to tears. It is a shame this same effort wasn't put into the portrayal of Bruce Lee - who, arguably, could have been written in as someone with less notoriety attached - but this is comfortably written off as a result of an interaction being perceived by audience members as the way in Cliff seems to 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 it.Setting the audience up with tension from the very start ( as might be conjured following the recollection of Tate’s untimely untimely demise) ‘OUAT…’ comes to a screeching halt following a climatic and violently stylized surprise. It goes without saying that this conclusion is as far as possible from being rooted in truth, but the irony is in how this ending is a significantly happier one.Described as a ‘love letter to Hollywood’, in many ways ‘OUAT…’ simultaneously acts as Tarantino’s sacrificial lamb; it ascends as a forgivably transgressional and sensational depiction of the relationship that directors and actors have with a craft that resembles, replicates, and manufactures reality as it is seen fit.I would recommend!

This movie grabs you from the start. It's got this sort of hollow quality - it's not warm, the characters are not terribly sympathetic, nor fleshed out. But, that's exactly what Hollywood "Tinseltown" attracts. People meander here and there around the always sunny, washed out looking, small town, low slung buildings of LA, and in to the coyote filled, lush, landscapes of the Hollywood Hills. There is endless anxiety, and enough xanax to keep the smiles on their lips, and the sway and sashay in their hips. The men have swagger, and are from places like "Missoura." They drink, fight, cuss and quite literally, smoke at every moment. They spend money, and live in luxury, never quite knowing what their careers will look like, next. Their lives ARE a movie, whether they wanted that or not.I was wondering what about the "feel" of this movie so utterly captured me. I think I know: Quentin Tarantino is clearly a man with a deep vision of what he is going after in terms of a look and feel. I get the sense he directly lifted the cinema verite look of American Graffiti for this film. That is, too, an enchanting movie, about one single night, in the lives of Cali high school graduates. It has the same feel. The carbon monoxide roadsters, the endless blaring tinny car radios, the smoking, the greaser hair and the swagger. This is an "American Grafitti" feel tranported to the studs and film goddesses of Hollywood. It was brilliant.