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In Reply to: From Dusk to Dawn -- Questions posted by clarkjohnsen on September 11, 2000 at 13:49:10:
I liked the first third of the film the best, and this is the only time Tarantino's acting has been good in a film (played a violent sex deviant--hope it was a stretch). You're right about the abrupt genre changes. The film was reasonably successful in theaters, being Robert Rodriguez's follow-up effort to "Desperado/El Mariachi". Siskel and Ebert liked the first half better as well, probably because of Keitel's outstanding work. The sequels (II and III?) have gone direct to video/cable tv.The part where Cheech Marin shouts out the "flavors" of p*ssy Baskin-Robbins style still makes me chuckle.
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Yes Keitel was outstanding *but* came into his own only in the latter third, so I don't entirely understand your liking the first part best. Also, that part -- before the viewer is clued in to what's actually happening -- is the most needlessly bloody and brutal. Or don't you agree?
I've seen a lot of action-horror films, particularly from Asia, so the second half of the film seemed pretty conventional to me. Enjoyed the first part because it had an edge of uncertainty; I didn't know where it was going or what was going to happen next.
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