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In Reply to: Largely agree, however... posted by Steve O on July 31, 2019 at 18:14:32:
I dunno about the creeping normalization of violence, it depends on where you were back then as it seemed to be exploding everywhere. I drove a cab in Chicago in the Summer of '69 and the memories of the violence at the Democratic National Convention the previous Summer of "68 were quite fresh then. I worked for Associated Press in '68 as a motorcycle film courier and I got laid off in large part due to my highly modified (and very unreliable) Suzuki X6, so I watched the whole thing on TV. A friend of mine stuck it out and he got clubbed in the head, while luckily wearing his helmet but he did get a cool bruise on his face, and he got his bike vandalized. This totally turned his politics around, he previously supported the war and liked LBJ, but went the other way following the '68 DNC. The friend I went to see Once Upon a Time... with was serving in Vietnam at the time the movie was set in. We left our wives at home as the movie didn't seem like a chick flick. In '69 Tarantino was 6 years old and bouncing between his single mother and grand parents. At the end of the movie when the credits rolled a few people started to clap, and then quite a few people joined in clapping. My friend booed, and I was about to join him when I had a premonition of us slugging our way out of the theater through some of the brain damaged morons who had laughed through some of the gruesome violence in the movie, in particular the ridiculous scene where the woman is burned to death by DiCaprio's flame thrower while standing waist deep in a swimming pool yet! I usually sit through the credits and listen to the music at a movies end but my friend said "Wanna go?" so we left. Quite a few people were lined up to the door. I was tempted to yell "The director is in the theater, let's grab him" but again thought better of it.
I don't think you are missing much not seeing the 70mm version, I would recommend seeing the movie on a VHS bootleg via a period correct vacuum tube TV.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Largely agree, however... - Paul Eizik 09:16:16 08/01/19 (2)
- I can do that but need a little help... - Steve O 10:47:44 08/01/19 (1)
- RE: I can do that but need a little help... - Paul Eizik 13:53:07 08/01/19 (0)
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