"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" - Tarantino at His Most Meta

Tarantino spent seven years writing this movie… and you can feel every single one of them on screen. We break down why Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is the greatest hangout movie ever showing exactly what the golden age of Hollywood felt like. We discuss why this is Tarantino's most meta film and how he hid his entire career inside it — from Leo playing a bad actor playing a villain that mirrors his own Django role, to Rick Dalton's comeback story being a direct reflection of how Tarantino has always resurrected faded Hollywood careers. We get into the full Charles Manson backstory and how Tarantino kept him lurking in the background the entire film to build tension. And we talk about how Tarantino turned one of history's darkest moments into the most satisfying ending he's ever put on screen.

Chapters:

00:00 Announcements

0:29 The greatest hangout movie ever told

8:51 Aging like fine wine

14:45 Tarantino at his most meta

29:08 Tarantino adding real details about Spahn Ranch

37:26 Proving the Bruce Lee fanboys are WRONG

43:07 Tarantino is an interesting cat

50:10 Tarantino broke his no improv rule

52:04 Tarantino writing himself in this movie

57:34 The book & Cliff Booth movie

1:03:47 Our final thoughts