Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood: The Art of Dialogue

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood is the ninth movie from Quentin Tarantino. It is a little different than his previous movies because it’s a little less violent and has a different tone than other movies. It's about an actor named Rick Dalton played by Leonardo Dicaprio and a stuntman named Cliff Booth played by Brad Pitt in 1969 hollywood. It takes place around the time as the Charles Manson killings and sets up a lot of the events that set things in motion.

Tarantino is known for heavy but organic sounding dialogue in his movies. There are a lot good dialogue between Booth and Dalton. They talk about fading careers and and just everyday things. Leo is playing an actor who is worried about his acting ability and Dicaprio is good at pretending to act poorly. After his american career faded Rick Dalton went to Italy to do Italian westerns. Brad Pitt's character Cliff Booth interacts with people from the Manson clan the most out of anyone. After bringing a hitchhiker back to an abandoned movie ranch, Booth gets in an altercation with Manson followers and and makes some enemies.

Margot Robbie plays Sharon Tate, wife of director Roman Polanski and murder victim of Charles Manson. Since she doesn't really interact with any of the other main characters, her story in this movie doesn't feel necessary. It's a storyline, that while it will eventually lead to more events with Manson, we don't see those events in the movie. This movie is almost three hours long and all the Sharon Tate scenes felt like the audience is watching a different movie all together.

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood is a nice addition to Tarantino's library. It had a good pace except for an unnecessary plotline, it shows Hollywood life in the late 60s and actors and stuntmen. It foreshadows the Manson killings and shows Tarantino can write natural interesting dialogue. 🍔🍔🍔