The Genius of Quentin Tarantino displayed in every word and frame.

Rating: 10/10 (15 August 2019)

My Review- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
My Rating 10/10
I've been waiting for this film and wanted to see it first day of release so have avoided reading reviews or too much background to it as I wanted it to be a fresh experience.
For that reason I'm not giving any spoilers regarding the plot other than what anyone can see in the trailers,don't let anyone spoil your enjoyment of this great and important film by spilling the story plot or fascinating climax.
Actually my perception of this film is two movies in one about characters some fictional like Rick Dalton the cinema tv action movie star ,who's career is in a decline with yet another superb performance from Leonardo Di Caprio and his affable buddy stuntman Cliff Booth also superbly played by the ageless Brad Pitt, has he sold his soul to the devil! ,he's 55 years old for Gods sake.
The main characters,real and fictional in this nostalgic ,humorous, dramatic love poem to the demise of "The Golden Hollywood Years" don't really connect till the great climax ,of the film which some fans have criticised but I thought perfectly captured the fictional "what if" style of Tarantino this film is truly only slightly based on real events but demands we know some facts about the real characters.
It's fantasy illusion ,isn't that what Hollywood and Cinema do best?
It's set in the dying days of The Golden Years of Hollywood and the end of the 1960's when teenagers wore flowers in their hair and Hollywood Celebrity party's had a somewhat free love debauched pre AIDS Great Gatsby style .
The great soundtrack of these parties included Paul Revere and the Raiders,Four Tops and Deep Purple and the hit movies were Polanski's Rosemary's Baby ,Valley of the Dolls , Zefferelli's Romeo and Juliet ,Funny Girl and Steve McQueen's Bullitt.
The second movie in one that fits seamlessly into the fictional plot concerns actual characters primarily the ill fated actress Sharon Tate played beautifully by our own Margo Robbie ( Australian stars are shining all over Hollywood).
Margo is glamorous in this and perhaps isn't as stunningly beautiful as Sharon Tate but she captures the essence of her character humorous and fragile and wears the stunning late 1960's costumes by Arianne Phillips superbly ,all the costumes, the sets the cinematography add to the authenticity and attention to detail that a Quentin Tarantino movie demands.
Quentin Tarantino ,winner of 2 screenwriting Academy Awards for Pulp Fiction and Django Unchained is one of the few true geniuses of Cinema making and this film has Academy Award nomination worthiness in every frame.
As writer director and co-producer of this magnificent love poem to the end of the Golden Years of Hollywood and the beginning of Cinemas greatest threat Television,thank goodness both have thrived and survived but the only way to appreciate this film is on a Cinema screen.
Please comment on your reactions whether you agree with me of not I'm fascinated in what you think of Once Upon A Time in Hollywood.
I can't wait to see it again ,there's so much in this film.