OUATIH - LAST REVIEW (after more than 10 screenings)

Rating: 9/10 (9 September 2019)

How many times can you watch OUATIH in a month? I've seen enough, but not it all. Next step: DVD / Blu-Ray or serialized - what comes first.
(Remark: I usually don't watch any movie so many times in such a short time span. In fact, I don't remember having watched any movie before so frequently in the first month. But then again, QT himself stated, that he watched The Wrecking Crew 6 times... - I have seen all the films with Sharon Tate "only" once, recently (even "12+1" in Italian), and The Fearsome Vampire Killers once before, long ago.)
Man...the issue is, it is getting difficult to endure the length of the movie, after so many screenings, since sooner or later only certain scenes remain interesting, some scenes you hardly await again, but some scenes would be better to skip.
Let's look at it from such perspective. ULTIMATE SPOILERS follow.
The scenes worth omitting: some Bounty Law scenes, the (most part of) Schwartz scene, the dog feeding scene, the Bruce Lee scene (ZoÃ« Bell and Kurt Russel part), the Spahn Ranch scene (the part in the building), a part of the final showdown scene (the first part). The scenes, that can be watched without further comment: the first scene at Frank & Russo's, the scene at Playboy mansion, the scene with Sharon at the cinema, the scene of return from Italy, the final-final scene. And, the scenes that keep getting better and better: the parking lot scene ("It's official ol' buddy, I'm a has-been..."), the evening rehearsal-and-drinking at the poolside, the first scene with Sam Wannamaker, the scene with the little girl (about Easy Breezy), Rick's scene in the trailer, the kidnapping-ransom scene (with Julia Butters and Luke Perry), the watching of FBI and drinking, the second Schwartz scene, the homecoming scene (Out of Time), and the Red Apple commercial. As you can see, the scenes solely with Brad get "too heavy", the scenes with Margot can be viewed again, however all the Leonardo's emotional scenes get better and better each time. So, who is the better actor? In fact, who is (by far) the best actor in this movie? QT knows this, of course. He may not be a good actor himself (especially in the interviews), but he can spot, engage, and develop a talent, to its maximum potential. This time, he "nailed" it with Leonardo DiCaprio (100%), there are other memorable roles as well, but only 1 Oscar-worthy. In fact, it seems to me that as much as QT has "matured" as a writer & director, the same can be said for Leonardo. Some actors, on the other hand, are just playing themselves (that is they're as bad) - some of these are QT's friends, so, yeah, it can be understood.
(Side note to detail-aware public, to ease the tension: I have spotted 2 inconsistencies in the movie. One, the way Timothy Olyphant's character shoots the businessman (around the back) - I believe he was using the Colt Peacemaker - a single-action revolver, so it is quite impossible to fire it around the back single-handedly (or else such revolver did not exist in 1869). Second, on Cielo Drive, close to Rick's house, there are some cars parked on the side of the road: The Jaguar E-type is always parked in the same way in the exact same place - in February, and in August.)
I have enjoyed the movie for too many times already, as pointed out above. Why's that? Some people (I believe the same ones all over again) claim that they have wasted nearly 3 hours of their life for this movie. If that is so, then I have "wasted" more than 30 hours of my life within a month. Or, do I really have anything better to do these days, than to repeatedly watch OUATIH? There are several hundred critic reviews of this movie on the 'net. This site (and others like it) feature about 3000 users' reviews. It looks like the most reviewed movie this year. All has been already said. There is no use to repeat the synopsis. I see no purpose to repeat the praise, and absolutely no sense in any negative "complaint". All the poison has already been spilled all over the 'net, thankfully it is visible from afar, so it is quite easily avoidable. It looks like when people have nothing constructive to say, they just engage in over-the-top "spitting tournament". No need for it. OUATIH is a work of art. It is a complex narrative, that requires all the elements, it contains, in order to function. In the first part of this review, I've illustrated what happens after more than 10 viewings, however, I would not have changed anything in the whole movie, anyway. The question that remains unanswered for the moment is, whether it (OUATIH) will start a life of its own. Or, better, when?
I have a few more impressions to share. Restitution of Sharon's life. I have found the parallel on the 'net, and it is again by David Lynch. The creation of parallel universe in Twin Peaks the Return, in which Laura Palmer lives. Italy. There is something inherently autobiographic with the whole Italian westerns theme, the trip to Rome, the loop with Francesca, the meaning of friendship (bromance) vs. marriage. This story has not been completed, as QT's own story goes on. Cliff has a dog, a pit-bull terrier. Himself he is Rick's pit-bull. Not less loyal, not more intelligent. Innocence lost-and-found. I have come full circle. At first, I considered the innocence lost, as it happened IRL. But it didn't. Cliff is not an innocent, neither is anybody he associates with, this way or another. Brad "nails" the part, but can he do better? Neither of Sharon's companions (including her husband) is innocent. But she is, that is all Sharons (the real Sharon, the meta-Sharon, and the hybrid Sharon). Margot is naivety incarnate. Sharon was not. And guess what: Rick is an innocent (obviously this includes Leonardo). Whatever he thinks and does, whatever his doubts, depressions, and highlights - he remains true to himself and some "other" ideal. He is a high romantic, the kind that has died out. At the end, the two Innocents come together.