Tarentino at his best

Rating: 10/10 (7 September 2019)

It's just like Quentin to add his recognized touch of misleading the public to a new level. Much like Inglorious Basterds where hitler died in a theater fire does manson's crew meet a fate worse than death when they tried to kill Sharon Tate and her company of friends. Although any one of us who were born before 1969 know that this story was only semi-fictional. Manson's crew did kill Sharon, Abigail Folger and the rest including the La Bianca couple a few days after. Yet the question to all of this, is 'What If" Many who saw this film had to ask that it might have been a mistake on Manson's part of picking the wrong house or at least his crew did, which resulted in their grossly and untimely demise at the hands of the stunt double (Pitt) and of course his boss Dalton (DiCaprio) who saved everyone by silent proxy with their blue collar attitudes.
I really enjoyed this take on the manson case as it was the most horrific event during the tumultuous sixties while the vietnam war was going on. Tarantino did get one part right, that Sadie did leave before the assassination was to start. That much is certain. But to see Squeaky fromme, Leslie Van Houten and Steve Grogan get mauled, clubbed, stabbed, nearly castrated by a dog, and blown torched was icing on the proverbial cake. Again it's the idea of "What If?" Both DiCaprio and Pitt were amazing together as struggling scamps of hollywood during its evolutionary period of censorship, and many cases of discrimination against those who changed an industry. Since manson's death in prison there had been talks about who was to direct his life story. The only other movie that had in depth details about his life and his family was a film called Helter Skelter and manson's portrayal played by Steve Railsback. Who had numerous nominations applied in his honor. Yet it is still a very sensitive subject for surviving family members to this day. Especially for Polanski and the Folger company. However I am sure that Quentin will come up with a new project and wow the audiences again with the same question as to - "What If?"