A more mature Tarantino film about his favorite subject; A heist in LA's lowly criminal world, rich in racial interactions, dialogues that feel authentic, glorious 70s' music, and sleeper humor, that can only be awaken after a few viewings.
Sure, the violence, an espect where Tarantino is without peer, takes a distant second seat here - never did this movie gets escapes his control, as he takes his time exploring each character with love.
And talking about characters, he is helped here by extraordinary actors, some of them stars from the same seventies that he likes so much, the two most prominent being Forster and of course, the magnificent Pam Grier. But the one who really got to me was DeNiro's character: I knew the guy is a prime actor, but how does he manage to eliminate all signs of intelligence from his eyes still got me baffled after each viewing: If I didn't knew the actor before, I would have tought he was just some amateur actor with no future. He literally transported the film elsewhere each time he appeared on-screen, being the wildest element in Tarantino most diciplined film. What an actor.
Sure, the violence, an espect where Tarantino is without peer, takes a distant second seat here - never did this movie gets escapes his control, as he takes his time exploring each character with love.
And talking about characters, he is helped here by extraordinary actors, some of them stars from the same seventies that he likes so much, the two most prominent being Forster and of course, the magnificent Pam Grier. But the one who really got to me was DeNiro's character: I knew the guy is a prime actor, but how does he manage to eliminate all signs of intelligence from his eyes still got me baffled after each viewing: If I didn't knew the actor before, I would have tought he was just some amateur actor with no future. He literally transported the film elsewhere each time he appeared on-screen, being the wildest element in Tarantino most diciplined film. What an actor.
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