Rick Dalton still lives in the affluent Hollywood Hills, where he lives next door film director Roman Polanski and his model/actress wife Sharon Tate. No longer his stuntman, Cliff now works as Rick’s driver and general dogsbody.

Since the work has dried up, Cliff remains by his friend’s side despite the lack of work. Rick was a once popular actor in a 50s and early 60s western TV show and went on to have a semi-successful film career, but in the late 60s, he finds himself struggling to find roles. The film tells the tale of Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt). So I think I’d better start with a synopsis of the film just to get people up to speed. I’ll use headings the split the two parts and give another warning just before I do the spoilery part II. Feel free to read on for the first part, but the second one you’ll need to avoid if you want to go into the film blind. There may be a few light things mentioned but nothing that will give anything important away.īut for the second part, I definitely need to talk about specific things like the controversy the film is getting and the ending, so will obviously contain big SPOILERS. The first part will cover the basic plot and characters of the flick, where I aim to avoid major spoilers but also give my general impressions of the film. So of course I went to go and see QT’s latest picture, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Tarantino’s ninth and (if he keeps his word) penultimate film as he has said how he plans of retiring from directing films after number ten.

I have managed to see each and every one of his film releases at the cinema either on original release or retroactively via special screenings… and I’m not about to stop now. For me, a new Quentin Tarantino flick is a major cinematic event.

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