What do you think of these two films? I know there are many Pulp Fiction and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood fans, so I’d love to hear from you!

I am no expert on religious allegory in films, but one thing I thought of after this video was printed, was that Once Upon a Time has a tinge of the director’s “God” POV to it, at the end. When the mayhem is over and we understand that Sharon Tate is now safe, the movie ends with the shot lingering from the POV of someone in the trees, as if to suggest that somehow a “all was set right,” through divine intervention. I think it’s a pretty sweet little touch worth sharing.


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I’ve posted these links before, but apropos to this video, here are they are again —
Quentin Tarantino and Rio Bravo, the “hangout” movie with a reference to Robin Wood:
   • Quentin Tarantino about "Rio Bravo" ...  

Sexuality in Rio Bravo:
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Screening Cowboys reading masculinities in Westerns by Peter Verstraten, in which some of the pages are relevant to Rio Bravo, and its examination of masculinity against the backdrop of Western movies. Check out pgs. 7578, and 217223 in this linked PDF!:
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00:28 Theories
01:17 Genre
02:19 Costume
03:08 Good vs. Evil
03:45 Masculinity as motif
04:35 Femininity subtext
05:37 Westerns endings
06:10 Drug/intoxication theme
06:32 Home threatened
07:08 Male homosexuality
10:04 Outro


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