Thanks for the review.

Ironically, I acquired the DVD a couple of years ago, but have yet to watch the film. I'll make it a point now.

I have a love/hate thing with Tarantino's films, and while I love his pop culture and cinematic references, along with his excellent grasp of film history, too often the violence crosses over into being entirely gratuitous in my opinion.

As an example, while I loved Pulp Fiction, and consider it to be a fine piece of filmmaking, I considered the film Hostel to be ultra violent trash with few, if any, redeeming qualities.

That said, I'm very much looking forward to seeing Once Upon A Time . . . in Hollywood, both because I grew up in an L.A. suburb near where the story takes place, and because I saw a short interview with Tarantino and Leonardo DiCaprio on the making of the film.

One of the (many) actors on whom Tarantino based DiCaprio's character was Pete Duel, aka Pete Deuel, who starred in the buddy western series Alias Smith and Jones, which was loosely based on the film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.

Tarantino had been a huge fan of the series growing up, as were my sister and I, and he was very affected when Duel, at age 31 and at the height of his fame, took his own life.

DiCaprio is too young to remember the series, but he agreed that, once he delved into Duel's work and life, along with the rest of the reference material that Tarantino gave him, it gave him a much better handle on how to play the character.

Looks to be one hell of a ride, and somewhat less violent than Tarantino's usual fare.

Of course, Sharon Tate is a neighbor in the film, soooooo . . .