Quentin Tarantino introduces and discusses "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice"

[@knidrew]

I really enjoyed this discussion between Tarantino and Tarantino (ft. Kim Morgan)

[@juliansmith4987]

@Jarred Knox she's fine. Shut up

[@visualimpactmedia8205]

I imagine Tarantino learned a lot about movie history from his days working at a video rental store. I've learned lots about movies before my era partly from watching the TV series, "The Directors". I'm sorry I missed this movie marathon. I am now watching this move, for which Eliot Gould was nominated for an Oscar. Movies about the swinging 60's are fascinating to me. So is Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. For anyone who is intrigued by this era, I would recommend you watch the epix series, "Laurel Canyon" and "Helter Skelter: An American Myth".

[@opal817]

Bless you for uploading these. btw these specific uploads were (cautiously) mentioned on the new beverly podcast. the conversation was along the lines of: these probably shouldn't be on here, but it's ok for now "just for posterity" ... wink wink

[@MovieMadMatt]

Well, interesting to hear they were mentioned on the podcast! Yeah, I was hoping these would be included on Once Upon A Time in Hollywood's home release, but I also didn't want these intros to get "lost", and hopefully they bring more people into seeing these films.

[@AnalogCinema]

Wish this was a conversation between two people.

[@mattheusmcclure894]

Q and K nail it. Arc of a great film is when the director lets you form the arc. A time when studio execs had balls for an audience with brains.

[@georgebryant7721]

Yes QT, loving the Hanzo T

[@nicholasjanke3476]

The couples did not have sex. It's made clear that Bob is not attracted to Alice nor is Ted attracted to Carol. The couples were lying to themselves. Bob even says that he's never thought of Alice that way.

[@corbenvanloosbroek4811]

I knew Tarantino had to know about these classic movies

[@billykravitz4993]

God I forgot how much I love movies... and 'discussing movies... stopped going because no one would even read my scripts... Lacked an impressive 'who sent you?'... Now, I think I'd know what to say.... Oh! oh!.. Anybody see my Pez dispenser?

[@krisscanlon4051]

QT absorbed this era...BCTA caught a moment

[@jean-michelcagnac]

''COMEDY OF MANNERS'' SAID PAUL MAZURSKY(DIRECTOR)ABOUT HIS MOVIE...A GREAT COMEDY -ESSENTIALLY-ON ''FRIENDSHIP'' AND A LITTLE BIT ON ''SEXUAL FREEDOM''...SWEET AND FUNNY MOVING FILM ABOUT A SHORT PERIOD(END 60'S AND70'S BEGINNINGS)...FOUR GREAT ACTORS FOR A CLASSIC MOVIE...THE BEST COMEDY FOR NATALIE WOOD...IT'S A CHORAL/BUDDY MOVIE...MASTERPIECE...

[@hunterhemingway3477]

Tarantino is the man!

[@hunterhemingway3477]

I'd prefer him to be a film critic than make movies... HOT TAKE, take it as you will

[@JB-wh3we]

I'd ask him wtf besides his own wishcrafting makes him think that the couples had sex...Culp's staring into the camera wasn't "this is private" considering everyone in the bed looked extremely uncomfortable. It was the effect of staring in the mirror to confront yourself during a realization. Much more like Nicholson in 5 Easy Pieces than a tongue n cheek "get outta here audience, this is for us!".

[@mwmingram]

Thank you.

[@TheGuiltsOfUs]

Great comedy

[@johnbeechy]

ok.. i am convinced.. after alec baldwin and the Other.. i cant remember his name.. Host of TCM.. are in want of another TCM host.. QT should be hired.. Osborne will never be replaced.. but QT Brings game.. Thanks for the upload..

[@nicholasjanke3476]

1. The Bob character is the one who starts the other characters on the sexual pleasure thing, if he hadn't cheated nothing would have happened. 2. The Ted character, it's been pointed out, probably never actually cheated on Alice-being his character is just not capable of such a thing-but probably just lied to impress Bob.

[@johnbeechy]

also.. QT could be the new Elvira.. for the late night movie circuit... // local stations could ask QT to put a ... 3 x 4 minute segments for the same set up as this movie M did.. TBS' dinner and movie.. // but no dinner.. Just QT filling in the extra minutes that secure the eye balls..

[@GoMoreHike]

Very astute

[@ghostwolf1435]

Good Discussion I don’t think the film is equal to the conversation They didn’t have sex

[@bobbyokeefe4285]

It's MAIL-centric...oh you poor thing!

[@nicholasjanke3476]

Questions about Bob And Carol And Ted And Alice: 1. It's never explained how the Robert Culp character is so rich being that his career-documentary film maker doesn't pay quite that much! 2. Did the Bob Culp character become an adulterer because of the hippie group he went too-did he get his ideas from the group-or was he always an adulterer?

[@billykravitz4993]

got to look up 'Kim Morgan' on Twitter too... Him, I know, osn't on it.

[@RuniDjurhuus]

Hattori Hanzo

[@DSAK55]

he's annoying

[@jerrywangzinger8483]

Not that there's anything wrong with that

[@JB-wh3we]

Lol you have to go out of your way to project out that "they had sex". Its obvious they didn't. Which molds the films message into "trends can create a compelling rationale to override your conscience...but (as the film's tagline says) consider the possibilities...". The ending puts an exclamation on this. Their facial expressions on the elevator (note the symbolism of the elevator taking them all back down to the ground) is of a mutual humbling embarrassment and relief of returning from the brink. And the song, especially combined w/ the searching faces in the crowd, is about the gratitude & rarity of finding love (not to be confused w/sex) w/ someone. Robert Culp's face says it all when he's staring at Natalie Wood.

[@JB-wh3we]

In short, the bedroom scene isn't ambiguous at all unless your preconceived notions are such that you're squinting your eyes & tilting your head sideways to override the obvious cinematic tells of human nature...somehow deluding yourself into thinking "well despite 2 of them looking blanched white & the other 2 halting their actions at the same time, they probably all rallied and still had sex!".