Lewis also goes way under-the-top, something she's been accused of very few times in her career. And I'd never seen Keitel in a role like this before: bearded, subdued, that familiar trope of the pastor who's lost his faith in God, but seeming new-ish here. I love the way the scene devolves, and how Hawkes' character really was trying to do the bidding of Seth and Richie Gecko when they gave him specific instructions on how to behave with the cop - specific instructions that he followed to the letter, to no avail as far as psycho Richie was concerned.Īnd how good are Harvey Keitel and the members of his family, not only the professional actor (Juliette Lewis), but the novice (Ernest Liu)? Okay, Liu isn't great, but he holds his own. The scene walks that Tarantino fine line of poor taste and walks it well. everything), the main thrust of which is whether mentally challenged people should be allowed to work in food preparation. He delivers the best of Tarantino's sharp dialogue, but Tarantino also saves plenty of that for the opening conversation between a Texas cop (Michael Parks, so great years later in Red State) and a liquor store cashier (John Hawkes, so great years later in. Tarantino's work was just one of many pleasant surprises in this movie.įor example, how good is that first half? How nice is it to see George Clooney (who was not yet GEORGE CLOONEY) playing "a bastard, but not a fucking bastard"? (Great line - actually, his last of the movie.) He really commits to being a bad person, but he's also not chewing scenery - in fact, what I really admired about his work was the couple throwaway facial tics he employs to subtly underscore the significance of certain moments. There's nothing he does that's at the same ill-advised intensity level of the "dead ni**er storage" scene in Pulp Fiction. I figured he'd at least chew the scenery, but he doesn't even do that. The surprising part is that he actually underplays being a demented psycho. In fact, Tarantino is pretty darn good at playing a demented psycho. I assumed that FDTD was some massive ego stroke on his part, and that the self-deception would permeate the project. "Yeah, I'm a director, but what I really want to do is act." It could have been the derailment of his career, if he'd let it. It came out during that phase when I looked down my nose at Quentin Tarantino for really wanting to be an actor. Who knows why it took me 17 years to finally see From Dusk Till Dawn.Īctually, I do.
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