Quentin Tarantino is known for his outspoken opinions. This is evident when he openly says he didn’t like Christopher Nolan’s critically acclaimed film Dunkirk initially.
“Another movie I didn’t like at first […]”, he says earlier The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast. However, over time, the filmmaker notes that he watched the film several times and grew to like it.
“What I love about it now is that I feel like there’s real mastery in it, and I came and watched it over and over again.”
He continues, “The first time it wasn’t like it made me cold; it was so overwhelming, I didn’t really know what I was seeing, it was almost too much, and the second time I saw it my brain could still take it in a little bit, and the third and fourth time it was like, wow, it just blew me away.”
Elsewhere in the discussion, Quentin also shares his thoughts on this There will be bloodwhere he disapproves of Paul Dano’s performance as preacher Eli Sunday.
“Daniel Day-Lewis. The quality of the old-school craftsmanship of the film. It had an old Hollywood craftsmanship without trying to be that way. It was the only film he ever made, and I pointed out to him that there is no set piece,” the director adds.
“The fire is the closest thing we have to a set piece. This was about dealing with the story, dealing with the story, and he did a damn great job. ‘There Will Be Blood’ would have a good chance of being #1 or #2 if there wasn’t a big, gigantic mistake in it… and the mistake is Paul Dano.”
“It’s clearly meant to be a two-hander, but it’s also drastically clear that it’s not a two-hander. [Dano] is weak sauce, man. He is the weak sister. Austin Butler would have been great in that role. He’s just such a weak, feeble, uninteresting guy. The weakest actor in SAG [laughs]’, Quentin concludes.
