For a director like Quentin Tarantino, asking him what he believes to be his best movie is comparable to asking a (good) parent who their favourite child is: from Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill to Inglorious Basterds and Django Unchainedโฆ youโd assume itโs an impossible choice. But would you believe the man actually has a definitive answer?
โFor years people used to ask me stuff like that,โ Quentin Tarantino revealed on SiriusXMโs The Howard Stern Show when prompted about his so-called best movie.
โAnd I would say something like, โOhโฆ theyโre all my children.โ I really do think Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is my best movie.โ
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Elsewhere, the renowned auteur recently alluded to the fact he doesnโt think too highly of the present-day competition, tied with two other eras of Hollywood filmmaking.
โEven though the 80s was the time that I probably saw more movies in my life than ever โ at least as far as going out to the movies was concerned โ I do feel that 80s cinema is, along with the 50s, the worst era in Hollywood history,โ Tarantino said on his The Video Archives Podcast (via NME).
โMatched only by now, matched only by the current era!โ
Tarantino went on to note that โthe [films] that donโt conformโ are the ones that โstand out from the packโ in the current era.
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Although that isnโt to say he doesnโt have any love for relatively modern flicks.
Last year, during his interview with Premiere, Quentin Tarantino offered David Fincherโs The Social Network some high praise by calling it โhands downโ the best film of the last decade.
โIt is number one because itโs the best โ thatโs all! It crushes all the competition.โ
In the same breath, Tarantino named screenwriter Aaron Sorkin โthe greatest active dialogistโ of our time; as many of you may recall, the Jessie Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, and Armie Hammer-led film was rich with Sorkinโs signature rapid-fire smarter-than-thou patter.
In second place, Tarantino bestowed the honour upon Christopher Nolanโs Dunkirk, and while no further rankings have been provided by the auteur himself, we do know heโs also rather fond of both Woody Allenโs Midnight in Paris and George Millerโs Mad Max: Fury Road.
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Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Synopsis
Actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) gained fame and fortune by starring in a 1950s television Western, but is now struggling to find meaningful work in a Hollywood that he doesn't recognise anymore. He spends most of his time drinking and palling around with Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), his easygoing best friend and longtime stunt double. Rick also happens to live next door to Roman Polanski (Rafal Zawierucha) and Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) -- the filmmaker and budding actress whose futures will forever be altered by members of the Manson Family.
