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QT8: The First Eight

Name: QT8: The First Eight
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2019-10-21
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 7.2

★ 7,2 /10 (192 Votes)

2019 EN 103 min

Overview

A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scandalous fall in disgrace of producer Harvey Weinstein. A story about how to shoot eight great movies and become an icon of modern pop culture.

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Release date

21/10/2019

Votes

192

Popularity

5.4

There will always be blood, brilliance and controversy.

Genres

Documentary

Status

Released

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Runtime

103 min

Revenue

$101,346

Quentin Tarantino

Self (archive footage)

Zoë Bell

Self

Louis Black

Self

Bruce Dern

Self

Robert Forster

Self

Jamie Foxx

Self

Richard N. Gladstein

Self

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Self

Diane Kruger

Self

Lucy Liu

Self

Michael Madsen

Self

Eli Roth

Self

Tim Roth

Self

Kurt Russell

Self

Stacey Sher

Self

Scott Spiegel

Self

Christoph Waltz

Self

Samuel L. Jackson

Self (uncredited)

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QT8: The First Eight is the wrong title for this documentary/hagiography of Quentin Tarantino. Never mind the cacophony of of having two 'eights' (even if it is, as I suspect, a reference to the Crazy 88, it’s still pretty lame); a more accurate title would be The First Three That Actually Matter and the Six (counting Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) Bloated, Masturbatory, Overrated Ego Trips that Followed. Like it or lump it, there is a 'before and after' Jackie Brown. Tarantino’s transition from genius to raving lunatic began with Kill Bill, and reached an apex with the pointless exercises …

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