QT8: The First Eight

Good doc about the career and first eight movies of Quentin Tarantino. I have some issues about making it now, when it will clearly be incomplete in a couple of years (actually it already is incomplete with the release of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), but other than that is a good compilation of anecdotes from the making of those movies with some very good interviews with the people involved. It does have some glaring omissions, with the likes of Harvey Keitel, Uma Thurman or Harvey Weinstein (understandibly) being m.i.a. But for the fans this is obviously a treat.

Documentary looking at Quentin Tarantino's first 8 films with contributions and insight from his usual cast and crew members.

Enjoyable enough ride, looking at each film in turn with clear fandom coming from his co-workers. Best bits are the little stories from the various locations and sets clearly showing what a fun, zany and confident guy he is and how movies shape his life completely.

It was kinda enjoyable. I loved the nostalgia and some of the cast interviews. I didn't really learn that much but it was still interesting.

The Weinstein topic felt tacked on. I get it; he's a creep. However it just felt like a VH1 special that had to have a "Drama" moment.

The closure of the doc was derailed by injecting the director into the subject matter. This part was more suited for a blue ray extra and not an actual part of QT's legacy.

A great documentary including interviews with the stars of the movies basically talking about the movies he's made so far. Can't help but think a documentary like this should have been made after his 10th and last film and even includes Tarantino himself. That being said, it's a great documentary which I enjoyed and am not knocking.

For a purported documentary about QT, the film is very short of material of the man himself. Instead, we get lots of talking heads from many of his collaborators, but hear precious little from Tarantino. A lower rating for not having access to the auteur himself. The thematic groupings of the films was a new way of looking at the work and made it an interesting take. The Weinstein stuff felt like an easy target and wasn't particularly insightful.