Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino
understand how to use songs in a film like no other living director. Take your
pick: Taxi Driver, Goodfellas, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Casino, Jackie
Brown, The Departed, Django Unchained. Brilliant music in every one. Great song
selections underline the storyline without bludgeoning home the point.
Both men have new films coming out this year.
Tarantino’s lands first. The full trailer for Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
dropped today and it promises amazing entertainment. A film about lost
innocence along the boulevard of broken dreams. I encourage you to check out the new trailer on YouTube.
Back on point, one of the tunes he’s using on
the soundtrack is by the obscure band Los Bravos. It’s a typical Tarantino
choice: all but forgotten, catchy as hell, contemporaneous to the film’s
setting and brimming with sly commentary about the onscreen action. Just like a
great soundtrack should.
So if you know the fate of Sharon Tate and listen to the lyrics of Bring a Little Lovin', you’ll discover that Tarantino still brings a positively wicked sense of ironic counterpoint to his song selections. There’s a reason he has a rep as one of the hippest cats in the movie bidness. As for Sharon and bug-eyed Charlie Manson, whether Tarantino attempts to rewrite history à la Inglourious Basterds will be determined July 26. Unless you're among the fortunate who got to see the premiere at Cannes this afternoon, after which Tarantino and his cast received a six-minute standing ovation.
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