Quentin Tarantino on Boogie Nights

My all time favorite movie.

I love this channel but some of these videos are rehashing previous videos.

The audience watching in the 90s would think of 70s porn films as looking like crap (esp. with no preservation on them). The idea I think is that Reynolds character is not a good filmmaker but thinks he is.

A note to the person who creates these videos. You do a great job. I'd love to see more female ones. Elaine May, Claire Denis!

tarantino sucks get some other people's takes once in a while.

Just because someone is based off a person. Doesn’t mean they have to be 100 percent the same Quentin.

I remember the commentary QT did on Boogie Nights showing ultimate level of hackness in terms of regarding porno industry

Interesting comments by Quentin. I think Burt in character saying "this is his best work," when the film looks cheap and crappy, it's because Paul Thomas Anderson needed a sharp contrast between what we think of as a quality film and a porno from the 70"s. The joke is these porno film makers were thinking they were making art.

When I was in my early 20's and saw Boogie Nights for the first time, I didn't really care for it. Just like Jackie Brown and The Big Lebowski. Now a quarter of a century later these 3 are in my top 10 films. Ever. Time and great cinema can be weird.

I usually find his takes pretty good, even if I don’t always agree with them, but this is just a dumb one

Oh No Lets Go

Such a bummer that Reynolds was never proud of making this film, even after nearly winning an Oscar. He's so good in it.

This is Paul Thomas Anderson's best film

the cop movie is shit but it is drastically better than the first scene they shoot with dirk if you remember. That scene had no intelligible story and acting was absurdly cold. Burt Reynolds character is an awful director but he is worried that tape recorder is going to ruin his “art” somehow. Maybe his only claim to being an artist is having a crew and developing film. Maybe that’s why he dreads tape recorders.

Burt saying "this is my best work" was clearly lifted from Depp's line "this is what I'll be remembered for" from Ed Wood. As for Burt's character... he's inspired by Damiano but he isn't Damiano, so artistic licence can clearly be used.

Love that Quentin chooses it over there will be blood, the correct choice

Quentin, please. Get the fuck over it you nitpicker. lol

this "flaw" quentin is talking about has to be one of his worst takes ever. its so dumb seriously

such a stupid nitpick from quentin

Pretty rich coming from a guy who reinvents historical events for the worse.

Regarding Tarantino"s critiques and wack takes on this film, I'm inclined to believe he's jealous.

I was wondering why cliff wore moccasins. Rewatching Hollywood, I laugh at the Spaun Ranch scene, how could I ever thought Cliff would die?! That’s fuckin Aldo the Apache!

This is an example of knowing so much about filmmaking, that it ruins the moviegoing experience.

“This portrayal of this character isn’t accurate to the person it’s based on”

My guy, you made Inglourious Basterds and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood , two films that aren’t known for their historical accuracy.

Burt Reynolds almost played George Spahn in "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood", but he died a few days before they filmed his part, so, Bruce Dern played him instead. Boogie Nights is on my list of the top 20 films of all time... and, I agree with Quentin; the New Years Eve 1979, about to be 1980, scene is the exact part where the film turns dark and depressing... which aligns with my memories as a kid. The 70's were incredible and as soon as it rolled over into the Reagan 80's, everything just sucked!

He always has some inane gripes that he states as objective truths while often missing the point or reason.

The man who made Bruce Lee look like a dumbass clown in his movie all the sudden thinks that someone loosely RESEMBLING another person has to be a perfect carbon copy of said person, even at the expense of comedy. What a random take!

According to an adult film star of that era, Herschel Savage, Gerard Damiano considered himself among the greatest filmmakers of all time. I heard it on the Rialto Report podcast interview with him. So if Paul Thomas Anderson was aware of that conception somehow back in the 1990s, then Tarantino is missing the point.

Boogie Nights has a lot of merits, but it's no There Will Be Blood, and I actually think Burt Reynolds is sorta overrated in it. He reportedly was very difficult to work with and not especially into the role, and to me, it shows. I liked what they were going for with the character but for me the movie didn't 100% sell it. Still an intriguing and highly original picture though, I know I'm in the minority, at least among its fans.

Tbh the Damiano ressemblance is quite negligible. Totally agree about the clash between the quality of the cop film compared to how hyped up bert’s character is about it. It’s unfitting. (But hilarious)

Great movie, top 50 or better

QT is 25% native American???

The average person that sees this movie,is never gonna realize or care that the Reynolds character is based on this guy

Boogie Nights is the kind of movie Tatantino wishes he could make.

How come QT never talks about Repo Man? 😅

Was never a fan of the movie, but I'll always stop to listen to QT's opinions even if i hate the film he's discussing

He complains the porno movie within the movie looks like a piece of shit? Jeez this guy finds the dumbest things to nitpick

ive seen this interview years ago. why did u upload this and trick me?

Wow ... kind of adorable?

I think Quentin is losing sight of the fact that Boogie Nights is ultimately a comedy. A major comedic theme in the movie is the ignorance and incompetence of the characters.

How do you say you're insanely jealous without ever saying it? This.