Quintin Tarantino’s very first film, “My Best Friend’s Birthday,” has shown up on YouTube! This half hour, black and white film cost him $5000 and was shot while he was still a video rental store clerk. The film, which was meant to be around 70 minutes long, was edited to 36 minutes after a fire in a lab destroyed much of the film during the editing process. This 1987 gem was what got him noticed, and served as inspiration for True Romance.
I just love this. As I’ve said before, I think Tarantino is hit or miss for me, but seeing his very first work is incredibly insightful, inspiring and fascinating!
Anyone else think this is as cool as I do?
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