QT8: THE FIRST EIGHT
Recommended. The documentary about Quentin Tarantino really drives home what it's like to work with him. It's filled with accolades from his staff but showing how many actors he has befriended over years and who thrive under his exuberance. The same cast, producer - infamous Weinstein about whose crimes Tarantino knew - and even props, e.g. Red Apple cigarettes invented for "Pulp Fiction" reappear in "Kill Bill" and "The Hateful Eight". You learn how many scenes are nicked from classics and that his style hails from blaxploitation: crime movies with strong black characters which he watched in childhood. He relies on make-up and fake blood disliking CGIs. Most of all, it's about a movie buff who has succeeded.
THE FLYING SAILOR
Watchable. This Oscar-nominated short film varies animation styles in a simple tale of a man who drowns and ends up breathing like a fish on the ocean bottom. It's ugly, lacks any sophistication in the form or substance and apart from flashbacks of his life story it tells nothing.
Seen online, cinematic reception might differ.
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