Why Clint Eastwood refused to reunite with Sergio Leone: “I like to know the joke”
Why did the spaghetti western pioneers never reunite?
Sergio Leone
The one director Quentin Tarantino called the best since Sergio Leone: “He’s such a hero”
He was wearing his fanboy hat.
The iconic western Clint Eastwood turned down: “He was going in a different direction”
“He just wanted to make bigger, more elaborate projects.”
Quentin Tarantino names cinema’s unsung genius: “That level of work is unfathomable”
Overlooked and underrated.
The entirely accurate criticism Quentin Tarantino can’t stand: “It’s just, you know, vaguely insulting”
“It’s like I have a target on me.”
Quentin Tarantino’s single favourite shot in “the history of movies”
One of Tarantino’s biggest cinematic influences.
The first filmmaker to show Quentin Tarantino what a director does: “I was like, wow”
He learned from the best.
The iconic role Henry Fonda almost turned down: “I am your boy”
He would later call the director one of the greats.