This is a great essay! Giving Sharon back her humanity after years of Hollywood striping her of that, making her just a victim instead of a person, is nice to see. I wish Marilyn Monroe could get that type of treatment...

@Jose-se9pu

Жыл бұрын

...now I need to see Tarantino making that movie

@Dparish24

Жыл бұрын

My Week With Marilyn is a great movie and great representation of Marilyn.

@andreimcallister1365

Жыл бұрын

What about blonde?

@noreaeron

Жыл бұрын

@@andreimcallister1365 wym? Blonde is the most disgusting victimisation of her, reducing her to only her real AND FICTIONAL trauma..

@jamesbond4810

Жыл бұрын

If you want to thank anyone then thank TARANTINO, he humanized her unlike rest of the Hollywood who portray her as a mad girl.

For anyone who's a fan of Sharon, there are lots of little details in her scenes that you'll instantly pick up on. Like when the cinema woman mentions Valley of the Dolls, you can see her looking a little put out, because in real life Sharon thought the book and movie were terrible and only did it because she knew it being a bestseller would further her career. She jokes that she plays "the one who ends up doing dirty movies" - when she was very liberal about doing nudity and had joked about films in the past using her sex appeal as marketing. She's checking to see if everyone's laughing in the cinema, because at that point in her career, she was hoping to fully transition into doing comedies. She buys a copy of Tess of the d'Urbervilles because she had been interested in making a film of it with Roman Polanski before she died, and she actually did place an order at an LA bookstore for her husband to read it. And Bruce Lee was indeed her fight choreographer for The Wrecking Crew.

@SailorMya

Жыл бұрын

Who needs words when the little things speak volumes on her life at the time. They could have easily had her explain all these things but figured true fans would pick up on them without explanation. I love when movies have that layer of care in the details.

@lobselvith8

Жыл бұрын

It's a shame that Taranto didn't care about turning Bruce into a caricature in his film (a man who dealt with racism and his own share of trials and tribulations during his life), and then telling one lie after another in interviews to try to justify his inept portrayal of him in the film. I guess Bruce didn't have the complexion to make the connection for Tarantino.

@dearvermin

Жыл бұрын

@@lobselvith8 I was getting to like the film until that, there was no reason to portray him like that... It's so disrespectful

@Jose-se9pu

Жыл бұрын

The ammount of research Tarantino makes in preparation for his movies is *insane*

@Tesla_Death_Ray

Жыл бұрын

​@@lobselvith8 tarantino has a deep respect for stuntman. Bruce disrespected them. That is tarantino's pet peeve.

I was in my late teens during the late 1960's and I had just turned 21 when the Tate murders happened in 1969. I can assure the narrator of this video that paparazzi did relentlessly stalk celebrities before the social media era. Movie magazines printed just as much b.s. as instagram, twitter and Facebook and they were ubiquitous. There were also telephoto lenses on cameras. Privacy was regularly invaded if you were famous before the digital age.

@xtina6569

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I'm 39 so obviously wasn't around then but i've been a big fan of marilyn monroe since i was 11 and they hounded her just as bad as paps do today. Maybe even worse.

@nobodyelse7911

Жыл бұрын

Really? But then how did they escape from overexposure? I'm curious to know

@lemorab1

Жыл бұрын

@@nobodyelse7911 They didn't escape then, just like they don't escape now.

@BarryHart-xo1oy

Ай бұрын

Thank you for pointing these vital facts out.

The music which plays when Rick meets Sharon and she invites him into her house for a drink is from a movie called ‘The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean’. This movie starts with a title card reading; “Maybe this isn’t the way it was… but it’s the way it should’ve been.” Nice touch Mr. Tarantino.

@Jose-se9pu

Жыл бұрын

Tarantino is a lot more sensitive that people thinks, because of the violencia and the f-bombs...he just loves movies, and loves actors, and in this movie he finally shows stuntmen some respect, when Hollywood constantly keeps insulting them

@aarushiyadav7101

Жыл бұрын

@@Jose-se9pu Yeah, even though his films are violent, I haven't seen him exploiting the victims like many other films do. Like in Inglorious Basterds the violence against the Nazis was just gory and Tarantino style, but the Holocaust was treated sensitively, focusing more on the trauma of the victims than showing gore.

I was at my sister in laws engagement party. And I said out loud that she reminds me of Sharon Tate ( cause she really does take after her face shape and big eyes, blonde hair ect) and the whole table went like quiet and one person was like you mean the woman who was murdered. And I was so angry and sad at that moment because I was like (in my head) she was a friggin person! And a beautiful human before that happened that’s not all she was.

@dklee.01

Жыл бұрын

:( it would make me angry if people insisted on remembering me as the victim of a murderer instead of for who i was

@someanimal3506

Жыл бұрын

Bruh. You dumbass, don’t try to make it sound like you’re in the right because people don’t like to hear that they look like somebody who is well known because they were murdered. Okay… yes, Sharon Tate was a person deserving of being remembered as more than a murder victim, but you clearly showed insensitivity and narcissistic behavior when YOU got mad that people didn’t take your comment as positive when it could also imply that someone close to you could be murdered.

It seems Tarantino’s goal was to make a movie about the experience, not dreading or anxiety, but to live through the eyes of Sharon Tate. A chance for her to live on as she should have been.

she was more of a symbol than a character in OUATIH. it was a sweet little tribute. if margot hadn’t been highlighted as a 3rd lead in the marketing then maybe people would’ve reacted differently to the size of her role.

@Jose-se9pu

Жыл бұрын

The studio was going to promote the movie using Margot Robbie, same as putting the few seconds Charles Manson is in the movie in the trailers

My reason for seeing this movie was Leonardo DiCaprio & Brad Pitt, but even while enjoying the film, I felt dread regarding Sharon Tate's tragic murder, & to my surprise, Tarantino gave us an uplifting, joyful alternative that made me cheer for such a fabulous fairy-tale ending!! Unexpectedly, this turned out to be one of my favorite movies!! Thank you for sharing your sensitive insight!

@sebastianalegria3401

Жыл бұрын

Tarantino did the same thing in Inglourious basterds "he changed the course of history" under the theory of "if those characters had existed, the things would have been different".

@noeraldinkabam

Жыл бұрын

Yes! You knew the ending and the fact it never came, that there is a story where Sharon lives and the crazies get the violent end instead of her and her friends is, though fiction, a gift.

@joshjonson2368

Жыл бұрын

​@@noeraldinkabam reason she died actually was due to white reactionary forces attempting to thwart the grow of liberalism, their fears were certainly not unfounded just looking at how out of control wokism is. But that act of murdering a celebrity and thinking it would be pinned on ethnic minorities and ignite a race war obvious was a absurdly schizo move

People who gave her criticism did not understand anything. Margot Robbie is playing Sharon Tate living her wonderful life before it was robbed from her. You don’t need a lot of lines to create a performance that is believable. She did an amazing job portraying Sharon Tate. 🤩

While generally think that writing alternate endings to things that actually happened is not a good idea, i do agree that this poor woman has had her death bastardized and commodified enough that she deserves a happy ending

@vksof

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Well put.

This deserves many many views. Your analysis is enlightening but joyous. A rare feat. I bow to you in humility.

@alejandromolinac

Жыл бұрын

Why? She’d be benefitting off the murder of a woman….

@matthewlee4697

Жыл бұрын

I agree 👍

@geezenation

Жыл бұрын

I second that, very good video :)

Tarantino is the king of better timelines

@lobselvith8

Жыл бұрын

Tarantino's vilification of Bruce Lee - telling lies about him in interviews to justify his caricature of him in his film - would suggest otherwise.

@JadeHarleyCoffeeMug

Жыл бұрын

he’s the king of foot fetishes and white guys saying the N word

@thesecondfloorguardian7841

Жыл бұрын

@@lobselvith8 Do you know either personally? If not, how would you know?

@radhiadeedou8286

Жыл бұрын

@@lobselvith8 I don't give a sh!t about Bruce Lee, or Tarantino for that matter, and what you're saying is completely irrelevant to my comment

Having lived during the time of the murder, being aware who Sharon Tate was and reading about the murders, I thoroughly enjoyed Tarantino’s movie. This video was very touching in its critique of the movie. I hope others have sought out and have become knowledgeable of Sharon Tate and her friends!

I really thought this was going to be yet another misinformed critique of Tarantino ‘exploiting’ history and Sharon Tate. But instead it was a brilliant, well researched and beautifully reasoned piece on both the real woman and character depicted by Tarantino. This was outstanding work, I’m really looking forward to what you come up with next.

I'm so glad the comments are positive because when I watched this movie, my heart was warm. We all wish reality had happened like the movie. To see Margo portray her so realistically and see 'Sharon' living out that alternate timeline at the end is beautiful. The movie heavily focuses on her as an amazing, real person and I love that. I also like the fact that the whole movie was not based around Sharon. She was naturally woven into the plot around the 2 leads. It's not something we'd be expecting, and the way the story plays out is stunning. I'm also quite shocked that Tarantino touched on some dodgy aspects of the film industry and life at that time. I know its maybe not enough, but for someone like him, who is peers with predatory Hollywood, its bold.

@natalies1624

Жыл бұрын

touched on them how? i cant remember

@ciaraskeleton

Жыл бұрын

@@natalies1624 the fact that Polanski was a vulture who didn't love her lol

My mom and I watched this when it first came out digitally, but as the film went on showing Sharon, her life, her friend we got so anxious about the final scene. We actually paused the movie for 20 minutes to prepare for what we thought was going to happen. We’re fans of true crime, and Tarantino, so we knew it would be gruesome since the movie up until that point had 0 violence. Once we mentally prepared ourselves we sat down, and when the dog attacked we both literally cheered through the entire scene. The ending alone made the entire movie worth it.

I love OUATIH and my favourite scene is Sharon watching her own movie and enjoying the audience's reaction. There's just such a joy and innocence in that scene that you normally don't get in Tarantino's films.

Just wanted to say I took away the same things from this movie and it's one of my favorites. You really got the magic of it, that it was meant to heal. I laughed so hard when the Manson family characters were devolved almost to slapstick! It was such a release of tension from what I was expecting to happen. You really got this movie, and I very much enjoyed the video you made.

@falconeshield

11 ай бұрын

I'm still sad Pitt's character and Bruce Lee didn't have a kickass scene together beating the crap out of the Masons. Considering Kill Bill and THAT ending, it would've been a nice tie in. And...Sharon got her revenge. Why not her sensei too?

I was a child when Sharon Tate was murdered but even then I knew we had lost someone special. As as adult I have viewed her films and seen her marvelous talent as an actress. I recall in the theater viewing Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and actually feeling the audience tension build as the Manson family members came closer to ending her life. And we all (myself included) internally cheered for what we WISH had happened. Thank you for giving some insight into her life and career.

Well done. While watching this amazing movie in the theatre I kept having moments of anxiety as the story unfolded. I kept thinking that as much fun as this movie is I know the tragedy that will soon be visited upon Ms. Tate. However, the moment "Flower Child" drove away from the rest of the group I knew Quentin had other plans for her. That culmination of violence, retribution, friendship and justice was worth the anxiety. It's not often I have such a visceral response to the films made nowadays but Quentin's movies are on a different level altogether. He's got one more film to make and as excited as I am to watch it, it will also mark the end of an especially significant era of film making.

First off,I'm a huge fan of Sharon Tate . Beautiful,kind,sweet ,humble and extremely talented,a rarity in Hollywood. What I find funny is ,what Roman said about being so happy. If he was so happy,why did he fuck everything that moved? The dude is an ugly troll,who is overrated as a director. Sharon deserved so much better,she was truly an angel. R.i.p Sharon and all the victims of the Manson family 😢

@joshjonson2368

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't he also Jewish?

@JadeHarleyCoffeeMug

Жыл бұрын

@@joshjonson2368 maybe but who cares? it’s not relevant i can find a handful of catholics guilty of even worse shit

@littlemissmello

Жыл бұрын

​@@joshjonson2368 why do you ask?

@joshjonson2368

Жыл бұрын

@@littlemissmello because he's just doing what's typical for big nose hollywood weirdos

What is remarkable in OUATIH is that although Sharon Tate peripheral in the movie, it is Tate's movie and both a love letter to Hollywood and almost "Alternative timeline" wish fulfillment if you well of how different Tates live could have been. Sharon Tate was wonderful in vampire killers and if her life had been taken so horrifically it is difficult to know how her career and Polanski's life would have differed. Instead Hollywood (the industry) have obsessed over the most prurient elements of the Manson cult (the movies you mentioned are not even the worst of the bunch). Tarantino makes Tate a person again rather than a victim or part of history she may not be three dimensional but enough to grab the audience and make them aware of a real person...

Find it funny how Tarantino didn't care about tarnishing the image of Bruce Lee

I didn't know about Sharon Tate's character being in the film when i sat down to watch it. My mother sat there on the couch next to me and gasped when she saw Robbie's performance. The first thing she said was 'oh god, that's Sharon Tate' and i replied 'who?' not knowing much about old hollywood actors/actresses. All my mother said was 'she was a very famous actress murdered by the mason family cult while her husband was away'. My stomach dropped and I felt sick the entire time, terrified that i was going to see a reenactment of that crime. I did not know Sharon Tate's name, but I knew what happened to her and her friends. It was such a relief to see Tate's murderers meet their demise instead, a genuine relief that I have rarely experienced while watching a film.

Oh my, your video made me tear up near the end, this was a wonderful essay and a love letter to not only the movie itself, but also Sharon Tate, in a way. I did not expect that from a video essay about a Tarantino movie, great job!

Once upon a time in Hollywood is just a love letter towards the Hollywood classic from the late 60's in which Quentin grew up during his childhood. Furthermore, Tarantino made this movie like wanting to say "goodbye" when he makes his 10th film. As far as i'm concerned, nothing is going to be same when Quentin quits directing movies, everything will have over.

Why could not have Roman Polanski been in the house instead of Sharon Tate? When will he ever face justice for his grape of a child?

@adoringsharon

Жыл бұрын

Because then Sharon Tate would then be 8 ½ months pregnant grieving the brutal murder of her baby's father in their own home.

This is probably the best video essay I’ve seen on the film. Amazing work

I don’t understand any of the criticisms of this portrayal except that it was too short but even that is justifiable. Margot did a great job of giving her a glowing charisma in such short time.

Sharon tate seemed a nice woman inside and out and her horrific death has allways sickened me.

Bravo! The way her story has been portrayed in the past always kept me from knowing her work as an actress. I remember listening to an interview with her sister about her time w/Tarantino. That is the only reason I watched Once Upon A Time In L.A. My favorite scene was her going by herself to watch a movie she was in and her delight to be there in the theater w/movie goers.

I just wish Roman died in the film instead of Sharon, then itd be a perfect alternative reality.

You made me re-evaluate my perception of this film, love your videos

Tarantino said in an interview that he wanted to show her doing errands, partying, having fun and y'kno, just living life, because her life was taken from her.

Ironically, I think this movie ends up being the most tragic portrayal of Tate as you see her untouched by her tragedy and knowing it's just a fantasy. I had some serious feels at the end, which I hadn't expected.

The ending was so cathartic. Sharon was a favourite of mine from my childhood, l was only five when she was murdered but I thought she was so beautiful and still do. I truly enjoyed the way this film ended, l had been dreading it. Her legacy is a bright light, just like her.

I wasn't alive during the murders! As someone born a little over 10 year's after the fact I probably know as much about it as those who were here when it happened. Sharon was such so beautiful inside and out. She was like an angel on earth! No one ever had a bad word to say about her. And you can just see her goodness and innocence shine through. It's extremely sad her life was taken along with many other wonderful people on those events. I'll never understand how someone could do that to people they don't even know. Just going off order's from a mad man. It's unbelievable and horrific! God bless all those lost and their families🙏🌹❤

Wow, I almost cried watching this. Thank so much for the amazing video!

Sharon's murder was basically the end of the 60s, I'm so glad Tarantino made this movie that made us wish it happened in real life, the life she deserved. I wish he could one about Marilyn, not to focus on personal especulations, but about the things she achieved and how she built Marilyn, unlike the director of Blonde that only made her seem as weak when she wasn't. She was such an impressive woman.

Enjoyed the video essay. Well done. I have no doubt your channel will grow!

I LOVED this video!Thank you so much for making it

Wow, what a beautiful essay! I've never seen this film and even with that "blurred" ending, I now know that there's no way I could ever stomach watching so much violence, even if it is some kind of "justice". That's a little sad to me but we all have different tolerance levels and I had to cover the screen.😬

Great video! Kept me interested the whole time, now I’m definitely watching once upon a time in Hollywood!

Before seeing this movie it never cross my mind that Sharon Tate's murder would be shown in this movie, and it really didn't "click" for me that the Manson family was in the movie until the final act, so when they pulled up to Tate's house the "Oh no!" clicked because I was aware of the circumstances stances of her death, but the hard left turn Terantino did was amazing and really wish I could experience it all for the first time again. And yeah, watching it for the first time I felt the emotion Terantino put into the scene.

Great video I had no idea about her career like when you said she was murdered I was like THATS HER?! My stomach dropped . Thank you for sharing another side to her story.

my only issue with the film is how they portrayed Bruce Lee. My dad met him and he’s really not arrogant in real life. He was actually quite kind.

This was a well done and thoughtful review. Thank you so much.

Much respect for this upload and very classy 🙏🏾 and I looooooved that ending to once upon a time in Hollywood people in the theater were shouting clapping and laughing at the same time !!!

This was a really lovely video and very well done. Cheers!

Well said! I really loved this movie. And had a tough time explaining to others who didn’t see it the same way I did. Very eloquently said!

Excellent, thorough and thoughtful commentary!

I love that for once a film maker chose to give us the ending that should have been rather than the one that was.

My goodness, what a video! Thank you for articulating exactly how I felt about the movie! Unfortunately, I learned about Sharon Tate the same time I learned about Charles Manson. I was about 8 or 9 at the time, and I asked my dad about the book he was reading (Helter Skelter). His summary, including all the gory details, awakened within me an endless string of time travel fantasies. All ending with the same results as Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (albeit with considerably more ninja weapons). After becoming consumed with 60s cinema in my teens, I became familiar with Sharon the actress. And my childhood rescue fantasy was replaced by the weight of the tragedy and loss (coincidentally enough, a time when serial killers were becoming very cool. And edgy dickheads were wearing Charles Manson t-shirts). Fast forward a few decades later, and I find myself alone in a darkened theater watching a variation on my childhood hero fantasy playing out onscreen. Apparently, my feelings on the matter ran deeper than even I was aware. Because finally watching those motherfuckers get eliminated outside my imagination, while Sharon and her baby remained safe next door, provoked a visceral outpouring of emotions I was not prepared for. As you said, Tarantino hated them. And demonstrated as much in every frame of that scene. Delivered with a brutality born of vintage grievance, that warmed my soul.

also this is a beautiful essay, put me to tears, said exactly everything i felt.

Thank you so much for this. This was lovely.

Wonderful job on this. Thank you.

Thank you for a thoughtful review, and not going into the details of Sharon and her friends' horrific deaths. I'm glad Sharon's sister found Tarantino's film respectful, although I have a little 'itch' with history being rewritten. Exploring what 'might have been' had Sharon Tate lived, in a very sweet and (from what I've read) realistic manner, is nice - however, as in many of Tarantino's movies; there's that 'if history were different', which bothers me. I wish these reimaginings were the reality, but they're not. And yet, in OUaTiH's sweetened-look at that period of movie-making, it's phenomenal.

Thant was absolutely beautiful, respectful and informative. Thank you so much.

The part in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood when Sharon met with her sister made me cry, honestly

Great video essay! Do more!

I wonder how the actual murderers of sharon felt watching this ? Lol I hope they saw it and see how much the general public hate them for what they did. This is my favorite Tarantino movie

@JadeHarleyCoffeeMug

Жыл бұрын

we know what they thought of the murders, they wanted to start a race war! also didn’t this movie come out after manson already died in prison?

@noctap0d

Жыл бұрын

@@JadeHarleyCoffeeMug Manson and Susan yes, but Katie and Tex are still alive.

Amazing essay! Immediately subbing to see what more incredible content you have and will make.

What a lovely sensitively put together video. A love letter of your own Id say.

Sharon Tate was a true talent and seems like she was a lovely person, too. I hope we can remember the happiness of her life instead of how she tragically left this world.

I saw this movie without knowing anything about it and thought all the violence at the end was dumb and pointless. It's very nice to learn that it actually meant something. Thank you

10:49 =Yeah... If I remembered her interviews, Sharon rarely speaks much... And when she does, she looks demure but jubilant, always with shy joy in her person... You can tell she wants to express, with a soft embarassed smile gracing her features, but you can tell she is still shy and unsure as she answers with hesitant measure...

I honestly had no idea who Sharon Tate was and was so confused on how the movie ended and honestly did not care for any of the characters except for Leonardo’s and Pit’s. While it’s good people who knew her got to enjoy this movie, I think Tarantino could’ve put a little more effort into audiences not familiar with her and the tragedy so the ending would’ve been more impactful

Great video. I really hate how they disrespect her in other movies, we should celebrate her life, not her tragic death.

I loved the ending so much. I'm so glad Tarantino showed no mercy to those fuckers. RIP to Sharon Tate. This was amazing.

So I do think that Tarantino‘s alternate history endings do serve a point. For instance, with Inglourious Basterds, in a rhetorical and metaphorical sense, how many times has Hitler and Nazis ideology been killed in a movie theater? The read on that is the movies played a major part in killing the reputation of Nazi ideology. It’s stuff like this that makes me disagree with the point that Tarantino represents history differently “because he can“. It’s usually to prove a point.

@mjr2451

Жыл бұрын

PS The on screen text of “blurred to avoid age restriction“ is one of the best context inserts I’ve seen in a video essay. Maybe you didn’t invent it, but the implementation was extremely well done. Some people may complain about descriptions of content and media, but it’s stuff like this that empowers the audience and lets them in on the context of why something may be altered. It’s a nice companion technique to content warnings at the beginning of media.

Profound. Heartfelt depth in Tarantino, not so frequently explored by him in depth!; and the grounded, wise humanity we associate with Margot as one of film's million-watt superstars.

God bless you that was a wonderful video... I never really understood why Tarantino included Sharon Tate in his movie and only had a slight knowledge about the context, thus I really feels bad thinking of Sharon's character merely as a nice girl just here for show. I loved her character from the beginning because she was so bright but never found her really intersting...Thank you for opening my f*cking blind eyes ! I seriously wanna cry now !...Well I suppose it's time to rewatch some hippies get...tarantinoed just for fun, I loved that scene since the first time I saw the movie, now I think I'll love it even more. Did I mention I wasn't a good person ?

i´m simply glad tarantino wanted to include her in the film as a way to honor the 60´s hollywood through her as well as her own life instead of doing, yet another, exploitive show of the tragedy of a talented actress ( hollywood could take down notes ). and what to say about margot other than how perfect she was and how she´s one actress that i consider to be timeless and captivating on screen. this movie overall was a masterpiece made for pure enjoyment and to be experienced, wish it was better recognised tho.

Wonderful, this is what's Needed. :')

Well-made! Subscribed.

Lovely video. Thank you.

Beautiful video, thank you

Great analysis! I subbed

great work

Это самый лучший, самый глубокий, прекрасный рассказ о фильме Тарантино. Потрясающий видеоролик. Однажды в Голливуде стал моим любимым фильмом, а Шерон Тейт любимой актрисой на все времена. Она была и останется одной из самых прекрасных женщин на Земле.

Weird take that giving her few lines keeps her closer to the real Sharon Tate. Following that logic, Stewart's portrayal of Diana in Spencer puts her further from her subject because she had more to say. Making her quiet just makes it easier to project whatever you want onto her, instead of letting her speak for herself. Filmmakers should do the research and craft legitimate dialogue that is believable.

From what I read one of the would be murderers did in fact run off before the murder happened. I don’t know if it was flowerchild but it was one of the women.

Crazy that some people didnt understand what Tarantino did with Sharon Tate, or maybe they didnt want to understand... Anyway, some people might think what Tarantino does in his movies (having a jew soldier gunning down Hitler, the events on this very movie, etc) as escapism, and you know what? That's fine, the world sucks, let us, at least for a few minutes, see "the good guys win" forna change.

@juliagoodwin9510

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. The phrase, "I reject your reality and substitute my own!" comes to mind.

Great video.

I loved this essay on her. For years, Sharon Tate as a person was horribly overshadowed by her tragedy. They even call it "The Tate Murders". As if it were somehow her fault, in a way. I'm not a Tarantino fan, but found myself intrigued by this movie. I haven't seen it yet, but wouldn't mind getting it.

You erroneously said Sharon gave parties at the Cielo Drive house. There wasn't enough time for Sharon or Roman to give any parties at the Cielo Drive house as they weren't there long enough to have these so-called "parties." Sharon saw the house in January and they moved in near the end of February. Roman left for England to begin prep work on the film "The Day of the Dolphin," and Sharon was still there until around March 23 when she was due to leave for Roma to begin filming her final film "12 + 1 Chairs." At this point she was in her first trimester of pregnancy. She was tired throughout most of her pregnancy. Even when Sharon joined Roman at their London Mews House, there were very few parties as again, Roman was preparing his film. As for Tarantino "reaching out to Debra...." To fill you in on something. Debra barely knew Sharon in those final years. Sharon was away for most of that time filming in Europe and other places and was home very rarely. The Tate family weren't even invited to Sharon and Roman's wedding in London in 1968. Debra conscripts most of her younger sister, Patti's, memories as her own. She claims she was up at the house several times during that summer. According to Patti they were only there once. That was in mid-July after Sharon returned from London to watch the moon landing. After that the Tate's barely saw Sharon. Doris, her mother, did speak to her almost daily due to the fact the Tate's lived in the San Francisco area due to Col Paul Tate, Sharon's father, being stationed at the Citadel Military Base. Throughout most of the last week of July and up to August 8, Sharon was spending most of that time with Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring, and Voytek Frykowski, and other friends like Sheilah Welles. In fact that "infamous" party that was supposed to be taking place that night was nothing but myth as Sharon was supposed to spend that night with Sheilah as Sheilah had just had her own baby and she had air conditioning in her home where the Cielo Drive house didn't. Sharon cancelled at the last moment because she was very tired and very pregnant. Earlier that day Debra did call to ask if she could come up, but Sharon again said no. It should also be said that Debra is a liar. She claims she did things it was impossible to do due to her age at the time. She claimed she went up to the house to get the dress Sharon was buried in. However, according to the book "Restless Souls" by Brie Tate and Alissa Statman and taken from Paul Tate's own manuscript "Five Down on Cielo Drive," Paul went up to get the dress and to see the house. In fact he was up there the morning the bodies were discovered and helped in identifying the bodies. Debra then claims she sat through the trial and was after the convictions of the main members of the Manson Family, able to be alone with Charles Manson. Again, impossible as shortly after the funerals for Sharon, Jay, and Voytek, Paul Tate sent Doris, Debra, and Patti back to Dallas, Texas were they all had family. Paul remained in Los Angeles to go undercover to try to catch his daughter's killers. After they were caught in October 1969, Paul remained there until after he testified in the trial, then cam back for the verdicts then went to rejoin his wife and daughters in Texas. In 1976, Debra used Sharon's name to get her foot in the door of Oui Men's Magazine to post nude for the magazine. The photos were so graphic, Doris and Paul Tate disowned Debra as they were mad at her for using Sharon's name for her own advancement. Later and again due to Debra's own conduct, she was disinherited from both their wills, however, there was money left to her by their maternal grandmothere that was folded in under Doris' will that was not probated after her death in 1992. Due to that it was folded in under Paul Tate's and Debra only received the money her grandmother left her when Paul Tate passed in 2005. Debra believes she owns Sharon's memory and her estate. She does not. After the murders, Roman Polanski signed everything over to Paul Tate as Polanski did not want anything of Sharon's as the memories were too painful. After Doris' death in 1992, Paul passed Sharon's estate to his youngest daughter, Patti. After Patti died in 2000 of breast cancer, Sharon's estate was given to Patti's children. At no point was Debra made the official Tate family spokesperson. Though she believes she is. Technically, she is not even legally allowed to attend the parole hearings for the remaining Manson Family members still alive and in prison. Yet she does because she believes she has the right. Lastly on Debra, after Paul Tate passed in 2005 due to a clerical error, Debra claimed Paul's ashes from the funeral home. Paul Tate's wishes were to buried with his wife, Doris, and daughters Sharon and Patti, and his grandson, Paul Richard. To this date Debra has not seen to the fulfillment on Tate's final wishes. On Tarntino "sharing" the script with Debra. Roman Polanski had written to Tarantino and begged him not to use Sharon, Jay, Voytek, and Abigail like this. He begged, but Tarantino ignored him and went to Debra. I submit that Tarantino did change Sharon to fit his own narrative as he fundamentally changed Sharon in terms of making her less of a person, and more of a caricature void of anything else but his own viewpoint. Sharon was not that much of a floozy. He took a few moments of footage of Sharon in London dancing with David Hemmings and others and exploded that into a narrative that made Robbie's depiction of her rather thin. In fact, vacuous. "Flower Child" is fictional as there was no such person in The Family. That was Linda Kasabian and my bet is she might have sued him to not use her likeness. In conclusion, had Tarantino actually cared for Sharon's memory, he would have left her, Roman, Jay, Voytek, and Abigail alone. He would also have left Bruce Lee alone as he trashed Lee and he was called out by Lee's daughter, Shannon, for exploiting her father's memory and making a mockery of him. But in typical Tarantio fashion, he just doesn't give a crap. Had he truly cared for Sharon and her memory, he would have done as Roman Polanski had asked kindly and not exploited Sharon, Jay, Voytek, and Abigail. I agree with Polanski.

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I kinda got that vibe, too. Like, why even include Sharon Tate in your film & reopen that wound? I also got that vibe from Debra.. or maybe I've read about these things in passing over the decades. Either way, the name "Flower child" wasn't registering with me either, and I suspected she/Q meant Linda. Not a fan of Polanski, but this had to be hard on EVERYONE who was impacted by this tragedy.

Ave always liked QT's movies. But wtf is wrong w HIM for including SHARON TATE.?? HE should do one on NATALIE WOOD.. I lost respect for his work after kill bill.. he's obsessed w RAPE scenes.

I think OUATIH is Tarantino’s best movie, period.

Sharon was much prettier than Margo

These events happened long before I was born, but I still got a twisted sense of pleasure out of this movie's climax. My only complaint is that Manson never got what was coming to him. Come on, Tarantino! If you're going to rewrite history for the better, at least go all the way with the catharsis!

that's not malibu barbie that you showed (: that one is based on a german doll

i wanna watch this movie now. i love how you violent they ended

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Is A Masterpiece

Personally I think it’s one of Tarantinos worst films but Margot did a good job.

I love once upon a time in Hollywood such a great cast, Margot especially stood out

BRUCE LEE WAS A FRIEND OF SHARON TATE ...HE IS ALSO SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND AT HER FUNERAL

I respect Tarantino for his movies such as IGB and Once Upon a Time, because they are in a tragic way ‘what if’ story’s, and obviously not changing history.

Sorry, I hate myself, but the word is heinous not hein-e-ous. Also penchant is a French word pronounced ‘pon-chon’. Enjoyed the essay though.

I am happy to not have to see Sharon die again on screen, but I wish she were able to live through he own "light" and "goodness" and not because some man she barely knows commits violence on her behalf. Maybe a world where Manson wasn't able to start a cult at all.

nickolas shreck and tom oniell.