I was expecting a Dennis Wilson or Terry Melcher based character
anyone else?
shareMaybe Tarantino didn't know about their involvement with the Mansons. He always only skims the surface when he works with a historical story. I picture Tarantino doing his research for this by watching the old 70s Helter Skelter miniseries and a few Youtube videos on 60s LA.
shareYou obviously don't know much about Tarantino if you believe that haha
shareHmm. Maybe it's you who doesn't know much about history...
shareNo, it's the fact that you think Tarantino doesn't do any research when it comes to his projects. You really think he "didn't know" about Dennis Wilson and Terry Melcher's connection to Charles Manson even though he clearly mentions them in the film?
Have you even seen the movie?
my memory's already faded (i don't retain things very well)....
but we did get a scene of manson going to the tate/polanski house & asking if melcher was there, right?
i can't recall if wilson was ever mentioned.
i just watched another manson family film called charlie says over the weekend, & i think some of the details from that film, where wilson & melcher were definitely mentioned & represented, have bled together with once upon... in my head.
Yeah, they are both mentioned in the same scene. I don't remember the exact dialogue, but Manson shows up and when Jay Sebring asks if he can help him, Manson says something along the lines of "Is this the Terry Melcher residence? I'm a friend of Terry's and Dennis Wilson's" and when he's told Melcher no longer lives there, Manson asks if Sebring knows where he can find him.
shareAgree. He mentioned both of them.
shareNo, I have not seen it yet. I'm just basing my assumptions on the degree of 'historic realism' Quentin had on display in Django Unchained and Inglourious Basterds.
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