11 More Times In Hollywood: Movies To Check Out After Watching Tarantino's Latest
Kill Bill Vol. 1” and “2”), the ninth film of his proposed ten-film oeuvre is a deeply personal trip down memory lane that attempts to recreate the cultural climate of his childhood, filtered through fictionalized versions of TV shows and movies whose influence bled into his soul.
As always, it becomes a fun exercise to discover -- or maybe more accurately, try and figure out -- what, where and how Tarantino was influenced by for the disparate and eclectic components of his characters, scenes and overall stories. But as “Once Upon A Time In Hollywood” arrives in theaters, Moviefone offers a short primer, and a laundry list of key titles, that can provide fans with continued (and expanded) viewing options after the filmmaker’s latest settles into its cinematic “happily ever after.”
“Navajo Joe” (1966)
Sergio Corbucci film where Reynolds played a Native American who squares off against the gang of outlaws that massacred his tribe.
“The Happening” (1967)
Kill Bill Vol. 2"), star in this thriller about four hippies who kidnap a mob boss and hold him for ransom. Like others on this list a film Tarantino showed recently at his Los Angeles movie theater, the New Beverly. Its premise distantly echoes some of the details of his new film, and touches on the way that early counter-culturalists were depicted during the heyday of the hippie era.
“Lady In Cement” (1968)
Raquel Welch in this neo-noir about a detective who discovers a woman encased in concrete at the bottom of the ocean, and must uncover the perpetrator. Seen only briefly in the film -- appropriately enough as a movie trailer -- films of this ilk, star vehicles that have gone largely forgotten, lend an atmosphere of verisimilitude to Tarantino’s recreation of the time period.
“Rosemary’s Baby” (1968)
Roman Polanski figures into the sprawling tapestry of Tarantino’s film.
“The Wrecking Crew” (1968)
Starting in 1965, Margot Robbie in the film, Tate attends a matinee of the film in Westwood, California, where she enjoys listening to her fellow moviegoers laughing and cheering along with her bumbling exploits as a klutzy Danish woman who teams up with Helm.
“Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice” (1969)
Paul Mazursky wrote and directed this incisive comedy about two couples dealing with honesty and infidelity after one pair attends a couples retreat and tries to incorporate its lessons of complete candor into their regular lives. Another film Tarantino screened at the New Beverly, the film captures not only the films being shown in theaters at the time in which “Hollywood” is set but reflects a changing sensibility about monogamy and relationships that is mirrored in the depiction of Tate’s marriage to Polanski and her ongoing relationship with former lover Jay Sebring.
“Flareup” (1969)
Played by Raquel Welch as a Vegas dancer trying to figure out who’s trying to kill her.
“Marlowe” (1969)
“Model Shop” (1969)
Alexandra Hay) grows tired of his aimlessness. Demy captures late ‘60s Los Angeles like almost no one else, chronicling its endless network of streets and highways as well as a mood that anticipated but wasn’t quite ready for the countercultural forces that were bringing change.
“The Sterile Cuckoo” (1969)
Future “Wendell Burton), and their relationship is subsequently tested by the challenges of growing up -- together, and independently, as individuals. The late ‘60s became a clearing house for studios exploring relationship dynamics with sex-comedy premises, and this one was regarded as uniquely thoughtful about the changes that occur between the two people at the heart of its story.
“Billy Jack” (1971)
Although Tom Laughlin. Laughlin plays a half-Navajo Vietnam veteran who battles injustice (often violently) on behalf of other Native Americans in order to preserve peace near an Arizona college.

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