February 18, 2013 – Back Seat Producers

It’s a Quentin Tarantino Love Fest!!

Release date: 12/25/1995

Miramax Films

Directed and Written by

Produced by

Cast

Rim Roth

“The Missing Ingredient”

Valeria Golino

Ione Skye

“The Wrong Man”

David Proval

Jennifer Beals

“The Misbehavers”

Antonio Banderas

Lana McKissack

“The Man from Hollywood”

Quentin Tarantino

The hosts review:

Robert Rodriguez’ clip was good… kinda weird… enjoyable.
Quentin Tarantino’s was also really good.
“The Misbehavers” could have been a standalone short.
“The Missing Ingredient”… missing a whole lot more.
The reason you watch the whole thing, all four stories, is for the very last five minutes.
The reason for some of the witches being topless didn’t make sense.
It would have made more sense if “The Misbehavers” was first.
Tarantino’s short was typical of his long films, long mundane dialogues that explode into insanity.
What, exactly, brought these four writer/directors together? And, was it a good idea?
Alison Anders biography reads almost like a Tarantino script.
Robert Rodriguez followed up the first three Spy Kids movies with Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
The hosts can’t really recommend the whole movie, but the opening credits and Tim Roth’s movements were very Pink Panther-ish.
Ione Skye… aged well, looked good!
Madonna… meh, why was she there?
A discussion of Madonna’s… oh, let’s just call it her movie career for the sake of argument.

Trivial bits ‘n pieces:

“Five Rooms” was the original title of this movie, but Richard Linklater withdrew before production began.
Salma Hayek is the dancing girl in TV in “The Misbehavers.”
The role of Ted the Bellhop was originally written with Steve Buscemi in mind.
Bruce Willis is not credited because he violated SAG rule by acting in this film for no money, doing it for fun and as a favor for Tarantino. SAG agreed not to sue Willis if his name was not included in the credits.
Robert Rodriguez and Antonio Banderas filed their segment one week after finishing Desperado.