This movie is not gory...except the final scene, but it's not like his other movies. As Kurt Russell points out, it's a "love letter to LA", and literally takes you back to 1969 LA...the dying western genre, actors dealing with getting old and no longer A-listers, the hippie movement, lifestyle of actors and singers who lived in "The Canyon", etc. More nostalgia than mystery and deep plot. It just happens that it all took place when Hollywood was shaken to the core over the Manson murders. Walter Cronkite had a hard time on CBS telling of the murders and was visibly shaken and said that in his years of broadcasting, he had never had to bring a story of such inhumanity. The murders were just a couple weeks after Cronkite got to broadcast man taking his first steps on the moon, which was the highest point of his career. Anyway, it's a lot of nostalgia for a lost period of time in the center of entertainment
Interestingly, Sharon Tate was not a well known actress, unless you were part of the inner circle. She was close friends with Steve McQueen who did love her, but she never let it go anywhere. In fact, he was supposed to be at the house the night she was murdered, but he hooked up with a girl and spent the night with her rather than going over to Tate's house. It's highly possible he might have turned the tide on Manson, as he was an ex-marine, and a badass in real life. Guess we'll never know
Tarantino spent a lot of time with Sharon Tate's sister and Sharon's mother (who died a year after the movie came out), and out of respect, did not include her death in the movie and instead, created faux history by having some of Manson's people attack Pitt and DiCaprio's wife in which the Manson crew was killed. "Artistic Liberty", I guess. This was done as a softening to the Tate family when the movie hit the screen. Tarantino had great respect for Tate's family and didn't want to exploit their pain, but rather show what Sharon was really like
Sharon Tate had a part in "Valley of the Dolls", and of course "Wrecking Crew" where she starred alongside Dean Martin in a comedy. But her longest part of work was as Miss Hathaway's assistant at Mr. Drysdale's bank in the Beverly Hillbillies. She was Jethro Bodine's heart throb and vice versa; hence, Miss Hathaway tried to keep them apart because she herself was smitten with Jethro...LOL. In real life, she was a fun loving, happy go lucky woman who loved acting, but even more so, just wanted to have a family. She pleaded with Manson in real life of the night of the murder, to let her live, because she only wanted to have her baby and be a family. That of course, didn't stop him
Interestingly, Sharon Tate was not a well known actress, unless you were part of the inner circle. She was close friends with Steve McQueen who did love her, but she never let it go anywhere. In fact, he was supposed to be at the house the night she was murdered, but he hooked up with a girl and spent the night with her rather than going over to Tate's house. It's highly possible he might have turned the tide on Manson, as he was an ex-marine, and a badass in real life. Guess we'll never know
Tarantino spent a lot of time with Sharon Tate's sister and Sharon's mother (who died a year after the movie came out), and out of respect, did not include her death in the movie and instead, created faux history by having some of Manson's people attack Pitt and DiCaprio's wife in which the Manson crew was killed. "Artistic Liberty", I guess. This was done as a softening to the Tate family when the movie hit the screen. Tarantino had great respect for Tate's family and didn't want to exploit their pain, but rather show what Sharon was really like
Sharon Tate had a part in "Valley of the Dolls", and of course "Wrecking Crew" where she starred alongside Dean Martin in a comedy. But her longest part of work was as Miss Hathaway's assistant at Mr. Drysdale's bank in the Beverly Hillbillies. She was Jethro Bodine's heart throb and vice versa; hence, Miss Hathaway tried to keep them apart because she herself was smitten with Jethro...LOL. In real life, she was a fun loving, happy go lucky woman who loved acting, but even more so, just wanted to have a family. She pleaded with Manson in real life of the night of the murder, to let her live, because she only wanted to have her baby and be a family. That of course, didn't stop him