Clint Eastwood On PULP FICTION and the Cannes Palme d'or
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Clint Eastwood discusses his experience being a member of the 1994 Cannes Film Festival jury that award the Palme d'or to Quentin Tarantino's PULP FICTION.
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I can't believe he didn't describe the three categories of movies he saw as "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly."
lol
I know he's such a dirty little harry and he's unforgiven..
He should be locked in Alcatraz!
Wow what a comment!!!!!
👌😂🤣👏🙏🙌😃
Sorry to be off topic but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an instagram account..?
I was dumb forgot the password. I appreciate any tips you can offer me.
hard to believe he now is 90 years old. Clint is a legend
Very rare.
Not just 90, but still working
Clint's a workhorse, totally old school. Great role model.
Stsrted late as a director...wished he had started earlier because I cannot get enough of his movies..
He’s a legendary actor but also a fantastic director.
I wish the word "picture" was still used to describe movies, so much classier.
I know Sam Raimi still does it...
mmmm be 1 of my 3 wishes 2
When we were kids we would go to the pictures. I thought it was a British thing because Americans called them movie theatres. I guess we were just slow to copy them [in those days].
@Br Olsos You must be British.
@Br Olsos I'm not so sure. 'Movies' sounds like the same naming system that named 'talkies', so it might be legitimate.
People who 'are' commenting here that Clint didn't like Pulp fiction just don't know about the guy's personality.
When Eastwood praises a film he doesn't drool over it on camera lol. I think he liked it fine.
Agreed. If he said a film was "pretty good" you'd know it's an excellent film.
For anyone who doesn't understand his intent here, just picture Ron Swanson telling this story.
@daAnder71lost track of the number of times i got arrested by the gramma po'lice ;)
He likes chairs also.
Clint grew up in an era where understatement was the norm. "Not bad" meant "world class performance" etc.
Receiving the Palm D'or by Clint Eastwood is one of the best honors to any filmmaker
It's funny how he has this tough guy persona but he's always so kind and thoughtful in his interviews. That's an actor you can respect as a person as well as an artist.
Kind of hard for me to respect him as a person after the chair.
Sure, if you ignore all the cheating on his wife and hitting women
@@jeremyphillips3087 because he doesn’t share the same political views as him? Weak
for some reason I find it really hard to picture Clint watching Pulp Fiction. they just don't seem compatible. but he obviously liked it.
Probably enjoyed the n word
Um, Clint has been in a lot of violent, edgy movies
@@trumbogun1 Um, not the same type of movie
@@i..9339 it is violent. It is edgy. It is a movie. It is a narrative that plays with time and focuses on dialogue. All things, subjects, approaches Eastwood has either starred in or directed. So, Um, there you go.
I actually find that Pulp Fiction contains a lot of subtly western elements. QT has also said publicly that TGTBATU is his favorite film of all time, though he has other films that show its influence more explicitly.
The film that the French crowd would have been disappointed didn't win is probably "Three Colours: Red" - Krzysztof Kieslowski's final entry in his acclaimed trilogy about French society, which he had also announced would be his final film.
When Clint Eastwood talks you listen
People like this man are forever young at heart, always willing to be amazed and surprised by something new. People like him are always curious and never bored. Their humility is an utterly redeeming grace.
@ 0:54 He's referring to a film I made, 'Paint Dry'. Yeah, not one of my best.
I disagree. 'Paint Dry' is deliberately paced but yields rewards for those attentive enough to appreciate its subtleties, especially after repeated viewings.
Many layers to that film, most of them emulsion.
I've gotta say, I was fairly impressed with your work on "Grass Grow", and I thought your commentary on suburban society was quite genius. It's a bit long, but if it isn't profound, I don't know what is.
I did the soundtrack for that picture. Be sure to pick it up at your local record store. It's called "Listening to Paint Dry".
I liked the sequel, "Flies Fuck"
I've never heard Clint Eastwood comment on a Tarantino picture! Thanks for posting.
@B W well that’s what it is, I don’t think you get the art behind creating one.
1994 was one of the best years in film history...
Chris Warner no it wasn't one of the best it was THE BEST I mean come on the lion king, pulp fiction, Forrest Gump, the shawshank redemption definitely the best movie year ever
@@saintsrowandmasseffect4lif825 funny you mention forrest gump and shawshank redemption because those were two of the worst from that year. 1994 was an incredible year because Satantango, which is easily the best film ever made, came out, along with Vive L'Amour (another masterpiece), Three Colours: Red, Three Colours: White, Chungking Express, Through The Olive Trees, To Live, and A Confucian Confusion. I don't mean this in an insulting way, but please watch more films, and especially more films from other countries and stop watching whatever shit the IMDB top 250 tells you to.
CometCourse Obviously you have shit taste.
@@cometcourse381 Man I bow down to you! Most people think Hollywood is all there is to film, but it isn't, many countries produce fantastic movies every year. Many of my favorites come from Iran, and I am glad you mentioned "Through the olive trees", its an absolute gem. Satanango really is one of the best movies ever made, and Three Colours White too. To Live, A Confucian Confusion are on my to watch list. And the best part... most of them are on youtube!
@@deus3953
What makes you say that? This guy just listed the most amazing 1994 movies for you to watch and you say he has "shit" taste. Watching American movies all your life makes them seem fairly homogenized, and watching foreign films has the element of wonder, things are new and you are curious, and when you return to American films you see them from a whole new angle. Can you tell me why any of the films he listed, even one, is "shit" for you??
This is my first time seeing clint eastwood speak normally after seeing him playing in movies holy shit
In the background an original Italian poster for "A fistful of dollars" :)
We need a sequel
Yeah now Tarantino paid homage to that with Once upon a time in Hollywood too.
I believe that’s in his office at Warner Bros.
Pulp Fiction was a wicked movie. It had drama, dark comedy, pseudo romance, and mystery. The characters were interesting and it had an ending
90 years young and still working. What a legend
93 now
I know it might not be that popular to say, but retirement isn't that healthy for people.
If people retire, they should however find comfort in things to do, but not fall in a big hole.
Clint eastwood staring as clint eastwood. His role as clint eastwood was always his best clint eastwood impersonation.
Clint always tells it like it is! Droll and real as always. Although whenever one describes something as 'interesting' it's never a ringing endorsement 😁
Not his job to give endorsements.
... " I Reckon So "... 🤔
@@donaldvanvliet9039... Understood 🤔
I guess thats the reason he didn’t vote for those films.
personally when i call something interesting i mean it is actually interesting, which means it is not only good or worthy of attention but it is something different which is a nice change of pace and creative.
And when Tarantino accepted his award at Cannes he said (at a press conference there) that Kieslowski's "Three Colors: Red' was the best picture he had seen at Cannes that year and deserved the award. Tarantino was right although Pulp Fiction was a very worthy runner-up.
Also, Tarantino wrote the part of Bruce Willis' wife (in Pulp Fiction) for Irene Jacob because he loved her in Kieslowski's "The Double Life of Veronique." She turned him down for that part because she was already committed to "Three Colors: Red."
+Mooseman327 when did he say that? Is there re video about it ? I didn't hear anything about it when he accept palme d'or. Maybe it's because of my bad English.
That's kind of cool of him.
Val now PF is a classic. "Red"? not so much
Red was entertaining but nothing special. None of the actors did anywhere near their best work. Willis probably had the best performance. They should have had Helen Mirren handle that rifle a while. Her sighting the rifle and generally handling it was very amateurish - very distracting (she was supposed to be an assassin with firearms). Cannot use the excuse that her bosoms got in the way. Not up in here! Not up in here!! John Malkovich and Morgan Freeman were not very convincing either - like they just walked onto the set. Poor Ernest Borgnine was okay. The other female lead - Mary-Louise Parker - Willis' love interest was okay.
Own Petard I hope you're joking
The Great Clint Eastwood!!! Thank you for making great movies!
I know what you're thinkin', "Did I watch it 5 times or 6?!"
Do ya feel lucky, Punk?
"To tell you the truth I've kind of lost track with all these films showing. But being that this is the Cannes Film Festival, the most prestigious film festival in the world, you've got to ask yourself one question."
@@rickytrottier5505 Go ahead - MAKE MY DAY!
Too funny. Good one.
@@JeffTY77450 Funny how?
I like how polite and diplomatic he was.
Great man, great, balanced thoughtful opinions. His work will stand the test of time because what is in most of his movies isn't always obvious and always resonates with real humanity.
Clint doesn't go apeshit, he's just like "That's nice".
He described it as "exiting" look how excited he was. That was the 90s and that was Clint people used to be cool everyone is like an overdramatic spazz now and think it weird if you are not.
I saw an interview with someone talking about Clint's directing style. Clint doesn't yell "ACTION!!!" to start a scene. He just says, "Okay, go ahead." Clint doesn't yell "CUT!!!" at the end of a scene... he just says, "Okay, that's enough of that."
*"you feel that?!? that's your pride fuckin' with you!!!"*
Both are masters of film. Nothing else to discuss.
Tarantino is overrated
*"Nothing else to discuss"* Lol, you're like the little kid who punches someone and runs away so he doesn't have to pay the consequences.
@@jayaybe1 hahaha
jayaybe1 what he said wasn’t provocative enough to warrant that response from you haha. But stay annoyed I guess.
Eastwood is, Tarantino - nah
He's the ultimate movie star ⭐
Clint liked it so much he called it interesting
This guy, still alive today, was 9 years old when world war 2 started.. Hell of a run he had.
He probably started WWII. 🤣🤣. Only kidding.
I love watching awesome film directors talk about awesome movies.
When clint Eastwood loves your work you become a legend.
It’s always a thrill when you watch a movie, or read a book that you know nothing about beforehand, and it floors you. The first time I remember this happening (aside from Bambi when I was very young) was Five Easy Pieces. I was transported. Totally engrossed to the point of forgetting where I was and how much time passed. It just washed over me. That doesn’t happen often but when it does it’s worth all the bad movies I’ve sat through.
Appropriate name
Love that film.
"It’s always a thrill when you watch a movie, or read a book that you know nothing about beforehand, and it floors you." Like me, seeing "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" back in 1968 !!!!
Haven't had that experience in a while but the last time I remember watching a film I knew nothing about that kind of amazed me was:
Thunder Road (Jim Cummings)
and
Parasite (Bong Joon-ho)
Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese)
I haven't seen "five easy pieces" but I'll definitely give it a try !
If you guys haven't seen Upgrade with Logan Marshall Green, I would recommend it and going into it blind. Most underrated movie of the past decade
It doesn't surprise me, though it surprised Clint, that it was the Europeans on the panel who immediately realised it was the best picture of that year. Europe really dug (still digs) Pulp Fiction, all the years I lived there, as the best of American pastiche, blended into something entirely new at the time. Plus European film goers have always savoured great dialogue in a film, which is what QT usually gives you, especially in his early films.
Also it flirts A LOT with the films of the French New Wave which is at the heart of european cinema
A truly great artist. Thank you, Mr Eastwood.
Damning it with faint praise
It’s my favorite movie of all time!
And if you’re wondering what was in the briefcase???
It was the Oscar it should’ve won for best picture!
No great movie ever wins oscars.
@@annaclarafenyo8185
Schindler‘s list
@@annaclarafenyo8185
Just thought of a couple more
Braveheart and dances with wolves!
But I know what you mean usually the best movie never wins! Oscars are a joke!!
I know what's in the briefcase, do you?
@@Jorge_Jones
Well, Quinton never want anyone to know what’s inside the briefcase and wants you to figure it out.
I’m 99% sure that that’s what he was imagining inside the briefcase was an Oscar for the film that he was making.
So let’s hear it….
What do you think is in the briefcase?
When Butch chooses a weapon.......still one of the best moments in cinematic history.
i love you clint....
Clint is awesome on one hand and rigid on the other.
1:05 PULP FICTION - Quentin Tarantino. “It drew everybody in. It’s definitely interesting and it was exciting and it came at a time that we needed a little excitement. It was refreshing and everybody started to talk about it.”
Clint is an amazing talent. One of the best ever - and everyone in the business knows it best.
Clint Eastwood the Legend himself
Love Clint favourite actor and director
Great interview
A diplomatic way to say: ".....I didn't like it!"........Really can't blame him.
God bless ya Clint!
C.A. :-)
It is interesting to hear a film maker's view on being a critic.
This is really cool to see.
The prequel to Paint Your Wagon was A Fistful of Paint.
Fistful of brushes
The sequel was called "But I wanted blue"
A Fistful of Fist...that one was rough.
Promptly followed by “For a Few Palettes More”
@@leonrififi3543 And then by Easel Rider.
I just watched Jackie Brown for the first time since I saw it in theaters. It's no Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs but it is a solid effort and well worth renting. Samuel Jackson has a great performance as does the whole cast. And as always in QT movies, the soundtrack is fantastic.
yes for me i go back to this film more than the others as it has a bit more romance in it... if you get me... its a bit like I the ritchie/vaughn films... my fave now is layer cake which wasnt as big as the previous films
Totally agree. Jackie Brown is a great movie.
Its my number one Tarantino.
@@williamhanson1174 nr 2 and 3 are propobly heatful 8 and Once up on a time?
Jackie Brown, in my opinion, is Tarantino’s best film.
Eastwood is surprisingly well spoken without a script.
My favorite director.
Fascinating to listen to a legend talk about seeing someone else’s legendary cult film before it was a thing and introduced to the entire world. As a HUGE fan of Reservoir Dogs on vhs, I saw Pulp Fiction in a matinee on opening day in a now-closed shopping mall movie theater.
I am jealous. You lucky bastard 👍
I got to see the restaurant the opening and closing scenes were filmed at before being demolished. Unfortunately it was already closed.
I also saw this movie at a strip mall theater where the tickets were $5 and included drink and popcorn. It certainly felt like the appropriate way to watch short of a drive-in!
When a legend like Clint talks highly of a movie, you better believe that movie is REALLY good
Exciting!
Ahh I can see the error of my ways now...the fog in my path has now cleared. Thank you Sensei.
A Perfect World was a fascinating entry that year.
I really liked that movie. I think it would have been more highly regarded if it hadn't ripped off Reservoir Dogs for its finale.
@@WhatHaveIMade huh? How are the endings of those films anything alike other than someone gets shot?
@@erakfishfishfish Uh, the whole guy tied to a chair while a maniac puts on music, pulls out a knife and prepares to start carving him up thing?
@@WhatHaveIMade neither are the finale of their respective films. Also, character motivations are completely different. Reservoir Dogs is pure sadism, while Perfect World is Costner’s character dealing with past trauma in the worst way. I can see where you’re coming from, but I think it’s a bit of a stretch.
I felt the same way about Pulp Fiction. I saw it opening day at an indy theater in Santa Cruz. Didn't know anything about Tarantino at the time, but knew when I saw Travolta put a hypodermic needle in Uma Thurman's chest I was watching the kind of movie you'll remember for a long time.
Real recognizes real
Great actor, Great director, but more importantly, a GREAT AMERICAN...!
Damn I love his voice - so comforting - those eyes .. wow .. i like it. Sign me up.
i absolutely die for pulp fiction
most overrated film of recent years
youre literally the only person who thinks that
I appreciate your love of the film,,,but please open your mind to other opinions.
www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/10/twenty-years-it-s-time-admit-pulp-fiction-bad-film
no thanks
ok
Clint solely invokes the words "interesting", "exciting", and "refreshing" in regard his impression of the film itself.
There, saved you two minutes.
Clint❤️
clint eastwood should do "old man Logan" he'd be the perfect wolverine
For god's sake, in 10 years and more you couldn't edit that mistake in the title?
they still cant see the spelling error and no ones ever pointed it out to them lol.
Very good!
Cliff Eastman...what an actor
Wasn't Paint Dry the sequel to Paint Your Wagon?
That's because there are two kinds of people, my friend. Those with loaded guns and those who don't dare to interview Clint Eastwood.
You dig...
Wows!
Top director
pulp fiction is amazing, but Palme d'Or should have gone to Kieslowski's last instalment of his Three Colors trilogy, "Red". this movie blew blew me away in a way I thought only Bergman could do.
So you're saying it's a movie for elites by elites?
@@Tom-rg2exhe didn't say that 😂
The chair that was interviewing him in this must have been starstruck.
Let it go, asss whole
@@bneale
Why?
@@charlesharper2357 Because he was tired of reading his comment for 8 years
@@lordXAVIJAANBJERGNOG
It's called reality...
@@charlesharper2357 What is
he does it better than anyone. BAM!
Pulp Fiction and Blue is the warmest colour are my favourite Palme D'or winners
"Watching paint dry"...LOL
Ficiton?
No.
Over 9 years this has been up and still not corrected lol
One of my favorite movies of all time. It's right up there with The Godfater.
Still there in 2020🤣
Also, i like Goofdellas. And Foster Mupg and Shenkshenk Red dead
Touche
"Pulp Fiction" is a good, worthwhile movie----nothing more.
I bet Clint's favourite Tarantino movie is Jackie Brown.
Mine too!
I like JB, it's one of QTs films I go back to more than any other, it wasnt as iconic as PF or RD but it was a good film with some great actors doing great acting in it.
Trivia question In which movie does Michael Keaton play the same character he plays in Jackie Brown?
Steve Binning out of sight
Correct 10 points.
Tarantino is one of the best FICITON writers working in movies.
Clint would've probably been in a Tarantino movie had he directed in the 80's
Is that French for fiction?
I love pulp ficiton, it’s my favourite film by Quinten Tarantoni.
daAnder71 Read the actual title of the video.
Game recognize game!
he seems shocked.
So he did at the Republican National Convention...
Still, Clint is the coolest human being on Earth, thumbs up if you agree.
Clint TOTALLY stole Bob Newheart's bit at that convention
( When you only hear one side of a conversation) Fuckin spot on!
hahahaha it was that year . i bet he laughed crazy like me when i first saw it, clint's a cool guy
dang! he looks so young!
I get a feeling that Clint wasn’t really into pulp fiction
It's interesting what he says about avoiding people's opinions though, I've always thought that too, like, if I research a movie beforehand and see the ratings are really high, I feel like it has a bearing on the score I give it. Not all of the time though..
I'd love to do a test where you get 100 people to watch a movie which is rated really high, and you tell them how high its rated and record their ratings afterwards. Then get another 100 people but this time, tell them its a badly rated film, and see if that changes their scores
I think he seems more concerned with the prejudging before seeing all the entries.
@@ElSoloNoco that would be awesome
@Larry M Yikes! No. Nowhere near as innovative.
@Larry M yeh right moron
european critics would be naturally more discerning and resistant to hype.
Everybody has a blind spot…
word mutha
Christ that was hard work.
I love you, Tarantino.
So, he never gave his opinion .... interesting.
Except for that he did?
ReddFoxx1562 - as one of the great film makers of all time with his share of gratuitous violence, so it seemed, I was interested in his opinion in the new generation of film makers, specifically about writer/director Quinten Tarantino.
Not sure what you were looking for from him. Seems like he gave his opinion of the film in a pretty much classic Clint Eastwood sort of way.
@@jasonjackson5696 I've met him. He's rather concise, so, you got what you wanted with this clip.
Clint got IT!
Power of make up doesn't help hide if someone is getting really old and physically weak. Clint is speaking very clear headedly.
"FICTION" is how you spell it.
You should've waited a few more months till the 10th anniversary of this video being uploaded to point out the mistake in the title.
When was this interview filmed? This is really cool.
1989 I think
@Whiplashed Pulp Fiction was released in 1994.
@@Whiplashed 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@Whiplashed moron
@@Whiplashed and gran torino came out in 2008 and he's credited to that at the start
That’s how a real man reacts. Forever Eastwood
Damn, Clint has nice eyes.