My Best Friend's Birthday

In itself, this half-hour torso of a movie isn’t about anything much, but for Tarantino fans this is something like a foundation stone. We see his approaches in their infancy and it must be said that they haven’t changed that much. Of course, MBFB is packed full of movie references (even to himself K-Billy's Supersounds of 70's, Aldo Ray etc.), snappy lines, funny situations, excellent music and of course Elvis. Even Quentin looks like his own double. - I was three, but I remember like it was yesterday. Out of the blue I felt depressed for no reason whatsoever. Just this dark cloud hanging over my head. I was gonna commit suicide. I was actually gonna commit suicide. I was gonna go open the bathroom, I was gonna fill a tub of hot water, and I was gonna slice open my veins. I was actually gonna... I mean, I was gonna do it! Now for a three year old to be thinkin' like that, that’s really depressing. And you know, what saved me was the The Partridge Family. The Partridge Family was coming on, I really wanted to see it. Okay so I watch The Partridge Family, then I kill myself. (15.05.2010)

I had a thirty-six-minute version available. Even in this shorter debut by Tarantino, what suits him today is evident - long scenes with constantly flowing dialogues, interesting, entertaining characters, and perversities. Here he can also refer to interesting older films, and here his B-movie style works. It's just incomplete, and the overall story isn't very polished. Nice effort. (02.06.2014)