In accordance with Robert Rodriguez, Tarantino didn’t obtain raves from the filmmakers who checked out “Pulp Fiction” previous to its Palme d’Or triumph at Cannes. To hammer dwelling the tepidness of the recepection, Rodriguez cited George Lucas’ notorious first screening of “Star Wars,” the place everybody exterior of Steven Spielberg thought the soon-to-be billionaire’s follow-up to “American Graffiti” was going to bomb.

Rodriguez could not attend this screening, however he requested Tarantino if there was a Spielberg on this screening. There was. “Kathryn Bigelow,” stated Tarantino. “Completely, positively. She was its largest fan.”

Bigelow was gearing as much as shoot “Unusual Days” at this level, and knew John Travolta was about to hit a large profession resurgence. In accordance with Tarantino, she wished the actor for the a part of Lenny Nero (which might in the end be performed by Ralph Fiennes). She talked the movie as much as her producing companion James Cameron, however Travolta was instantly snatched up by Barry Sonnenfeld for “Get Shorty.”

As for the opposite attendees of that pre-Cannes screening, Tarantino is not naming names. However he does bear in mind their dire prognostications. “There was [one guest] that was planning on, ‘Okay, I’ll should have a tough discuss with Quentin, however I am going to wait ‘until he comes again from Cannes.’ Actually, they left a message like, ‘Properly, I used to be really going to truly get slightly robust with you, however I suppose we will neglect that. What the hell do I do know?'”

Nothing price realizing, evidently.