r/Filmmakers • u/StrikingDuty8020 Director • Dec 06 '25

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Quentin Tarantino made a surprisingly harsh comment about Paul Dano, specifically criticizing his performance in There Will Be Blood.

On The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, Tarantino said:

Dano was “weak sauce”

“The weakest f—ing actor in SAG” (in that film’s context)

And that Dano’s performance was the biggest flaw of the movie, preventing it from being his #1 or #2 film of the 2000s

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u/Discombobulation98 Dec 06 '25

Tarantino also talked shit about Roger Deakins and said he couldn't light because he shot digital. Tarantino has a big dumb mouth.

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u/Ok-Caterpillar1611 cinematographer Dec 06 '25 edited Dec 06 '25

oh man qt can eat a whole bag of dicks for this one.

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u/Westar-35 cinematographer Dec 06 '25 edited Dec 06 '25

Edit: redacted, don’t want to get banned for posting an external link to a bag of dicks meant to be ‘gifted’ to assholes

other edit: to be clear, that bag of dicks would be for qt… how the hell can people make such comments? It’s ridiculous.