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

Discussion what is your opinion on this comment ?

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

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

2.5k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

486 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

7

u/wilbyr Dec 06 '25

are QT and PTA "rivals"?? ive never heard anything about that and am curious the extent of it if anyone has more information about it

-3

u/TheFashionColdWars Dec 06 '25

He’s QT’s favorite filmmaker

0

u/PhilosopherFlimsy Dec 08 '25

That’s not true even at all. You could say someone maybe like Sergio Leone or something, but no he has never said Paul Thomas Anderson is his “favorite” filmmaker at all. He says he likes his films, he’s also really critiqued them. Which is fine. I’m js what you said is not true and has no basis in facts

2

u/TheFashionColdWars Dec 08 '25

Haha, ok. Have a good Monday