Before becoming a famous director, Quentin Tarantino worked at a video rental store.
His deep love for movies often shines through in his own work, which serves as a tribute to different film genres from westerns to action blockbusters. But Tarantino’s taste isn’t always predictable.
While he admires some classic films, he also surprises with unusual choices. For example, in one interview he admitted he loves the film Showgirls, which many consider a bad movie.
On the other hand, he’s not a fan of François Truffaut, the legendary director of the French New Wave.
One of Tarantino’s most interesting statements was about a film that is almost completely unknown to most people. It’s the 1985 movie Fandango, starring Kevin Costner.
In 1994, around the time Pulp Fiction was released, Tarantino told Vanity Fair that Fandango was one of his all-time favorite films.
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“Fandango is one of the best directorial debuts in film history. I saw it five times in the theater, even though it only played for a week,” Tarantino said.
Fandango was directed by Kevin Reynolds, and the story follows a group of friends who, after finishing college, go on one last road trip together before adulthood catches up with them, along with responsibilities like the draft for the Vietnam War.
Alongside Costner, the film also stars Sam Robards and Judd Nelson. The producer was Steven Spielberg, who had been impressed with Reynolds’ student version of the same film.
The movie didn’t get much support from Warner Bros., had only a very limited run in theaters, and made less than $100,000 at the box office, which is why it quickly slipped into obscurity.
Reynolds, however, went on to build a solid career, largely thanks to his collaborations with Costner on films like Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves and Waterworld, as well as the miniseries Hatfields & McCoys.
Interestingly, it was that very series that caused Costner to drop out of Tarantino’s film Django Unchained.
