comment #1

Rich S. says ...

Prepare for the longest post (D.Z.) in the history of the universe.

comment #2

Rich S. says ...

Although I will admit it's pretty funny when he takes the he-man swig of coffee and burns his mouth.

(And is it just me, or does he look like a shorter, more emaciated version of Jaws from The Spy Who Loved Me?)

comment #3

JD says ...

Good for Tarantino. He's totally willing to talk to the guy if he'd treat him like a human being, but the guy behind the camera is behaving like some kind of Mark David Chapman stalker nutjob. If I was a celebrity, this kind of thing would freak me out.

comment #4

PerfectTommy says ...

It's not just you, Rich.
Paparazzi add so much to this world. How else would we know that celebrities drink coffee, just like you and me?

comment #5

Dirty Harry says ...

Rich S. "And is it just me, or does he look like a shorter, more emaciated version of Jaws from The Spy Who Loved Me?"

The hint of truth makes that funny as hell. Good call.

I understand celebrity hate for the Paps, because they must be a major pain in the ass. Everytime I see a picture of the scrum I'm amazed at how many there are. But...

Tarantino still owes me eleven-bucks for Grindhouse, so fuck him.

comment #6

rocco says ...

"And is it just me, or does he look like a shorter, more emaciated version of Jaws from The Spy Who Loved Me?) "

Rich S...you had me rolling. He looks AWFUL.

And I thought the same thing...when he takes the swig of coffee...at first I thought he was just being a ball-buster going "mmmmmm", but then I realized he burned himself and it made it that much funnier.

comment #7

Devin Faraci says ...

I met Tarantino at the Yarrow Bar here in Park City and he was incredibly nice. Of course I spoke to him and didn't just stick a camera in his face like a mute retard.

comment #8

MickTravis says ...

That cameraman's a cocksucker.

comment #9

Webster says ...

I sat next to Tarantino at a screening of "Good Dick" (worst film I saw at Sundance this year, btw), only I didn't realize it 'til halfway through (he was laughing at the video-store segments). Didn't bother him afterward, figuring he has to put up with enough of that anyway. He was cordial to others, though (and took copious notes in his spiral-bound notebook, which was actually the first thing i noticed when I sat down).

comment #10

Brian O says ...

"He was incredibly nice. Of course I spoke to him and didn't just stick a camera in his face like a mute retard."

And, well...you ARE press. I'd be nice to you too.

comment #11

christian says ...

Those camera guys are assholes. Here's my story:

When I was at QT 3 in Austin, one of his oft-explicated rules was to not take photos since this was his vacation and we were hanging with him as peers at his party. Anybody who wanted to chat with him could do so.

In the middle of the fest, I was talking to Quentin when two guys in the back of the Alamo started taking snap shots. Quentin excused himself, rushed over to the duo and reminded them how to behave. It was great. He shamed them and he was correct. And he didn't have his "people" protecting him. Old Skool!

comment #12

Craig Kennedy says ...

Good one, Rich.

comment #13

Monument says ...

I know it infringes on freedom of the press and all that jazz, but when one of those papparazzi parasites gets his ass kicked, or camera broken etc...I can't help but cheer.

comment #14

Pelham123 says ...

I was waiting for him to toss that hot coffee into that swine's face/camera. Too bad he didn't. What scum, the paparazzi.

comment #15

Abbey Normal says ...

This country would be immediately enriched if a new law was enacted that redefined this kind of intrusive media as low-level criminal assault. Then Tarantino could wreck this guy and it would be self-defense.

comment #16

christian says ...

It's clear that there should be a law. Thanks to the TMZ scum popularized by the dying media, these intrusions are getting more brazen. I watched 5 minutes of TMZ once and hoped every single one of the smug self-important ("Did you get that Jolie footage? We need it NOW.") assholes would get their asses beat. Imagine being stuck in their head.

comment #17

rr3333 says ...

Where was Quentin's limo?

Starbucks should hire him to plug their burnt coffee.

comment #18

T. S. Idiot says ...

Is it just me, or is QT looking more and more like Robin Williams?

comment #19

rocco says ...

I'm really not a starbucks fanatic, really, but I have to defend what I think is good tasting coffee...forgetting all of the uber-corporate-whoring and subversive tactics the company undertakes, it's a reliable coffee jaunt anywhere you go...it's not burnt, it's robust. I'll take that over the rancid coffee-oil flavor of McDonalds, Dunkin' Donuts, or any of the major coffee retailers who don't clean their grinders and machines properly.

This scene transpires with near comic perfection...QT's double-take surprise by the paparazzi, his attempted round-house kick, his jovial aloofness following the violence ("no, I'm not gonna go for it"), his stammering and rationalizing, all leading up to a giant gulp of burning hot coffee...

No one deserves to be ambushed like that, but damn it's funny.

comment #20

rr3333 says ...

Best Actor in a Supporting Role, the winner is ....

QT!

comment #21

rr3333 says ...

What exactly was the intrusion?

Q was having a coffee?!?!?!

He wasnt in the middle of a steak dinner. Wasnt making out with a transvestite prostitute.

So what if Quentin forgot to put Dep in his hair & dentures in his mouth?

Must've been a slow day for the paparazzi.

Then again, Q might be getting some well needed publicity for this (better than getting it for the rancid Grindhouse).

comment #22

MickTravis says ...

I don't think QT is responding to hot coffee when he sips.

I think he's seizing on the fact that the cameraman just revealed his agenda. Watch it again and see.

comment #23

Mjs says ...

"Tarantino still owes me eleven-bucks for Grindhouse, so fuck him."

Don't be that guy.

comment #24

MASON says ...

Now there's a clip that must have gotten Don Murphy's heart-racing.

I kid, I kid.

comment #25

MilkMan says ...

Great filmmaker, repellent personality. The dude with the camera blows, but everytime QT opens his mouth and I have to hear the voice that's not being ventriloquized it makes me wonder in amazement how someone like QT has it in him to make such wonderful movies. It's a fucking miracle, it is. QT is touched.

comment #26

rocco says ...

Mick, he's flinching in pain from the coffee...watch his hand...it's a grunt not an "ah-ha" or an "mhmm,"...for those two seconds there is no camera man, just QT and a 180 degree cup of joe.

QT's behavior was uncalled for, but I think there are a few other people standing around making it a little more intrusive than appears on camera...who cares...that's a pretty big coffee he's got there...if I drank that much I'd be bouncing off the walls.

comment #27

RoyBatty says ...

Tarantino is instantly on the attack from the get-go, not giving them a chance to really respond. Then that girly kick of his.

Made me instantly think of his sucker punch of Murphy in that Weho eatery.

comment #28

Matthew Lucas says ...

What an asshole.

And I'm not talking about QT.

comment #29

Larry says ...

I've met Tarantino on the street twice and talked to him both times. I found him very pleasant, but, of course, I wasn't trying to get in his face.

comment #30

christian says ...

Now imagine that asshole with a camera magnified by ten on a perhaps daily basis. Whenever a celeb punches out a camera, I'm always, "Well good."

comment #31

D.Z. says ...

Rich: He chickened out, because he didn't want to go to jail again.

JD: "He's totally willing to talk to the guy if he'd treat him like a human being, but the guy behind the camera is behaving like some kind of Mark David Chapman stalker nutjob."

Yeah, he should do something noble like beat up a critic who doesn't like one of his movies...

Devin: "I met Tarantino at the Yarrow Bar here in Park City and he was incredibly nice. Of course I spoke to him and didn't just stick a camera in his face like a mute retard."

I'm guessing he was high by the time he met you.

Webster: "He was cordial to others, though (and took copious notes in his spiral-bound notebook, which was actually the first thing i noticed when I sat down)."

That's weird. I didn't know he could read and write...

rocco: "I'm really not a starbucks fanatic, really, but I have to defend what I think is good tasting coffee...forgetting all of the uber-corporate-whoring and subversive tactics the company undertakes, it's a reliable coffee jaunt anywhere you go...it's not burnt, it's robust."

Starbucks is overrated. Coffee Bean does it better and cheaper.

comment #32

The Hoyk says ...

Tell you what, Dirty. I'll pick up Quentin's marker and pay you the 11 bucks, and we'll all be square.

comment #33

rocco says ...

7 hours later and I'm still laughing my ass off.

comment #34

Don Murphy says ...

shakes head
The more things change ....

shakes head

comment #35

D.Z. says ...

Don: It's hard out there for a Man-Child.

comment #36

Titus Pullo says ...

My 2 cents: Sorta knew QT back in the day before Reservoir Dogs. A total geek but a really nice guy, albeit w/ no respect for intellectual property. Roger Avary(poor, poor guy) told me once that that was why he stopped associating w/ QT...any idea RA vocalized around QT ended up in QT's movie. My guess is, there aren't a lot of idea people in QT's orbit the last few years judging from his output.

comment #37

rocco says ...

Thank you, Jeffrey, thank you for posting this...I'll never question your sense of humor again...ok, for at least a week.

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