Yeah I agree about the Sharon bit but honestly I would have walked out after the first hour such was my level or boredom, if it wasn’t for the fact I was sitting with the missus. Turns out she felt the same.
I've seem a few people struggling with it so far, with complaints of "nothing much happening" which isnt uncommon with these kind of films where the play-by-play plot isnt really important, and its all about mood and atmosphere, characters mulling over their thoughts about life and love as we follow them in their day to day lives. Sometimes these hangout movies really work for me (most of Linklaters films), and sometimes they dont (I struggled to get into
American Honey), but I think this is a really brilliantly pitched version of this kind of film, slow nature of it is fantastic for what hes going for, letting the late 60s mood wash over us as we sink into this gloriously detailed world. Its not about what happens necessarily, he just wants us to experience this moment in history as the landscape of film was moving from one era into another while he contemplates his own career.
I cant remember if I mentioned it before, but watching some of the late 60s films he programmed at the New Beverly really helped my enjoyment of this, helping to give context from what he was pulling from so if anyone can see some before they go to this, definitely try and catch a few. Id recommend
Moving Target, Gunmans Walk, Navajo Joe and
The Secret Invasion to get started, as a flavour of spaghetti westerns and the sort of b-movies Rick was in, as well as
The Wrecking Crew for Sharon Tate's last performance, then go from there but its insane the amount of material hes referencing in this film.