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Cecil Terwilliger · 03-17-2025, 10:34 AM

I didn't say you have to be familiar to enjoy it.

But I've spoken to multiple people who didn't know any of the real life people (Tate, Polanski, Manson) and had no knowledge of the Manson murders and it seemed like the movie fell flat for them because they didn't understand the context.

Spoiler!

03-17-2025, 10:34 AM	#10744
Cecil Terwilliger That Crazy Guy at the Bus Stop Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Springfield Penitentiary Exp:	I didn't say you have to be familiar to enjoy it. But I've spoken to multiple people who didn't know any of the real life people (Tate, Polanski, Manson) and had no knowledge of the Manson murders and it seemed like the movie fell flat for them because they didn't understand the context. Spoiler! It's on thing to not get why they're focusing on Tate so much. But as YB mentioned, the tension at the Spahn ranch, the entire ending and how it so perfectly subverts expectations. Even when Pitt is at the Green Hornet set with Lee, if you don't know who Bruce Lee is, I think it loses a little bit. Same with the link between the hitchhiker he flirts with and her connection to the Manson family. There's a tension there when we learn that she's in the Manson cult. For anyone who doesn't know Tate's fate or who Manson was, I could see how that tension wouldn't exist.