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Quentin Tarantino

The director on 1969 L.A., giving Sharon Tate a new life onscreen and why this film—or the next—may be his last

Your latest, Once Upon a Time in . . . Hollywood, like your 1997 movie Jackie Brown, is filled with affection for its characters and for Los Angeles. Do you see any connection between the two films? I do. In both cases, I was creating a Los Angeles of my memory. But also the fact that you’re dealing with more melancholy people. The characters in both movies

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