23. When Tarantino and his writing associate Roger Avary received the Oscar for Greatest Authentic Screenplay (the one one the movie would win out of its seven nominations), the telecast by chance lower to black—a gaffe Avary later took credit score for.
“I paid off a cameraman 500 bucks to have the digicam turned off on Quentin once they introduced the award,” Avary revealed to Vainness Honest, wanting to tug one over on his prank-loving previous pal. “So in case you watch it on-line, you will see it cuts to black briefly, after which they lower to me. Gotcha.”
24. For the infamous “Gimp” scene, Tarantino supposed to make use of The Knack’s hit track “My Sharona.” Nevertheless, one other 1994 movie had already acquired it: Actuality Bites.
As a substitute, he selected The Revel’s “Comache,” and Tarantino finally was grateful he did not get his first alternative, telling Rolling Stone, “It might have been too cutely comedian. I like utilizing stuff for comedian impact, however I do not need it to be har, har, wink, wink, nudge, nudge, you already know?”
