If you are fan of Quentin Tarantino films, you would immediately notice that only few of his movies are set in the present day. Most of his movies are set in a bygone era.
By no coincidence, Tarantino is very much like his films - he likes to live his life in a forgotten era.
In fact, the iconic director has an aversion to modern technology that he would immediately fire anyone caught using a cellphone on set.
Modern Technologies that Tarantino Dislikes
In June, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" actor Timothy Olyphant divulged that Tarantino has an aversion to cellphone that he would fire anyone who uses a phone on set.
According to Olyphant there were special booths outside the set where their phones were kept. He added that if crew members or the cast wanted to take a phone call, they had to go to the special booths or on the street.
Cellphone is not the only piece of technology that the "Pulp Fiction" director hates. Brad Pitt, another "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" actor revealed that Tarantino doesn't like to communicate digitally at all, meaning no emails.
According to Pitt, instead of email or text, you have to call the director on his home phone and leave a message on his old-school answering machine if you want to contact him.
To add to the list of technologies that Tarantino doesn't like, he also has an aversion to streaming services. So, no Netflix, everyone.
According to the famous director, he can't watch movie on a laptop and he doesn't use Netflix at all because he likes something hard and tangible in his hands.
Tarantino, in fact, admitted that he still tapes movies off his TV so he can keep his collection going.
To cap off the list, Tarantino dislike digital filmmaking. He likes to shoot on film, and he likes to show his movies on film.
In 2014, at the Cannes Film Festival, the director raged against the use of digital projection over 35mm film. As a result "Pulp Fiction" is the only film screened in 35mm that year in the festival.
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Tarantino Prefers Video Store Over Netflix
While most of us would choose Netflix over a video store without a second thought, Tarantino would do the opposite.
"There was a different quality to the video store. You went down to the video store, you looked around, you picked up boxes, you read the back of the boxes - you made a choice." Tarantino said in an interview.
According to the director, there is joy in talking to "the guy behind the counter" and discovering something new that you wouldn't have otherwise discovered.
He laments the thoughtlessness of endlessly scrolling through Netflix only to become bored by your own choice.
"You were kind of invested in a way that you're not invested with electronic technology when it comes to the movies...In a weird way, what's lost is commitment." Tarantino further explained.
Somehow, the director is right that there is a certain passion lost without the human interaction of a video store and replaced with the ease of streaming a movie online.
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