23. When Tarantino and his writing companion Roger Avary gained the Oscar for Greatest Authentic Screenplay (the one one the movie would win out of its seven nominations), the telecast by chance minimize to black—a gaffe Avary later took credit score for.
“I paid off a cameraman 500 bucks to have the digital camera turned off on Quentin after they introduced the award,” Avary revealed to Vainness Honest, wanting to drag one over on his prank-loving outdated good friend. “So in case you watch it on-line, you will see it cuts to black briefly, after which they minimize to me. Gotcha.”
24. For the infamous “Gimp” scene, Tarantino meant to make use of The Knack’s hit tune “My Sharona.” Nevertheless, one other 1994 movie had already acquired it: Actuality Bites.
As a substitute, he selected The Revel’s “Comache,” and Tarantino in the end was grateful he did not get his first alternative, telling Rolling Stone, “It could 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 understand?”
