8. He Hated Oliver Stone's Cut Of Natural Born Killers
Although he wrote the original script, and there are still little Tarantino-esque flourishes, such as blood-splattered violence and jukebox music, Quentin Tarantino claimed in a 2003 Playboy interview that he wanted his name taken off the script, he was so disgusted with Stone's re-working of it. (You can still see his name listed as a writer of the story on imdb.com though). Tarantino's main gripe was the scene where Rodney Dangerfield's character is seen molesting his daughter Mallory, a scene he terms "disgusting". It's designed to resemble a sitcom, complete with a laugh track, an aspect that also disturbed Tarantino. "It came up with a little peanut psychology origin for why these people were the way they were," he sniped. " I rejected that in every way, and then that awful scene gives you a little pop psychology analysis." He has never seen the film in full, having walked out of the cinema halfway through, and is reportedly dismissive of Stone's need to ram his moral messages down viewer's throats. Whether it's the fate of Mr. Pink or the contents of Marsellus's suitcase, Tarantino prefers leaving 20 per cent of the movie up to the viewer's imagination, "so the movie is really yours."