Tarantino Famously Hated Twin Peaks Movie; Here's How David Lynch Feels About Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

The director prefers to talk about movies that he likes, rather than the ones he hates, and we don't often hear him bashing other filmmakers and their work.

But sometimes, Quentin just can't hold his disappointment — and some of the fans may remember his lashing out on David Lynch's Twin Peaks.

After seeing Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me at Cannes in 1992, the cult director famously commented on the movie: 'David Lynch had disappeared so far up his own ass that I have no desire to see another David Lynch movie until I hear something different. And you know, I loved him. I loved him.'

That may seem super harsh, and we would understand it if Lynch had carried a grudge against Tarantino, but perhaps surprisingly, the creator of Twin Peaks proved himself to be better than that.

In a 2022 interview to Cahiers du Cinéma, a well-known French film magazine, Lynch shared his thoughts on Tarantino's most recent creation, Once Upon A Time in Hollywood.

Contrary to what you might have expected, the filmmaker sincerely praised the film, saying that Once Upon A Time in Hollywood is 'a hell of a good revenge movie, done in feel-good fashion.'

And that was certainly nice of Lynch to recognize the other director's undeniable success without trying to ferret out any flaws in his work.

Of course, this is not to say that Tarantino's criticism of Lynch wasn't entirely earned. Although Lynch has a huge army of admirers, he also has his weak points.

For example, his adaptation of Dune was quite controversial, and the fact that Lynch refuses to watch Denis Villeneuve's recent movie shows just how much he's unhappy about the audience's reception of his 1984 film.

But then turning to Tarantino, we may actually accuse him of the very same sin he's called out in Lynch — that is, the excessant self-indulgence of his films and their recognizable Tarantino-ness, which only tends to increase with every new movie.

And yet, isn't it precisely what draws the audiences to the work of these filmmakers? Both Quentin Tarantino and David Lynch are talented and unique creators, and most of their movies are distinct and brilliant in their own right — and fans certainly don't mind them delving deeper into their creative genius (or further 'up their asses,' as Quentin put it).