I think he gradually built up credibility. If an equally experienced director started doing the same thing today, everyone would wonder how far the fetishism goes and ask a lot of questions.
If you work on a Tarantino film, you know there’s going to be foot stuff. But that’s as far as it goes - he’s not a total creep like some other powerful men in Hollywood. So it’s accepted as eccentric.
He’s definitely one of the few directors who is grandfathered in and can still get away with stuff others wouldn’t.
I think he gradually built up credibility. If an equally experienced director started doing the same thing today, everyone would wonder how far the fetishism goes and ask a lot of questions.
If you work on a Tarantino film, you know there’s going to be foot stuff. But that’s as far as it goes - he’s not a total creep like some other powerful men in Hollywood. So it’s accepted as eccentric.