That chemistry really comes across in "Full Tilt Boogie," the behind-the-scenes documentary about the film, which opens with Tarantino and Clooney swaggering to set in their seedy Gecko Brothers attire to "Stayin' Alive." Along the way, they banter, shove autograph-hunting fanboys aside by their face, but stop to sign photos for eager young women. In the presence of a breakthrough star grabbing his opportunity with both hands, all Tarantino needed to do was hold on tight and follow his on-screen brother's lead. It was a real statement of intent, as if he saw this was his big chance and there was absolutely no way he was going to screw it up and if he did, he was going to leave it all up there on the screen. It's interesting to watch Clooney's performance again at a distance of 25 years, now we're used to him as Hollywood royalty. Tarantino's geeky deviant was a nice contrast to the smoldering intensity of Clooney's Seth, which the "ER" heartthrob played with burning determination and plenty of edgy charisma.
The less said about the N-word-happy Jimmy in "Pulp Fiction" and the human trafficker with a terrible Aussie accent in "Django Unchained" the better, but Tarantino's best acting performance to date came in Robert Rodriguez's pulpy crime-vampire hybrid "From Dusk Till Dawn." He played the loose cannon Richie, the totally unhinged half of the Gecko Brothers, opposite George Clooney in his first major film role.
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