Quentin Tarantino on Alec Baldwin Shooting

like either you think he purposely shot that cinematographer or you think he didn't purposely shoot her and if he didn't purposely shootter then it's all [ __ ] am I wrong no it's it's it's a situation I think I'm being fair enough to say that uh the armorer is 90 the guy who handles the gun then armor is 90% responsible for everything everything that happens when it comes to that gun but but but but but but the actor is 10% responsive the actor's 10% responsible it's not just it's a gun you have you are a partner in the responsibility to some degree so what do you do to test it they show it to you you go you you if if there's steps to go through you go through them and you do it D and there's a and it's done with due diligence and you know it's it's [ __ ] for real all right and so like okay here's how an actor can handle it in in in a good I'm not talking about what should have done looked into the barrel or or like shot it one I mean you can't like shoot it because then you're using it if he went through the steps that he's supposed to go through then he's should what what are the steps well it's like okay so you see the barrel is clear they show you that the barrel is clear that there's not anything wedged in between the barrel you actually show you the barrel all right you look at you they show it you the barrel and then uh uh and then you know and then they show you some version of like here are our blanks these are the blanks and here's the gun boom now you're ready to go it's ready for two or it's ready for three and and if an actor is uh if an actor knows he has three hot rounds in his gun and he knows that like okay uh uh uh I'm going to do a scene blah blah blah blah blah blah blah and he knows he's got three hot rounds as he's doing the scene and then at this point Bam Bam Bam and then he's going to continue on and say a few more things okay if one of the rounds doesn't go off while he does his Bam Bam Bam then he should like cut the scene and say guys uh one of the rounds didn't go off I think I'm still holding a hot gun here okay let me ask you this why can't we just do it this way there's nothing in the gun nothing so when the actor pulls the trigger nothing happens except you hear except that's bloodless okay but can't you put that in in post yeah but that's who that's a that's that okay yeah I guess I can I guess I can add digital erections to porno movies but who wants to [ __ ] watch that I don't think we needed to go that far I'm just no it's like but I'm I mean it is there's a no it's exciting to shoot the the the blanks and to see the orange the real orange fire not add orange fire so we do we we do see orange fire yeah no but no and but but you also you got to catch it well it's no no it's like a it's like a it's like a it's like a thing that it's you got to catch it because the thing about no no no no let me explain it you no I'm just saying I'm not going to argue catching orange fire with quo I get it you're the orange fire but there no but there's an interesting thing about it though because when you actually fire a gun whether or not you see the orange fire that comes out of the muzzle it's a 50/50 thing okay if you see it on the viewfinder you didn't catch it on the camera if you don't see it in the viewfinder that means you got it on the camera so like so so it is actually something you have to catch it's not just all right what about this is would it be always impossible to shoot from an angle where the person wasn't aiming at anyone so if the worst happened you would just be shooting the wall well okay can I can I answer that I'm saying what can't the camera be here can I answer that from an action movie point of view from an action movie lover point of view please do I want even before I was a filmmaker when I was like the guy video archives I can answer that exactly that's what Hollywood did in the 80s and then I started watching Hong Kong movies and then like chion fat has got the 45 and he's this close to the guyam Bam Bam Bam and and it was so exciting it was like movies were liberated it was like oh yes yes yes simp and if you're talking about and I think for for as many guns as we've shot off in movies that we only have two examples of people being sh sh on the set by a gun mishap that's a pretty [ __ ] good record yeah yeah that is I mean I just wouldn't want especially now to ever be on the wrong end of a gun no matter how much I thought it was safe I would be [ __ ] in my pants uh yeah no no no look that's the kind of [ __ ] up that happens that undermines an entire industry yeah kind of well it certainly makes you nervous yeah but yeah but you don't need nervous people you want people to go for it that's the last thing you want is nervous people you want you know you want no we're all in this together and we're going to do this cool thing and we're going to capture this exciting thing on film and it's a thing that we're capturing but it's the thing to go back to Alec Bowen just for one second I mean and look I have no personal really relationship he used to do my show a lot and we loved him he'd stopped doing it which I have no grudge about I wish he would because he's such interesting guy to talk to but I that's was there a reason that you know for a fact no he's just he's got living his best life he's got a thousand children you know I'm happy he's a free man or at least as free as a man with eight children can be uh and I'm happy it came out well for him but um no I like him a lot I and I saw I mean he's and he's interesting I mean as he colored Beyond the Lines many times and he always survives I kind of love that about him and he's too charismatic people are like yeah he said this and he said that and he said [ __ ] and he did this but he's Alec Baldwin and I agree with that anyway mean no no he no he's kind of the whole package as a celebrity when you think when when you when you add up the last 30 years yes and very funny and you know anyway um I forgot what I was going to say about him well just generally I'm glad that I mean oh when I saw him crying at the you know he he [ __ ] ended up shooting somebody that's not something most of us human beings have to go through and it's bad enough but then to have to put him through this charade oh it's terrible I mean like when I saw him break down it's like yes I mean you saw like this incredible amount of stress and tension which any of us would have had under the same circumstances like I just just just it's the kind of thing that just makes you really go y about the nature of our society these days the the pettiness that some people have the the sort of the bad faith when you you know what that means I'm sure act in bad faith you don't really think he's guilty of it but you know you can get away with charging that that's called bad faith it's so gross no I actually think it's actually and that's why I drink I I don't want godamn it I don't want to you know uh get into a thing where I'm just like go so cynical about go ahead the con the the the the modern the you the modern world of the modern times get into it it's like finger painting yeah but the thing that does make me heart sick at the end of the day all comes down to the bad faith on every single solitary side everything so true hey thanks for watching the clip hit the Subscribe button now so you never miss out on our club random content that's posted daily