00:00Quentin Tarantino reflects on a film performance he believes redefines
00:05cinema Quentin Tarantino has once again shared his deep love for classic
00:10cinema this time singling out a performance he now considers one of the most powerful
00:15he has ever seen speaking on a recent episode of the video archives podcast
00:20which he co-hosts with Roger Avery Tarantino revisited the 1970
00:25one film the hospital and explained why it resonates with him more strongly than
00:30ever directed by Arthur Hiller and written by Patty Chayefsky
00:35the hospital stars George C Scott as dr. Herbert Bach
00:40a physician whose personal and professional life is unraveling Tarantino
00:45explained that while he had seen the film before watching it again at this stage of life
00:50felt profoundly different I thought the hospital was just fantastic
00:55Tarantino said it knocked me out he went on to praise Scott's work in
01:00unusually strong terms calling it one of the greatest performances he has ever encountered
01:05on screen I think that George C Scott gives one of the best performance
01:10performances I've ever seen in my life Tarantino said emphasizing the wrong
01:15honesty Scott brings to the role the film blends dark comedy with
01:20existential despair following a man overwhelmed by a failing marriage
01:25estranged children and a hospital descending into chaos Tarantino
01:30noted that these themes hit harder with age admitting that while the movie stayed with him
01:35even as a child he only fully understands its weight now he referenced
01:40a line from the film most men and their lives in anguish call
01:45calling it painfully accurate Tarantino also revealed that Scott's portrait
01:50trail feels personal at this point in his own life I see something of myself
01:55in him at this age he said describing the performance as devastatingly
02:00being honest George C Scott who passed away in 1999
02:05was known for intense uncompromising roles and famously rejected his
02:10Oscar for patent Tarantino's renewed praise highlights how the hospital
02:15remains a defining work of 1970s cinema while also underscoring
02:20how great performances can reveal new meaning as both artists and audiences grow older
02:25How great performances canùng into the filmều
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