This hour and a half documentary snuck its way into my "Touch of Tarantino" DVD box-set, and, being a fan of behind-the-scenes and general DVD-obesity, I just finished watching it - being at home and a little ill on a Friday evening anyway.There's plenty of minutes between the golden lines, but that said, this feature is a nice experience and a good substitute for your Hard Copy pulp, or how you guys keep yourself up to date with the off-stage life of actors and film-makers and -crew.We get all the way around the film crew, from the best boys and the catering guy to lots of comradely fooling around between especially Mr. Tarantino and Mr. Clooney.The documentary has a few highlights, e.g. when Juliette Lewis talks about acting, describing it as (quoted freely from memory) "well, to me acting is just lying. All that getting-to-know the character I don't understand, I just lie". Or one of the crew guys, asked about why he does, what he does: "- So I don't have to get a real job. And I get to work with other people, who don't have real jobs either".To sum it up, I can't think of why I would recommend watching this documentary from a movie-critic POW - but if you want to recognize that movies are bottom line made by geeks (in the most positive sense, by the way) and, yes, 'normal people' - of if you have reached the end of your DVD-shelf and Blockbuster is closed, hey, flip it in.

The problem with this type of documentary is that if you have little interest in the source movie you will have little interest in its conception and behind the scenes footage . I found FROM DUSK TILL DAWN a ridiculous and bizarre mixed genre film that starts off with a couple of desperate men who have murdered sixteen people take a family hostage , they flee to Mexico and then the movie turns into a horror film This documentary might have had some interest for me if it had been done properly but it hasn't been done properly . Even if you didn't like FROM DUSK TILL DAWN imagine how interesting FULL TILT BOOGIE might have been if someone asked Danny Trejo if his time in the maximum security penal system brought anything to his performance: " So Danny , you stab Tarantino's character through the hand . Did you see anything like that inside ? " whereby Trejo recounts all the violent incidents he's witnessed behind bars . For me the most memorable moment of FDTD is the Salma Hayek dance sequence , it's also one of the most memorable sequences in modern cinema and guess what ? Salma Hayek is not interviewed ! Instead we have to put up with endless scenes of assistants running back and forward with lunch for the cast and mundane interviews with the actors and director I guess people who subscribe to Fangoria magazine and horror fans who attend the conventions will like FULL TILT BOOGIE since there's some interesting behind the scenes make up effects on show but this never comes close to rivalling HEARTS OF DARKNESS ( The documentary about the making of APOCALYPSE NOW ) as the definitive making of documentary

Well, not physically in it, but I'm there in spirit. The brief clip they show of Tarantino and Robert R. at the 1995 Fangoria Convention was the part where I should have been seen in. I was in the front row to the right of the stage, just outta camera range dangit!But I digress, this is an amusing trifle of a movie. It's a documentary about the making of the flick From Dust Till Dawn. It has some amusing bits like the opening scene with Tarantino and Clooney doing a badass walk to the movie set and being besieged by fans. I also liked the brief interview with my fave blaxploitation movie star, Fred Williamson. But to be honest this film has a pretty thin premise. To be brutally honest this film is based on a thinner premise than a movie based on a Saturday Night Live sketch. Ouch!The filmmakers needed to take a few tips from the makers of Truth Or Dare on how to liven up a documentary. Later once again alligator...

Full Tilt Boogie has its good points. It shows some incredibly brilliant behind the scenes looks at the making of the From Dusk Till Dawn. However, this is a documentary which only fans of Dusk Till Dawn will enjoy. There are some fantastic things caught on camera and there are some good edited scenes, with fairly detailed looks at how they did a lot of the special effects. It also has a very slick opening. The really die hard fans of Dusk Till Dawn, may be a little bit disappointed with the documentary, because there are long gaps where there is very little said about the actual making of the movie, but interviews with the actors agents and footage of some union dispute. There are fairly short pieces of footage of on set dramas and special effects, which leave you wanting more. At the end, you feel a little unsatisfied. They could have added a lot more good stuff then they did. If you loved Dusk Till Dawn, watch this documentary, because you should enjoy it. If you didn't enjoy the film or haven't seen it, don't watch this. You won't like it. Strictly fans only!!!