You know, I enjoyed reading Once Upon a Time in Hollywood more than I thought I would. I'm not sure if there's another example of a movie director writing the novelization of his own movie. It follows the broad story from the movie but takes some interesting detours and mixes up how the story is presented. In fact, the events from the ending of the movie are just mentioned off hand early on in the novel and never shown in any detail. It kind of changes what the story is really about.... less Manson family stuff and more about Rick Dalton turning his life around. A-
