This film really took me back to the time. I was living out in LA around that time for about 6 months and a lot of scenes in the movie took me to that time when I was there. I was only 20 when I went out there in 1968. The hippie craze was going full blast and I had a great time there. Unfortunately after the Manson murders took place everything changed sadly and peace and love were no more. This is another masterpiece of Tarantino. I am an avid fan of his movies and always give the majority of them a 10. He put some incredible actors in this film. I know that he spent 5 years to write this originally as a book but decided it would be better as a film.