I realize I am in the minority. I dislike Tarantino as a person and director.
I also am tired of Nolte being passed off as a conservative. He is a libertine.
This is set in 1969, so I take the title as a direct homage to Once Upon a Time in the West.
It sounds like a self-indulgent fantasy, like those of Woody Allen, another reprobate Nolte worships.
Once Upon a Time in the West
That is a good one. Once Upon a Time in America is a very good one, too.