Depending on your age, taste in films and when you first started developing your pop culture interests, it may be difficult to imagine the world of film without Quentin Tarantino. Maybe you grew up in the ‘90s and had your mind blown by “Pulp Fiction,” or maybe you were an ‘00s baby who considered seeing “Kill Bill” a formative experience. Maybe you’re a contrarian that considered “Death Proof” his best. (Tarantino might not totally disagree with this take.) Or maybe you’ve always found him overrated. (Tarantino would disagree with this take.)
But now it seems as though the filmmaking career of Quentin Tarantino may be coming to a close. Emphasis on the “may be.”
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The director has announced that the script for his tenth is finished, and that it will be his last. (For the record, he counts both parts of “Kill Bill” as one complete movie.)
"I have finished the script of what will end up being my last movie," the 60-year-old said while being questioned by Thierry Fremaux, director of the Cannes Film Festival, during a promotional event for his book of essays “Cinema Speculation.”
He added that "I imagine we'll probably shoot it I guess in the fall.”
This last movie will be called “The Film Critic,” and will be set in 1977. Tarantino had denied rumors that the film will be based on the life of “New Yorker” film critic Pauline Kael, often considered one of the most astute (and acidic) film critics of all time. It’s also unclear how a film about a critic will somehow end with a Grand Guignol of violence and death, as all Tarantino films must, but we’re sure he’ll find a way.
Tarantino has been saying in interviews for the past few years that he wanted to retire after his tenth film, and that directors tend to fall off after a certain age. (Martin Scorsese, amongst many other still vital filmmakers who were working well before Taraninto, might disagree with this statement.)
Of course, we’ll see if this retirement sticks, as anyone who has seen one of KISS or Jay-Z’s “final” tours knows that the concept of retirement is a very flexible one these days.
After years of working with the The Weinstein Company and Miramax, Tarantino's last film “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” was released in 2019 via Sony Pictures Classic (SNEJF) . It’s unknown which studio he will be working with this time.
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