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Quentin Tarantinowants to preserve the theatrical experience.
The 60-year-old movie director has previously said he plans to retire after his 10th film, but during a conversation at theCannes Film FestivalwithDeadline, Tarantino reiterated thatThe Movie Criticis his last, as “it’s just time to go out” — while streaming films are having their moment.
“I like the idea of going out on top,” he said. “I like the idea of giving it my all for 30 years and then saying, ‘Okay, that’s enough.’ And I don’t like working to diminishing returns. And I mean, now is a good time because I mean, what even is a motion picture anyway anymore? Is it just something that they show on Apple? That would be diminishing returns.”
Tarantino said he sees a lot of movies after they “eventually get to television,” but films should be released in theaters first, usingRyan Reynolds' partnership withNetflixas an example.
“I’m not picking on anybody, but apparently for Netflix, Ryan Reynolds has made $50 million on this movie and $50 million on that movie,” theDjango Unchaineddirector said. “I don’t know what any of those movies are. I’ve never seen them. Have you?”
“Well, good for him that he’s making so much money. But those movies don’t exist in the zeitgeist. It’s almost like they don’t even exist,” he added.
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The script forThe Movie Criticwas ready in March, and Tarantino is set to begin directing in the fall. Details surrounding the upcoming film’s premise and plot remain unclear, but according toThe Hollywood Reporter, it is set in Los Angeles during the late 1970s and centers around a female lead.
While he said he is done with filmmaking, Tarantino said that he is still open to creating.
“I am ending the filmography,” he added.
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TheOnce Upon a Time in Hollywooddirector and screenwriter appeared onPure Cinema Podcast(viaMovieMaker) in 2021 to discuss his imminent retirement and trying to avoid the possibility of ending his career on a bad film.
“Most directors have horrible last movies,” Tarantino said. “Usually their worst movies are their last movies. That’s the case for most of the Golden Age directors that ended up making their last movies in the late ’60s and the ’70s, then that ended up being the case for most of the New Hollywood directors who made their last movies in the late ’80s and the ’90s.”
TheOscarwinner referenced Arthur Penn’sBonnie & Clydeas an example of this pattern, saying, “I’m not a super huge fan of this director, but the fact thatArthur Penn’s last movie isPenn & Teller Get Killedis a metaphor for how crummy most of the New Hollywood directors' last, last films were. Soto actually end your career on a decent movieis rare. To end it with, like, a good movie is kind of phenomenal.”
He continued, “I mean, most directors' last films are f—ing lousy. Maybe I should not make another movie because I could be really happy with dropping the mic.”
source: people.com
