Quentin Tarantino is one of the most controversial characters in the film industry, attribute which was gained not only through his ‘’dysfunctional’’ movies, but also due to his straightforwardness towards critics or anyone else, for that matter. Watching any of his movies, starting from Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994) Inglorious Basterds (2009) or Django Unchained (2012) will reveal at least a dozen oddities. His 2015 The Hateful Eight has been on the up-and-up, cast details having been spread into the virtual world for days. The unfortunate fate of the pre-production is that it might open Quentin Tarantino’s road to retirement, as he himself confessed.
Tarantino is no classical director, but has made it quite clear that he does not intend to exceed some limits in terms of filmmaking (didn’t he overrun almost any limit in the field of directing so far?). During an AFM meeting, together with The Hateful Eight already settled cast (Walton Goggins, Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell or Jennifer Jason Leigh), Tarantino himself ‘’unofficially’’ announced that he intends to retire after his tenth movie (counting The Hateful… as his eighth), by bringing as main argument that he does not want to be pushed off the stage by his own fans:
“I like the idea of leaving them wanting a bit more. I do think directing is a young man’s game, and I like the idea of an umbilical cord connection from my first to my last movie. I’m not trying to ridicule anyone who thinks differently, but I want to go out while I’m still hard. …’’. Tarantino does not make it clear why he chose the exact number of ten movies, but the symbolic is quite obvious, as 10 is often referred to as embodying perfection (just like 100):
‘’I like that I will leave a 10-film filmography, and so I’ve got two more to go after this. It’s not etched in stone, but that is the plan. If I get to the 10th, do a good job and don’t screw it up, well that sounds like a good way to end the old career.’’
Of course, the Pulp Fiction director is neither rigid, not narrow-minded and he rightfully adds that his ultimate decision could be reconsidered if the suitable context were to be provided: ‘’If, later on, I come across a good movie, I won’t not do it just because I said I wouldn’t. But 10 and done, leaving them wanting more — that sounds right.”
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