Quentin Tarantino Is Preparing To Direct His Final Film Titled ‘The Movie Critic’
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the director—who broke out in the ’90s with ‘Reservoir Dogs’ and ‘Pulp Fiction’—has already completed a screenplay for the new film. Reportedly titled ‘The Movie Critic,’ it is set in Los Angeles in the late ’70s and focuses on a female protagonist. It is also apparently set to be shot as early as this fall, although a studio is not yet attached.
Per THR, it is possible the story focuses on Pauline Kael, one of the most influential movie critics of all time. Kael, who died in 2001, was not just a critic but also an essayist and novelist. She was known for her pugnacious fights with editors as well as filmmakers. In the late 1970s, Kael had a very brief tenure working as a consultant for Paramount, a position she accepted at the behest of actor Warren Beatty. The timing of that Paramount job seems to coincide with the setting of the script —and the filmmaker is known to have a deep respect for Kael, making the odds of her being the subject of the film more likely.
Tarantino has long maintained he had a finite number of movies in him, saying he wanted to direct 10 films or retire by the time he was 60. The writer-director has made nine (if you count the two ‘Kill Bill’ movies as one) and turns 60 later this month.
He also has espoused a philosophy that directors get out of touch as they age. In 2012, he told Playboy (via EW):
I want to stop at a certain point. Directors don’t get better as they get older. Usually the worst films in their filmography are those last four at the end. I am all about my filmography, and one bad film f—s up three good ones. I don’t want that bad, out-of-touch comedy in my filmography, the movie that makes people think, “Oh man, he still thinks it’s 20 years ago.” When directors get out-of-date, it’s not pretty.
Tarantino has long maintained he had a finite number of movies in him, saying he wanted to direct 10 films or retire by the time he was 60. The writer-director has made nine (if you count the two ‘Kill Bill’ movies as one) and turns 60 later this month.
He also has espoused a philosophy that directors get out of touch as they age. In 2012, he told Playboy (via EW):
I want to stop at a certain point. Directors don’t get better as they get older. Usually the worst films in their filmography are those last four at the end. I am all about my filmography, and one bad film f—s up three good ones. I don’t want that bad, out-of-touch comedy in my filmography, the movie that makes people think, “Oh man, he still thinks it’s 20 years ago.” When directors get out-of-date, it’s not pretty.
So far, Tarantino’s films have earned him countless awards, including two Oscars for ‘Pulp Fiction’ and ‘Django Unchained’ (Best Original Screenplay on both counts).
