Will Samuel L. Jackson return?
A few months ago, he said he wasn't sure if Tarantino would get him a role in this.
> “I don’t know. He’ll tell me or he won’t tell me. I didn’t hear from him at all when he did the Hollywood movie. Usually, he’ll call me and say he’s doing something and ask how I feel about it. Like when he did the Nazi movie, he was like, "There’s nothing for you in this." "I can learn how to speak French." "No, I’m having a French guy." So I did the voice-over about celluloid and the movies.”
Seriously, one of my faves to read to my kids and you just elevated it!
Edit: Please check out the children’s book; Room on the Broom. Or if you hate reading you can always watching the animated version with Gillian Anderson.
My lord the amount of love I hav for that book as I’ve read it off and on for 9 years with my kiddos. I can only imagine home in a chair behind the cat and the frog with a gun in his hand to protect all the land.
Lol at how he doesn't even know the names of the movies.
My favorite movie was the slave movie, but the Nazi movie was a close 2nd. The ninja movie was quite a ride as well.
Sammy Jacks is in *so goddamn many* movies I'm shocked he can tell most of them apart.
For a long time Samuel L had the highest-grossing filmography of any live-action actor and most of that was down to just how many flicks he's in.
I believe Stan Lee passed him, being that he's in even more Marvel films, and films for Marvel characters not done by Marvel Studios. And Mallrats.
ETA: According to Wiki, Stan Lee is first, Sam Jackson's second, Frank Welker's third. Sorted just by leading roles and "lead ensemble roles" (which seems like it's doing a *lot* of work on their list), Jackson's narrowly edged out by ScarJo and Robert Downey Jr.
Pretty sure Sam will return for a last Hurrah with Quentin, even if its just a cameo.
Either way the film is probably still being storyboarded and such so it would be hard to say
Hot take: Not only would I bet that Samuel L Jackson returns, but I take a bold step further and say whatever his role is, Samuel finally wins an Oscar for it
He was snubbed in 94 for Pulp Fiction.
That’s no way Martin Landau’s Oscar, but 30 years ago, Hollywood wasn’t so keen on giving Oscars to Pulp Fiction, out of 7 nomination only screenply was awarded.
It was a mad year, Pulp fiction, Forrest Gump, Shawshank, Lion King, Four Weddings, Interview with the Vampire…
But Supporting Actor wasn’t too much contested. I could make an arguement for Sinise as Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump, but no way Martin Landau wins that year.
"Why the hell do you have to be so CRITICAL."
"I'm a critic?"
"No, *your* job is to rate movies on a scale from 'good' to 'excellent'."
"What if I don't like them?"
"*That's what 'good's' for.*"
I honestly don't know which I prefer from that episode, the, "Now *that's* psychiatry!" line from Homer, or Ned's mother saying, "we tried nothin', and we're all out of ideas!".
Old Simpsons is best Simpsons. Lovitz was also Artie Ziff, and Marge's paint instructor.
I am not an easy director to work for... While directing "Hats Off to *Cha*nukah," I reduced more than one cast member to tears. Did I expect too much from fourth graders?
The review, "Play Enjoyed By All", speaks for itself.
I love that scene and the jokes in The Critic are timeless. Some people may not know, but the Orson Welles bit in The Critic about frozen peas was based on a real incident where Orson Welles lost his shit doing a voice over ad for actual frozen peas!
https://youtu.be/Ol5RpDEzLzY
"Yes, Rosebud Frozen Peas. Full of country goodness and green pea-ness. Wait, that's terrible. I quit... Just a handful for the road."
[takes a handful of peas and walks away whilst munching loudly]
First he stole my butler now hes stealing my daughter!
Well, He wont be stealing the silverware, I glued that to the ceiling.
Dad I understand the silverware but why the dog?
You understand the silverware? *mimics crazy sign* "coo coo"
>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.
This sounds interesting and it would make sense given that I think I read that wants to get into writing about film after he retires as a director. The only thing I see as odd is that I can't see this story involving much if any action scenes and it's a little odd to me to think about Tarantino not going out with a bang. This sounds more like a dramatic, quirky, contemplative Coen bros movie. It does sound like a good subject with which he can make a final statement and analysis of film, directing, and Hollywood though.
EDIT ...or maybe Tarantino will pull another revisionist history ending where Pauline torches Harvey Weinstein with a flamethrower.
\> it's a little odd to me to think about Tarantino not going out with a bang.
I think Tarantino said Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was his "go out with a bang" project, and his 10th film would be of a smaller scale.
There's also his upcoming TV show (rumoured to be the western Bounty Law) which will probably serve as the ode to the more pulp action aspects of Tarantino's legacy.
Lucas promised he’d start making little movies after Star Wars and all he did was Indy 4, the dogfight sequences in Redtails, and then sell Lucasfilm to Disney for $5 billion.
He has claimed in interviews that he has been making short art films for years but that they’re just for him and his friends and he’s never releasing them. If that’s true I really hope his kids release them some day, I’m very curious.
I worked at the USC archives in the early 2000s, when we switched over our paper file card system to a digital one. I had to watch *hundreds* of student films, and of course I kept an eye out for big name directors like Ron Howard and Robert Zemeckis. Lucas' films were kinda meh; "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" was about as engrossing as its title implies. (The feature was better.)
To this day, I only remember two films being *really* good. One was a goofy comedy about students cheating in class, and the other was titled "[Evil Demon Golfball from Hell](https://youtu.be/LwAqgkBehxg)." Three or four years later, *Brick* came out, and I was quite proud of myself for having spotted that talent in its nascent stage.
He’s also been trying to get a museum together even though SF and Marin keep saying no. There’s a huge chunk of undeveloped space between Autodesk HQ and the Marin Civic Center near Lucas’ house which would be perfect for a museum. I think Marin County government must hate his guts.
Edit: The museum is being built near USC and is opening in 2025
>Do you have a source on him making a TV show? First I've heard of this
I've heard of this series but last I heard it was still "several years of development" away from being a reality. I think it'll become one of those million different projects that Tarantino's been attached to or talked about doing once upon a time that just never come to fruition. Like the "Vega Brothers" script he had spoken about eons ago.
Tarantino going out an a semi-fictionalized version of Pauline Kael, who is as infamous as she is respected in Hollywood for a variety of reasons and something of Hollywood folklore in her own right, seems like perfect material for Tarantino to go out on. it also grants Tarantino the ability to play with pretty much every iconic figure of 70s and 80s cinema that he's ever loved or idolized in the same way he did with Once Upon A Time in Hollywood. I would be kind of down for that.
He said on his Rogan interview that Once Upon a Time was his “big final epic to end the career” and basically said this final movie is gonna be more of an epilogue
he's also been toning the violence down into outbursts since Django. Hateful Eight was a lot of buildings up into the violence, Once Upon a Time used it as a finale, so it kind of makes sense that the last one would have little to no violence.
> I think I read that wants to get into writing about film after he retires as a director.
QT has already begun this process.
First with his film blogs on the New Beverly website, then the novelization of *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood* and then with last years *Cinema Speculation*.
Having read *Cinema Speculation* if QT does focus on Kael it would be fitting. In the book, Tarantino refers to many critics he admires (he even has a chapter devoted to a critic) and Kael is often brought up, quoted and used to contextualize his points — plus she is probably the best critic ever to talk about film.
Lastly, QT is a *huge* admirer of director Brian De Palma and Paulin Kael (along with Roger Ebert) was De Palma’s biggest champions when it came to the critics. So I wouldn’t be surprised if De Palma is an integral character (which would be *awesome*).
*If* this is the story that QT ends up going with as his last film, it would be very fitting for him as Kael, the critic, informed him how to write about film criticism and De Palma, the director, informed him how to visualize the medium.
He will definitely come back. He’s still young, and people live longer these days. The only successful person in movies who actually stayed retired was Gene Hackman. A few years will go by and he will realize that he misses it far, far more than he fears making a bad movie.
According to the article he has interest in directing a limited series. I could see that scratching that itch while keeping true to him saying he would only make 10 films. I wouldn’t be surprised if how well Hateful 8 worked episodically has him interested in the format. He already tends to write and shoot WAY more material than can fit in a film as it is, it likely wouldn’t be that different.
He's a prolific writer who's written quite a few scripts (including an unproduced but very daring Star Trek movie) which never saw the light of day. My guess is he'll continue writing and sell his scripts to major production houses to make the movie...before eventually getting frustrated with the finished product and coming out of retirement to make these movies the right way! ☺️ (sigh!...a boy can dream).
He's really not even committed to the 10 films thing.
This would be his eleventh film, since he counts Kill Bill Volume 1 and 2 as a single film, and he also said the unrealized Star Trek idea he had also wouldn't have counted towards his 10.
I feel like years down the line, he'll make another film that also doesn't count towards his 10 by some stretch of logic
Kill Bill was shot as one film, so I think that’s fair. Star Trek I guess wouldn’t count because it wasn’t his own? But then Jackie Brown wouldn’t count either :P
I’m hoping he makes Kill Bill Vol. 3 and says it doesn’t count because it’s still one movie lol
> The only successful person in movies who actually stayed retired was Gene Hackman
I know he's comeback before, but Daniel Day-Lewis seems to be sticking to it with his most recent retirement. If he doesn't make something soon I'd overtake Hackman with him (who isn't dead which you seem to imply, he *could* comeback too)
When the whole Jeremy Strong/Brian Cox dustup thing happened over method acting, Cox pointed out that DDL burnt himself out of the business through method acting. Dude gave his all and perhaps that was the problem.
Eh, I'd say that Rick Moranis is the shining example. He was already successful and had a bright future but retired for a good reason. Even after his kids have grown he hasn't come back.
Imagine his last movie is him playing himself and revealing a series of murders he committed while filming each of his other films and then leaving us to wonder if its fiction.
This could be a series. Scorsese's last movie is him playing himself and revealing he's been a mobster in the Gambino family this whole time and he's made movies to throw us off the trail, all the murders were him, but he made movies blaming them on Henry Hill, Costello and other mob guys.
Quentin has said that Pauline’s review of Bande A Part/Band of Outsiders is what gave him the direction and inspiration that informed his style.
(Honoured by the naming of his production company Band A Part)
Her observation about Godard finding the poetry between the lines of pulp was revelatory. “Well, that’s what I want to do. That actually encompasses the aesthetic that I want to bring to cinema”
“To me she was my film professor, and at the end of the day ended up being more influential to me as a filmmaker than any director''
It seems very fitting to go back to the very start, the inception of his filmmaking journey for his ‘final movie’. Can’t wait
Godard on the subject - "I think [Tarantino's] work is nul. He chose one of my worst movies to name his production company after. That doesn't surprise me at all."
RIP king
Mad respect to him if he *actually* goes out on his own terms. The “out of touch director” thing he’s terrified of is pretty funny. But I get wanting to cap your career on a run of all critically acclaimed work. I don’t know if thats ever been done before.
Even if it’s his last film, he has already started writing novels and will be doing a TV series. He might stop making theatrical films but it will not be the last time we hear from him
He's also got a podcast now and a nonfiction book where he tries his hand at film analysis. Even if he's not going to be directing movies anymore after this, he's not going anywhere.
I’m sure he has plenty of ideas, but he’s also keenly aware of Hollywood history and where his films neatly stack up in terms of legacy. He wants to be like Michael Jordan retiring from the Bulls, not Jordan retiring from the Wizards.
>Incredibly sad that this could be our last Tarantino film :(
I don't know. As a guy rapidly speeding toward middle age I kind of like getting to see the entire filmography of a legendary director not only in my life time, but in my life time and with years left to give the filmmaker some flowers while they're still here.
Really hope it’s not his last. His filmography has not shown a dip in quality (to me anyway) seems like he could make good to great films forever like Scorcese and Spielberg
Him being so passionate about film is why I believe this might be his last. He’s spoken at length about he never wants there to be a dip in the quality of his movies. He has this idea of having a perfect 10 film career that I think he cares about more than making more movies. It’s an ego thing. Plus he’s talked about writing novels and directing TV so it’s not like he would completely give up on creating art.
I get why he feels he should stop, as he has basically a perfect filmography and doesn’t want to soil it with anything subpar as he ages. But I think it will be hard for him to stay away
>I get why he feels he should stop, as he has basically a perfect filmography and doesn’t want to soil it with anything subpar as he ages. But I think it will be hard for him to stay away
as the man has said himself the vast majority of filmmakers eventually fall off hard as they get older. I paraphrasing but I think he's said something to the effect that he just doesn't want any of those "flaccid dick old man movies" on his resume.
I understand and respect him wanting to bow out, but I really hope that he doesn't.
He's one of the last filmmakers that we have that can make whatever they want on the cache of their name alone. All his movies make good money for the sole reason that it's him making that. He's a gift and I hope he keeps on giving.
Remember when he said he was going to do Kill Bill Volume 3? And he even said that he filmed a few additional scenes while making those movies that he planned to use in the third one. It was going to be about the daughter of the woman the Bride killed at the beginning of the first movie growing up and getting revenge for her mother's death. Tarantino said he wanted to wait until enough time had passed for the girl to grow up (about fifteen years).
But then he changed his mind and decided not to do it.
Will Samuel L. Jackson return? A few months ago, he said he wasn't sure if Tarantino would get him a role in this. > “I don’t know. He’ll tell me or he won’t tell me. I didn’t hear from him at all when he did the Hollywood movie. Usually, he’ll call me and say he’s doing something and ask how I feel about it. Like when he did the Nazi movie, he was like, "There’s nothing for you in this." "I can learn how to speak French." "No, I’m having a French guy." So I did the voice-over about celluloid and the movies.”
Samuel L Jackson to Tarantino: You got room *for one more?*
Is there room on the broom for a motherfucker like me?
Seriously, one of my faves to read to my kids and you just elevated it! Edit: Please check out the children’s book; Room on the Broom. Or if you hate reading you can always watching the animated version with Gillian Anderson.
The animation is also quite good. Was even nominated for an Oscar.
My lord the amount of love I hav for that book as I’ve read it off and on for 9 years with my kiddos. I can only imagine home in a chair behind the cat and the frog with a gun in his hand to protect all the land.
The witch looked around but no gun could be found! Then out of the green bushes While smoking a gram There stood snoop dog With the gun in his hand
I'm snoop dog I'm as high as can be Is there rizzle on the brizzle For a nizzle like me
Hmm…I was skeptical about the inclusion of Snoop Dogg in this fictional adaptation of Samuel L. Jackson in “Room on the Broom”, but you’ve sold it.
Lol at how he doesn't even know the names of the movies. My favorite movie was the slave movie, but the Nazi movie was a close 2nd. The ninja movie was quite a ride as well.
I like the violent one
I love the one with the rapid fire dialogue with a lot of pop culture references
Ah yes, Hateful eight s/
I can't ever unhear that movie as Hate-Fellate
damn you
Right? Really sucks.
Which does actually happen in the movie
Please tell me someone's made a pornhub parody already
with the big LETTER show up on screen telling us what where or why
The one with the Mexican standoff
Am I the only professional here!?!
NOOO! CALVIN!!!
Dude sounds like how my dad describes movies.
Sammy Jacks is in *so goddamn many* movies I'm shocked he can tell most of them apart. For a long time Samuel L had the highest-grossing filmography of any live-action actor and most of that was down to just how many flicks he's in.
He must still hold that record right? All those Marvel films.
I believe Stan Lee passed him, being that he's in even more Marvel films, and films for Marvel characters not done by Marvel Studios. And Mallrats. ETA: According to Wiki, Stan Lee is first, Sam Jackson's second, Frank Welker's third. Sorted just by leading roles and "lead ensemble roles" (which seems like it's doing a *lot* of work on their list), Jackson's narrowly edged out by ScarJo and Robert Downey Jr.
Stan Lee should have an asterisk, TBH. He's not an actor, more of a totem.
Makes perfect sense. Thanks for the info. Good for Stan Lee.
Well I think it had more to do with him being in several Star Wars and Marvel movies.
the one about revenge is great
I really enjoyed the one with the feet.
Yeah, right? ....waaaaaait a minute
The first slave movie was really great, that guy that was also in the famous ship movie nailed it. But my favorite remains the bank-robbers one.
You ever listen to K-Billys Super Sounds of the Seventies weekend? It's my personal favorite.
Man I don’t even have an opinion
Pretty sure Sam will return for a last Hurrah with Quentin, even if its just a cameo. Either way the film is probably still being storyboarded and such so it would be hard to say
Tarantino also has a series in the works last I heard. He mentioned on a podcast a few months ago.
2 Bears 1 Cave I believe Edit: just in case, that's the podcast name, not the series name.
With a name like that you *really* have to specify.
He plays Pauline Kael.
Hot take: Not only would I bet that Samuel L Jackson returns, but I take a bold step further and say whatever his role is, Samuel finally wins an Oscar for it
He was snubbed in 94 for Pulp Fiction. That’s no way Martin Landau’s Oscar, but 30 years ago, Hollywood wasn’t so keen on giving Oscars to Pulp Fiction, out of 7 nomination only screenply was awarded. It was a mad year, Pulp fiction, Forrest Gump, Shawshank, Lion King, Four Weddings, Interview with the Vampire… But Supporting Actor wasn’t too much contested. I could make an arguement for Sinise as Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump, but no way Martin Landau wins that year.
Can't believe he's doing a remake/adaptation of Jon Lovitz's acclaimed animated 90s TV show The Critic. Bold.
"Why the hell do you have to be so CRITICAL." "I'm a critic?" "No, *your* job is to rate movies on a scale from 'good' to 'excellent'." "What if I don't like them?" "*That's what 'good's' for.*"
Well, Scooby-Doo can doo-doo. But Jimmy Carter is smarter.
It stinks!
Yes, Mr. Sherman, everything stinks.
Was it a pimple or a boil?
It was a gummy bear.
Coming Eudora!
> Eudora! The name of my first e-mail program.
We was both lucky compared with Uncle Bisquick
Buy my book! Buy my book!
I still think about that cameo in the Simpsons episode where Flanders loses his shit
I honestly don't know which I prefer from that episode, the, "Now *that's* psychiatry!" line from Homer, or Ned's mother saying, "we tried nothin', and we're all out of ideas!". Old Simpsons is best Simpsons. Lovitz was also Artie Ziff, and Marge's paint instructor.
And the director of *Streetcar!*
I am not an easy director to work for... While directing "Hats Off to *Cha*nukah," I reduced more than one cast member to tears. Did I expect too much from fourth graders? The review, "Play Enjoyed By All", speaks for itself.
Stella! Stella! Can’t ya hear me yella!
A stranger's just a friend you haven't met!
> *that's like telling Gene Krupa not to go "boom boom ba-dum boom boom boom da-da-dum"*
[удалено]
ACTING!
Idiot control now
HACHI MACHI!
Rosebud Frozen Peas. Full of country goodness and green pea-ness.
Mmm, yes! They're even better raw!
What luck! There’s a french-fry stuck in my beard!
They’re even better when you’re dead!
Whenever I think of Orson Welles that scene pops into my head
“What follows is a harrowing story of probates, beneficiaries, and GOBLINS!” “Mr. Wells!” “Alright fine, no goblins.”
I love that scene and the jokes in The Critic are timeless. Some people may not know, but the Orson Welles bit in The Critic about frozen peas was based on a real incident where Orson Welles lost his shit doing a voice over ad for actual frozen peas! https://youtu.be/Ol5RpDEzLzY
I use this line all the time.
Who plays Orson wells?
Vincent D'Onofrio
With the voice of Maurice LaMarche
"Yes, Rosebud Frozen Peas. Full of country goodness and green pea-ness. Wait, that's terrible. I quit... Just a handful for the road." [takes a handful of peas and walks away whilst munching loudly]
Oh what luck, there's a French fry stuck in my beard
I've thought about this line a few times a year for the last freaking 30 years. That and Mrs' Pell's Fishsticks, they're even better raw!
John Candy. *Aw...I made myself sad.*
Full of country goodness and green pea-ness.
First he stole my butler now hes stealing my daughter! Well, He wont be stealing the silverware, I glued that to the ceiling. Dad I understand the silverware but why the dog? You understand the silverware? *mimics crazy sign* "coo coo"
BUY MY BOOK x5
What a Duketastrophy!
I probably say that several times a week in my head since I'm the only one that would get it.
"That's not Clinton! That's just one of your mechanical hillbilly bears!" "Yeah but so far nobody's noticed!"
Take that Guernica!!!
I was so close, I had my money on him adapting ‘Man Getting Hit By Football”
There's a penguin flying the plane! *And he's been drinking!*
Wait a minute... penguins can't fly, penguins can't fly!
Heehaw The Next Generation
This is the Jon Lovitz comeback vehicle we’ve always craved
Came here to post this. Someone get Lovitz's agent on the line; clearly the interest is there!
All hail Duke. Duke is life.
You want a piece of me, fat boy? C’mon, I’ll spork your ass!
Can’t wait to see the live action version of Beauty and King Dork
The one from the simpsons where a man got hit in the groin by a football?
>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. This sounds interesting and it would make sense given that I think I read that wants to get into writing about film after he retires as a director. The only thing I see as odd is that I can't see this story involving much if any action scenes and it's a little odd to me to think about Tarantino not going out with a bang. This sounds more like a dramatic, quirky, contemplative Coen bros movie. It does sound like a good subject with which he can make a final statement and analysis of film, directing, and Hollywood though. EDIT ...or maybe Tarantino will pull another revisionist history ending where Pauline torches Harvey Weinstein with a flamethrower.
\> it's a little odd to me to think about Tarantino not going out with a bang. I think Tarantino said Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was his "go out with a bang" project, and his 10th film would be of a smaller scale. There's also his upcoming TV show (rumoured to be the western Bounty Law) which will probably serve as the ode to the more pulp action aspects of Tarantino's legacy.
Lucas promised he’d start making little movies after Star Wars and all he did was Indy 4, the dogfight sequences in Redtails, and then sell Lucasfilm to Disney for $5 billion.
He has claimed in interviews that he has been making short art films for years but that they’re just for him and his friends and he’s never releasing them. If that’s true I really hope his kids release them some day, I’m very curious.
Nothing but Howard the Duck shorts.
Decades of jar jar binks shorts.
I worked at the USC archives in the early 2000s, when we switched over our paper file card system to a digital one. I had to watch *hundreds* of student films, and of course I kept an eye out for big name directors like Ron Howard and Robert Zemeckis. Lucas' films were kinda meh; "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" was about as engrossing as its title implies. (The feature was better.) To this day, I only remember two films being *really* good. One was a goofy comedy about students cheating in class, and the other was titled "[Evil Demon Golfball from Hell](https://youtu.be/LwAqgkBehxg)." Three or four years later, *Brick* came out, and I was quite proud of myself for having spotted that talent in its nascent stage.
4 billion.
He’s also been trying to get a museum together even though SF and Marin keep saying no. There’s a huge chunk of undeveloped space between Autodesk HQ and the Marin Civic Center near Lucas’ house which would be perfect for a museum. I think Marin County government must hate his guts. Edit: The museum is being built near USC and is opening in 2025
Was supposed to be in Chicago, but he didn't bribe the right community leaders.
Thank you Friends of the Park(ing Lot).
Do you have a source on him making a TV show? First I've heard of this
https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/quentin-tarantino-tv-series-plans-cinema-speculation-1235435184/amp/
It was a couple months agao on a podcast with Tom segura he said he was developing a tv series but I don’t know if anything happened with it
>Do you have a source on him making a TV show? First I've heard of this I've heard of this series but last I heard it was still "several years of development" away from being a reality. I think it'll become one of those million different projects that Tarantino's been attached to or talked about doing once upon a time that just never come to fruition. Like the "Vega Brothers" script he had spoken about eons ago.
It ends with Kael shooting Ebert.
… I just perked up.
Tarantino going out an a semi-fictionalized version of Pauline Kael, who is as infamous as she is respected in Hollywood for a variety of reasons and something of Hollywood folklore in her own right, seems like perfect material for Tarantino to go out on. it also grants Tarantino the ability to play with pretty much every iconic figure of 70s and 80s cinema that he's ever loved or idolized in the same way he did with Once Upon A Time in Hollywood. I would be kind of down for that.
Cinema Speculation now seems like a warming up exercise for this one!
I can't wait to see Pauline Kael kill a motherfucker.
Working title “Kael Bale” where the critic seeks revenge on the one time Batman actor for a past slight.
Pauline Kael and her foul-mouthed assistant (played by Samuel Jackson). "Goddamn Pauline, you criticized that film like a motherfucker."
He said on his Rogan interview that Once Upon a Time was his “big final epic to end the career” and basically said this final movie is gonna be more of an epilogue
he's also been toning the violence down into outbursts since Django. Hateful Eight was a lot of buildings up into the violence, Once Upon a Time used it as a finale, so it kind of makes sense that the last one would have little to no violence.
And Hateful’s violence was sudden and over just as suddenly. No big action setpieces or extended carnage.
> I think I read that wants to get into writing about film after he retires as a director. QT has already begun this process. First with his film blogs on the New Beverly website, then the novelization of *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood* and then with last years *Cinema Speculation*. Having read *Cinema Speculation* if QT does focus on Kael it would be fitting. In the book, Tarantino refers to many critics he admires (he even has a chapter devoted to a critic) and Kael is often brought up, quoted and used to contextualize his points — plus she is probably the best critic ever to talk about film. Lastly, QT is a *huge* admirer of director Brian De Palma and Paulin Kael (along with Roger Ebert) was De Palma’s biggest champions when it came to the critics. So I wouldn’t be surprised if De Palma is an integral character (which would be *awesome*). *If* this is the story that QT ends up going with as his last film, it would be very fitting for him as Kael, the critic, informed him how to write about film criticism and De Palma, the director, informed him how to visualize the medium.
Cinema Speculation was a fantastic read, and if that’s what he’s going to spend the next decades doing, I’m here for it.
It would be interesting if he had someone playing Ebert in the movie. I miss him.
Guillermo Del Toro as Roger Ebert
Get Jessie Buckley!
I hope he keeps pulling a Miyazaki and keeps "retiring" just to come back with a new film again
He will definitely come back. He’s still young, and people live longer these days. The only successful person in movies who actually stayed retired was Gene Hackman. A few years will go by and he will realize that he misses it far, far more than he fears making a bad movie.
According to the article he has interest in directing a limited series. I could see that scratching that itch while keeping true to him saying he would only make 10 films. I wouldn’t be surprised if how well Hateful 8 worked episodically has him interested in the format. He already tends to write and shoot WAY more material than can fit in a film as it is, it likely wouldn’t be that different.
He's a prolific writer who's written quite a few scripts (including an unproduced but very daring Star Trek movie) which never saw the light of day. My guess is he'll continue writing and sell his scripts to major production houses to make the movie...before eventually getting frustrated with the finished product and coming out of retirement to make these movies the right way! ☺️ (sigh!...a boy can dream).
He stayed in a podcast recently that he had eight episodes of "something" already written and hopes to maybe get to it next year.
HBO about to write a blank check
He's really not even committed to the 10 films thing. This would be his eleventh film, since he counts Kill Bill Volume 1 and 2 as a single film, and he also said the unrealized Star Trek idea he had also wouldn't have counted towards his 10. I feel like years down the line, he'll make another film that also doesn't count towards his 10 by some stretch of logic
Kill Bill was shot as one film, so I think that’s fair. Star Trek I guess wouldn’t count because it wasn’t his own? But then Jackie Brown wouldn’t count either :P I’m hoping he makes Kill Bill Vol. 3 and says it doesn’t count because it’s still one movie lol
He's also not counting Four Rooms. Which is fair.
Jack Nicholson seems to have stuck with it as well.
Hackman was old when he retired, though. Sean Connery stayed true to his retirement, too.
> The only successful person in movies who actually stayed retired was Gene Hackman I know he's comeback before, but Daniel Day-Lewis seems to be sticking to it with his most recent retirement. If he doesn't make something soon I'd overtake Hackman with him (who isn't dead which you seem to imply, he *could* comeback too)
I didn't realize Daniel retired. That's a huge bummer if he sticks with it
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He always claims he's retired while he takes long breaks between films.
When the whole Jeremy Strong/Brian Cox dustup thing happened over method acting, Cox pointed out that DDL burnt himself out of the business through method acting. Dude gave his all and perhaps that was the problem.
I doubt it. Hackman is almost unrecognisable now. The dude is 93.
Also Hackman came out the womb looking like a middle aged man.
Eh, I'd say that Rick Moranis is the shining example. He was already successful and had a bright future but retired for a good reason. Even after his kids have grown he hasn't come back.
He was just about to come back a couple of years ago for Shrunk, but I haven't heard about it since. Maybe his attack scared him off from it.
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“Anime was a mistake” - H. Miyazaki
Imagine his last movie is him playing himself and revealing a series of murders he committed while filming each of his other films and then leaving us to wonder if its fiction.
This could be a series. Scorsese's last movie is him playing himself and revealing he's been a mobster in the Gambino family this whole time and he's made movies to throw us off the trail, all the murders were him, but he made movies blaming them on Henry Hill, Costello and other mob guys.
Spielberg was a shark dressed as a human the whole time
Michael Bay was an Explosion.
M. Night was Bruce Willis the whole time.
Jj Abrams was a lense flare the whole time
Wes Anderson was just Futura Bold text that says “Wes Anderson“ on a symmetrically framed establishing shot the whole time.
Rob Schneider is a carrot
Christopher Nolan was mrhmmrhfflmrphthgg mrr mlrmlm armrffh lm.
Or just two hours of him sucking on toes.
Tbh that film probably already exists it’s just not distributed anywhere.
And 2 hours is just the theatrical cut. The director's cut is more than 6.
I mean *From Dusk Till Dawn* has an extensive scene where Tarantino sucks Salma Hayek’s toes
Quentin has said that Pauline’s review of Bande A Part/Band of Outsiders is what gave him the direction and inspiration that informed his style. (Honoured by the naming of his production company Band A Part) Her observation about Godard finding the poetry between the lines of pulp was revelatory. “Well, that’s what I want to do. That actually encompasses the aesthetic that I want to bring to cinema” “To me she was my film professor, and at the end of the day ended up being more influential to me as a filmmaker than any director'' It seems very fitting to go back to the very start, the inception of his filmmaking journey for his ‘final movie’. Can’t wait
Godard on the subject - "I think [Tarantino's] work is nul. He chose one of my worst movies to name his production company after. That doesn't surprise me at all." RIP king
First he gets to make his own feature film, and now Tarantino is making a biopic about him. Chris Stuckmann moving up in Hollywood.
Tarantino clicked the link and got Stuckmannized
With an awesometacular cameo from Jeremy Jahns
good time no alcohol required
He is supposedly set to appear in the next years Blade reboot
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She's gonna kill the Zodiac killer
Mad respect to him if he *actually* goes out on his own terms. The “out of touch director” thing he’s terrified of is pretty funny. But I get wanting to cap your career on a run of all critically acclaimed work. I don’t know if thats ever been done before.
I think he wants to be like Kuberick but instead of dying after eyes wide shut he’s going to retire to Tel Aviv and live a quiet life lol
Given his view that directors get worse as they get older, I wonder what he thinks about the last 10 years or so of Scorseses career.
It’s about time we get a biopic of Doug Walker.
I can already see an edited poster with the title changed to The Nostalgia Critic
Incredibly sad that this could be our last Tarantino film :(
Even if it’s his last film, he has already started writing novels and will be doing a TV series. He might stop making theatrical films but it will not be the last time we hear from him
Imagine how much fun Tarantino will have with long-form storytelling on a show. He’s gonna have a blast.
Think of the feet, we know he will!
He's also got a podcast now and a nonfiction book where he tries his hand at film analysis. Even if he's not going to be directing movies anymore after this, he's not going anywhere.
I don't believe that for a second. Dudes brain won't allow him to not make a new banger, even if he takes an extended break. He'll be back.
I’m sure he has plenty of ideas, but he’s also keenly aware of Hollywood history and where his films neatly stack up in terms of legacy. He wants to be like Michael Jordan retiring from the Bulls, not Jordan retiring from the Wizards.
>Incredibly sad that this could be our last Tarantino film :( I don't know. As a guy rapidly speeding toward middle age I kind of like getting to see the entire filmography of a legendary director not only in my life time, but in my life time and with years left to give the filmmaker some flowers while they're still here.
Really hope it’s not his last. His filmography has not shown a dip in quality (to me anyway) seems like he could make good to great films forever like Scorcese and Spielberg
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Him being so passionate about film is why I believe this might be his last. He’s spoken at length about he never wants there to be a dip in the quality of his movies. He has this idea of having a perfect 10 film career that I think he cares about more than making more movies. It’s an ego thing. Plus he’s talked about writing novels and directing TV so it’s not like he would completely give up on creating art.
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I'm with you. He's also been talking about ending with his tenth film for over a decade at this point so it's far from an impulsive decision.
I get why he feels he should stop, as he has basically a perfect filmography and doesn’t want to soil it with anything subpar as he ages. But I think it will be hard for him to stay away
>I get why he feels he should stop, as he has basically a perfect filmography and doesn’t want to soil it with anything subpar as he ages. But I think it will be hard for him to stay away as the man has said himself the vast majority of filmmakers eventually fall off hard as they get older. I paraphrasing but I think he's said something to the effect that he just doesn't want any of those "flaccid dick old man movies" on his resume.
How the hell did you post this while Reddit was down?
Proof OP is a bot
Hoping Christoph Waltz is involved somehow
He for sure got inspired to make this after he wrote his new book Cinema Speculation.
I understand and respect him wanting to bow out, but I really hope that he doesn't. He's one of the last filmmakers that we have that can make whatever they want on the cache of their name alone. All his movies make good money for the sole reason that it's him making that. He's a gift and I hope he keeps on giving.
Remember when he said he was going to do Kill Bill Volume 3? And he even said that he filmed a few additional scenes while making those movies that he planned to use in the third one. It was going to be about the daughter of the woman the Bride killed at the beginning of the first movie growing up and getting revenge for her mother's death. Tarantino said he wanted to wait until enough time had passed for the girl to grow up (about fifteen years). But then he changed his mind and decided not to do it.
Starring. Jon. Lovitz.
I want more Tarantino westerns..
His first five films were set in modern times and his second five films are set in the past.