# Is Quentin Tarantino Making His Last Film? \[The Movie Critic\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 15, 2023, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204 "2023-03-15T06:25:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/1 "2023-03-15T06:25:13Z")
> [Quentin Tarantino](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/quentin-tarantino/) is back for the last time. The filmmaker behind some of the [most indelible movies](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/once-a-time-hollywood-end-tarantino-1227953/) of the past three decades, _[Pulp Fiction](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/t/pulp-fiction/)_ and _Once Upon a Time in Hollywood_ among them, is putting together what sources say is being billed as his final movie… > > The filmmaker 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_, “I want to stop at a certain point. Directors don’t get better as they get older. > **[Quentin Tarantino’s Final Film Is Coming as Filmmaker Readies ‘The Movie...](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-sets-the-movie-critic-final-movie-1235351260/)** > > Sources say the 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' and 'Pulp Fiction' filmmaker has written a script that he is planning on directing this fall. So what do you think? Is this his last film? I doubt it. I think he enjoys doing it and will keep on making movies like several others: > **[Martin Scorsese & 14 Other Directors Over 80 Still Making Movies](https://www.thewrap.com/oldest-directors-still-making-movies-over-80/)** > > Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott and Clint Eastwood are not the only Hollywood veterans over 80 still making movies. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/2 "2023-03-15T12:04:22Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > So what do you think? Is this his last film? I doubt it. > “I’d rather be dead than sing Satisfaction when I’m 45.” > – Young Mick Jagger Yeah, if he still enjoys it, and even more importantly, if he still gets paid a lot of money to do it, he’ll keep going. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/3 "2023-03-15T12:28:14Z")
Of course not, how else is going to fulfil his foot fetish? ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/4 "2023-03-15T12:35:41Z")
Tarantino is reportedly worth north of $120 million. I’m sure money motivates many directors, particularly on their way up the ladder, but Tarantino already ‘made it’ some time ago and of course never has to work another day in his life. So that leaves how does he want to spend his time in retirement, and also leaves the whole question of artistic integrity. If he meant what he said about only having so many movies in him and his observations about directors not aging like wine (" If you mean it turns to vinegar, it does. If you mean it gets better with age, it don’t."), there’s no reason to doubt him. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/5 "2023-03-15T12:39:51Z")
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**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/6 "2023-03-15T13:56:01Z")
Considering he makes the same movie over and over, why ever stop? ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/7 "2023-03-15T14:06:39Z")
I have observed that he does have a few motifs that he has latched onto, and there is a finite number of opportunities to revisit these. 1. Universally acknowledged bad guy: - Nazis - Antebellum Slave Owners - Manson Gang 1. Resolution involving fire Unless he can identify an unused universally acknowledged bad guy (aliens?), then that is tapped out. Moving on from that, I suspect that once he spends a few years over the age of 60, he will realize that it is not a hard and fast cutoff for decline. It is a conceit of the young that older folks are all decrepit and worthless. If they are lucky enough to get there, they learn otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/8 "2023-03-15T14:09:00Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Considering he makes the same movie over and over, why ever stop? Maybe we can at least hope that M. Night Shyamalan joins him in the Hack Director’s Retirement Home? Where their punishment is to watch reruns of Matlock and Barnaby Jones 24-7? ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/9 "2023-03-15T14:13:17Z")
I’ve enjoyed all the Tarantino movies I’ve seen, in large part because I never know what’s going to happen next. Even if he stops directing, he could continue as a producer or a writer and still be involved in movie making. If he’s ready to hang it up then I wish him well. Thanks for the movies. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/10 "2023-03-15T14:16:39Z")
I’d like to see him make another movie that could plausibly be set in current times. _Inglourious Basterds_ was fun, but IMO his westerns sucked, and now he seems stuck in the 70s. Come on, Q, there’s still plenty of Elmore Leonard you can plunder! ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/11 "2023-03-15T14:17:43Z")
I was hoping he’d try another genre but it sounds like the next is set in 70s LA again. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/12 "2023-03-15T18:41:06Z")
He’s probably just exhausted all of the genres he’s really passionate about. At a certain point, he can revisit those genres, tackle one he’s not that interested in, or just quit. As much as I loved, _Once Upon a Time in Hollywood_, it really is just a movie about movies (or TV), which is the directorial equivalent of a reporter interviewing a reporter because there’s nothing else to do, ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/13 "2023-03-15T19:16:12Z")
Age 60 really has little to do with it. Clint Eastwood was 62 when he made Unforgiven, one of his best films. He was 82 when he talked to an empty chair at the RNC. 🙂 If QT makes good films, he should go as long as he wants, not stop at some arbitrary number. But as for me, he’s barely gone 50% on good movies. ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/14 "2023-03-15T21:23:01Z")
Among all the splatter one thing that is often over looked is that he’s actually very, very good at directing actors. I think he’s got a very serious talent for making actors step out of their comfort zones and give great performances. Not all of them, not all of the time. But certainly way over par for most A-list directors, especially those working in the genres he picks, crime, war, western. Some directors are great at mis-en-scene, others in creating mood and tension, some are technical wizards or put a lot of faith in the cinematography. I don’t think QT really excels in any of those categories\*. But he shines in his work with actors. \*Might explain his affection _and_ affectation for 70mm. That way his movies can look grand and impressive. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/15 "2023-03-16T19:31:06Z")
He’ll probably produce. Hard cap young directors at 30 million a pic. Horror, Westerns, Blaxploitation and Martial arts. They’ll all make 60 mill and he’ll get the Adam Sandler retirement. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/16 "2023-03-16T21:46:49Z")
I’ve heard him talk about TV as an future option. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/17 "2023-03-16T22:01:33Z")
Licensing! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/vzTXdlY14Lw/maxresdefault.jpg "Pulp Fiction Pinball - Official Trailer") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzTXdlY14Lw) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/19 "2023-08-12T18:25:06Z")
It may just be the Mandela Effect or a shift between universes, but at one time I recall Tarantino saying that he would quit directing at 40 because you stop having something new to say when you get older. Obviously this didn’t happen. I think if he has a story he really wants to tell he will do it. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/20 "2023-08-12T20:05:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_Q](#): > > I think if he has a story he really wants to tell he will do it. Or wants to continue to blatantly fulfill his foot fetish through his directing career. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204/21 "2023-08-12T22:07:32Z")
Add Scorsese (I think my next one will be about the mafia) and Wes Anderson (pains me to say it) to the list. Tarantino is correct that directors don’t get better as they get older. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quentin-tarantino-making-his-last-film-the-movie-critic/981204.md?page=2)