US cult director Quentin Tarantino is expected to shoot his tenth film in the fall, which will also be the last film of his career.
“I’ve finished the script for what will be my last film,” said the 60-year-old director of cult films like “Kill Bill” and “Pulp Fiction” on Wednesday in Paris. “I think we’ll probably shoot in the fall,” he added.
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The new film, to be called The Film Critic, will be set in 1977. Tarantino has denied rumors that the film is about New York film critic Pauline Kael. He emphasized that it was not about a specific film critic.
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Tarantino has said on numerous occasions that he would retire after ten films – counting the two parts of Kill Bill as one film.
“I’ve been doing all this for 30 years,” the director confirmed his plans in a recent interview with US television network CNN. He doesn’t want to become an old man who has lost touch with the present. “It’s time to end the show.
Oscar-winning works
Tarantino just turned 60 last Monday. Because of his versatility, he quickly gained a reputation as a cult figure in Hollywood. As an auteur filmmaker, he directs, writes the screenplay, is often a producer himself and is involved as an actor in small roles.
In his films, fake blood usually spurts out by the gallon. At the same time, his works have captivated audiences for more than three decades with brilliant dialogue, laconic humor and an all-star cast.
Those involved in his films have already won numerous Oscars. Most recently, the homage “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” was honored for best production design and Brad Pitt for best supporting role. Christoph Waltz has already won two Oscars for his roles in Tarantino films.
Tarantino celebrated his first cinema success in 1992 with “Reservoir Dogs”, a merciless gangster chamber play. The fans had to wait two years, then they were compensated with “Pulp Fiction”. The screenplay for the blood orgy about crook honor, murder and manslaughter – with Hollywood greats like Bruce Willis and John Travolta – there was the first Oscar.
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In 1997, Tarantino provided the gangster epic Jackie Brown. Another six years passed until “Kill Bill”, but Tarantino served up the revenge campaign of a murderous bride (Uma Thurman) in a double pack, as “Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2”.
Tarantino later went on to create works such as the Nazi hunter film Inglourious Basterds (2009) and the slave western Django Unchained (2012).
Tarantino has lived in Israel for several years with his wife, singer Daniella Pick. In 2022 he became a father for the second time.