Quentin Tarantino has revealed why he opted to scrap what would have been his final film, The Movie Critic.
If you count Kill Bill as one movie, then Tarantino has directed nine in his career so far and he has said for many years that his 10th movie will be his last.
It was previously announced that he will write and direct The Movie Critic, a story about a down-and-out movie critic living in Los Angeles in the 1960s. However, not long after that announcement, he decided to shelve the project.
Ultimately, he didn't think anyone would be interested.
“I wasn’t really excited about dramatizing what I wrote when I was in pre-production, partly because I’m using the skillset that I learned from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ‘How are we going to turn Los Angeles into the Hollywood of 1969 without using CGI?'” Tarantino said on the Church of Tarantino podcast.
“It was something we had to pull off. We had to achieve it. It wasn’t for sure that we could do it. … The Movie Critic, there was nothing to figure out. I already kind of knew, more or less, how to turn L.A. into an older time. It was too much like the last one.
“The thing about The Movie Critic is I really, really like it. But there was a challenge that I gave to myself when I did it. ‘Can I take the most boring profession in the world and make it an interesting movie?'” he continued.
“Who wants to see a TV show about a fucking movie critic? Who wants to see a movie called The Movie Critic? That was the test. If I can actually make a movie or a TV show about someone who actually watches movies interesting, that is an accomplishment. And I think I did that.”
Best Quentin Tarantino movies
1. Pulp Fiction (1994)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Three stories are woven together as Jules (Samuel L Jackson) and Vincent (John Travolta) must carry out the wishes of their boss Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) while dealing with an unfortunate dead body. Meanwhile, boxer Butch (Bruce Willis) is on the run from the mob after throwing a prize fight, and Vincent's night goes awry after taking Wallace's wife, Mia (Uma Thurman) out for dinner.
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Stars:
John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman
2. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
When an armed robbery goes wrong and a member of the crew is killed, the remaining members are forced to face the fact that there is a rat among them who tipped off the police. Mr White (Harvey Keitel) leads the investigation at an abandoned warehouse, but must deal with the likes of the psychopathic Mr Blonde (Michael Madsen) and the unpredictable Mr Pink (Steve Buscemi).
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Stars:
Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen and Tim Roth
3. Django Unchained (2012)
Django Unchained (2012)
Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), a bounty hunter, frees slave Django (Jamie Foxx) and the pair work together to save Django's wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington). Broomhilda is currently enslaved under the ruthless Calvin J. Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio.
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Stars:
Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz and Leonardo DiCaprio
4. Inglorious Basterds (2009)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
In German-occupied France, Shosanna Dreyfus (Melanie Laurent) witnesses the brutal murder of her family, led by Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). She barely manages to escape and flees to Paris, where she takes on a new identity and starts running a movie theatre. Meanwhile, elsewhere in France, a Jewish group of soldiers, led by Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), takes revenge on the Nazis.
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Stars:
Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz and Mélanie Laurent
5. Kill Bill: Vol.1 (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
The Bride (Uma Thurman) is shot at her own wedding by her boss Bill and his henchmen. A bullet to the head puts her in a coma for four years, but when she wakes up she begins plotting her revenge against Bill and the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad.
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Stars:
Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu and Vivica A. Fox
6. Kill Bill: Vol.2 (2004)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
After crossing the first two names on her kill list, The Bride continues her quest to exact revenge on her former henchmen: after O-Ren Ishii and Vernita Green, it's now the turn of Elle Driver, Budd and finally her boss Bill. However, there is an unexpected trump card at play.
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Stars:
Uma Thurman, Michael Madsen and David Carradine
7. Jackie Brown (1997)
Jackie Brown (1997)
Flight attendant Jackie Brown is caught smuggling money for her boss. She receives an offer to work with the police to catch the arms dealer she works for. She meets Max Cherry, who pays her bail. They decide to forge a plan whereby they can play the sides off against each other and run off with a large sum of money themselves.
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Stars:
Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Forster
8. The Hateful Eight (2015)
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Wyoming, several years after the American Civil War. Bounty hunter John Ruth and a fugitive named Daisy Domergue are on their way to a village called Red Rock to bring her to justice. Along the way, they encounter two men, ex-major and notorious bounty hunter Marquis Warren and Chris Mannix, a southerner who claims to be the village's new sheriff. Due to a severe snowstorm, they are forced to take shelter in 'Minnie's Haberdashery', a stopover located on a mountain pass.
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Stars:
Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh
9. Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood (2019)
Once upon a Time in... Hollywood (2019)
The summer of 1969. Rick Dalton, an actor on the decline, feels that his days as a leading man in TV series are gradually numbered. He finds comfort in his right-hand man and stuntman named Cliff Booth, who is also his driver and handyman. Rick watches with sorrow as Hollywood enters a new era, in which it just so happens that Dalton's house is right next to that of the famous Polish director Roman Polanski and his beautiful wife Sharon Tate.
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Stars:
Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie
10. Death Proof (2007)
Death Proof (2007)
For Austin's coolest DJ, Jungle Julia, nightfall provides an opportunity to unwind with her best friends, Shanna and Arlene. From Guero's to the Texas Chili Parlor, these sexy chicks are raved about. Not all attention is innocent, however: they are unnoticed by Stuntman Mike. This seasoned rebel watches them from his souped-up Chevy Nova, and while the girls are sipping beer, just a few yards away, Mike's secret weapon revs dangerously high....
Directed by: Quentin Tarantino
Stars:
Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson and Vanessa Ferlito
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