Tarantino says he’ll retire after his 10th film

At a Q&A panel for potential buyers at the American Film Market, which takes place in Santa Monica, Quentin Tarantino revealed that he plans to stop directing feature films after completion of his 10th. The Hateful Eight, the movie he is at AFM with and which begins shooting in January, will be his 9th (if you don’t count his 69-minute My Best Friend’s Birthday in 1987), yet he’s clearly counting Kill Bill: Volume 1 and Volume 2 as one movie, after stating, ‘I like that I will leave a ten-film filmography, and so I’ve got two more to go after this.’ Another quote:

‘I don’t believe you should stay on stage until people are begging you to get off… I like the idea of leaving them wanting a bit more. I do think directing is a young man’s game and I like the idea of an umbilical cord connection from my first to my last movie. I’m not trying to ridicule anyone who thinks differently, but I want to go out while I’m still hard…’

So what does Tarantino intend to do if he’s not making movies? Writing novels and plays, it would seem – but we’re having a difficult time believing that the guy who made Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, and who talks about cinema at apparently any given opportunity, is seriously considering stepping out from behind the camera. His cast for The Hateful Eight, who were also at the AFM panel, were similarly unconvinced, with Samuel L. Jackson saying, ‘What’s Quentin going to do with himself if he’s not doing this?’ Indeed.

Source: Deadline