Tarantino’s last film, “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood,” premiered in 2019.
“But making movies?
Well, what the f— is a movie now?”
Quentin Tarantino at Sundance 2025.Credit:Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock for The Elvis Mitchell Suite presented by Darling&Co
Tarantino’s grim answer to that hypothetical: “What?
Something that plays in theaters for a token release for four f—ing weeks?
All right, and by the second week you could watch it on television.
Quentin Tarantino at Cannes.Ian Gavan/Getty Images
at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
“It was bad enough in 2019, and that was the last f—ing year of movies.
It’s a show-pony exercise.
Tarantino’s last feature,Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, was released in 2019.
He publicly speculated shortly thereafter whether his subsequent 10th filmshould be his last.
“Most directors' last films are f—ing lousy,” he said in 2021.
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“I’ve always equated filmmaking with climbing mountains.
I’ve climbed my Everest, I’ve climbed my Mount Fuji, my Kilimanjaro.
I don’t really have any more mountains to climb in that respect.
I’ve planted my flags.
I’m proud of my achievements.”
Writing plays is another story.
“Theater isn’t another mountain to climb, it’s an ocean voyage,” Tarantino ventured.
There is no cell phone.
You own the audience for the duration of the play every night.
It’s a great night out.
It’s worth it for them.
That’s f—ing exciting!”
“[Tarantino is] a writer…
It’s a different thing.
I come up with stories, I get attracted to stories through other people,” Scorsese said.
“My curiosity is still there.
