We might be nearing the end of the Tarantino era, as the director is once again teasing his retirement in the near future.
Deadline spoke to Tarantino about his possible retirement, which he has teased in interviews before. The director said his plan is to retire after his tenth film.
"It’s not etched in stone, but that is the plan," Tarantino said. "If I get to the 10th, do a good job and don’t screw it up, well that sounds like a good way to end the old career."
The director said he wants to leave audiences wanting more, rather than leave them begging for him to get off stage. However, Tarantino isn't completely firm in this plan, saying that if he comes across a good movie after his 10th, he won't not do it just because he had this plan.
The Hateful Eight, which is set to release December 2015, is the director's eight film, leaving him with two more after that before retirement.
Tarantino has talked about this idea of retirement before. According to Slashfilm, he said he doesn't want to be an old man filmmaker, and that usually filmmakers don't get better as they get older.
This all makes sense for Tarantino, who has said he's pretty obsessed with his filmography and with having every film he makes meet his high standards. If he feels his films would get worse as he got older, it makes sense to retire before that starts to happen.
Another factor could be the fact that Tarantino has said he despises digital filmmaking and thinks it's the death of film, according to IndieWire. But this is definitely where the industry is headed, if it isn't there already, leaving a lot of old school directors like Tarantino feeling disgusted with physical film becoming less and less relevant.
The Hateful Eight will be shot on 70mm film, and Tarantino hopes it will remind people what's so great about physical film and what it has over digital.
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