After Deadline reported last year that Quentin Tarantino had abandoned The critical film As a 10th and last film, he gives an overview of the decision.
The winner of the 2x Oscar recently explained that although he “is very happy” of what he wrote originally as a series in eight parts, then resulted in a feature film, but “was not really excited” when he came for the time of pre-production.
“No one is waiting for this thing in itself. I mean, I can do it when I want. I mean, it’s already written. So ok, let me start it now,” he explained his process of reflection The church of Tarantino podcast. “Let me try to write it like a film and let me see if it’s better that way. And I said to myself:” Oh, ok, no, I think it’s going to be the film. “And then that was not the case.
Although Tarantino said he “really likes, really” The critical filmHe noted: “But there was a challenge that I gave myself when I did it. Can I take the most boring profession in the world and make it an interesting film?”
“Each Tarantino title promises so much, except The critical film“, He said.” Who wants to see a television program on the film critic AF ***? Who wants to see a film called The critical film? If I can really make a film or a television program on someone watching interesting films, it is an accomplishment.
Brad Pitt as a cliff stand in ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’
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“It is a spiritual sequence of Once upon a time … in Hollywood Insofar as they take place in the same world and they take place in the same city. But there were no crossed characters. Cliff Booth has never been The critical film. It’s a whole bunch of bulls ****. It was never the case, never. »»
Tarantino added: “I was so excited by writing, but I was not really excited to dramatize what I wrote once we were in pre-production.”
After The critical film Was teased as the farewell film of Tarantino in 2023, with Brad Pitt attached to Star, reported exclusively in April that the author simply had a change of heart and chose not to move forward with the project. Sources close to the director said that he returned to the drawing board to determine what this final film would be.
Tarantino said that the film had been shot in California in 1977, “based on a guy who really lived but was never really famous, and he used to write film reviews for a porn figure.”
Although a spiritual sequence of Once upon a time … in Hollywood (2019) is not in the cards of the final release of Tarantino, Pitt resumes its role as a cascader Cliff Booth for the next film Netflix off-shoot The adventures of Cliff BoothDirected by David Fincher.
