Quentin Tarantino revealed his reasons for leaving directing after his next film

Quentin Tarantino He said he is “ready to stop” making movies after a 30-year career in the industry.

The director and screenwriter, who has directed classics such as pulp fiction, Reservoir Dogs and kill billinitially said in 2009 that he planned to retire once he turned 60, which he did on March 27 of this year, to “go and write novels and film literature, things like that.”

Tarantino reiterated that wish in 2014 while promoting his 2015 film. The Hateful Eightoutlining his plan for “Leave a filmography of 10 films”. However, she said at the time that this was “not set in stone.”

Last month, Tarantino announced the title of his tenth film, The Movie Critic, which will probably be his last project on the big screen. He confirmed during a question-and-answer event in Paris that he would be set in 1977 and that filming would begin in Los Angeles in the fall.

talking to the portal now recently, Tarantino was asked if the late film critic Pauline Kaelwho inspired his book Cinema Speculation of 2022, had also influenced The Movie Critic somehow.

“Yes, it is part of the landscape,” he replied. “The story takes place in a world where Pauline Kael exists, and is alluded to, but the film is not about her”.

Tarantino was asked if this had influenced his decision to leave the cinema behind his back. The Movie Critic“in the sense of wanting to leave a perfect filmography”.

He replied: “No, I think not. It’s just that I’ve been making movies for 30 years and I’m ready to call it quits.”

Despite no more movies in the works, Tarantino said he would “very much like” to write more books.

I want to do a second volume of [ Cinema Speculation ] that also covers the 70s but with other films, also from my adolescence”, he explained. “And then I’ll jump to the 80s and also talk about cinema from outside the United States.”

Tarantino’s ninth and most recent film, Once Upon A Time In HollywoodOscar winner, premiered in 2019.