Ha. I don't know if I see that happening yet. As mentioned, I think he could probably get on board with Megan Ellison and start off, especially if some preproduction has actually occurred already (who knows?). But if not, I can definitely see him like a Leon Vitali (Kubrick's Assistant) that just travels from film fest to film fest to share stories and open up a "Tarantino Archives Museum" of costumes from Django Unchained and original script notes on Four Rooms.Quoting number8 (view post)
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I loled...........
That's not a real account. What the hell, Deadline?
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Truth bomb.
I'm going to hang on the positive side and say that in pursuit of is "perfect" ten picture director arc, he pushes through with another studio, and in the process finds it MORE appealing than he has in the past, is re-motivated in the medium, shelves retirement, and becomes the next Ridley Scott (production-output-wise).
Definitely don't see this though.
Me either. sigh
They updated it. Heh.
Eh...
I hadn't thought about it that way, 8, how he's never had to sell his ideas to a tough crowd from Reservoir Dogs onwards. I'm also quite out of the loop on his romantic life - I thought he was still dating Uma Thurman.
I also think to some extent it's a young man's romantic prejudices about the tempestuous vitality of youth and the futility and feebleness of old age. That he's managed to carry with him deep into middle age.
He's only like 53 or 54.
Originally, I sorta agreed with him. Who wants to turn into Ridley Scott or Steven Spielberg and turn out crap for the last 10 or 15 years of their career? A lot of these guys just keep working to keep working and their late period stuff feels uninspired or desperate.
But I also think placing an arbitrary limit on the number of films you're going to do, and saying you're gonna sit around and write novels in your retirement, is delusional.
You guys are so optimistic to think that the theatrical distribution of feature films is still going to be a thing in ten years. If Tarantino retires after ten films (assuming he even gets there), it's going to be because the CEO of Netflix bought every multiplex in America just for the pleasure of watching them burn to the ground.
Just because...
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Quentin Tarantino Makes Studios Kiss the Ring in Manson Bidding War
"After parting ways with longtime backer Harvey Weinstein, Quentin Tarantino is making studio executives go through a complicated process to bid for his new film about Charles Manson — including trekking to his agents’ offices just to read the script"
https://www.thewrap.com/quentin-tara...ing-exclusive/
This makes me anxious. I'm worried after what he said regarding Weinstein that none of the studios will want to work with him.
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Nah. He's got the prestige to be courted.
It's Tarantino. He's maybe one of ten active directors that would be fine.
Odds:
Annapurna -250
All other studios +150
Weinstein Company +2000
I dunno about Anapurna. Their pictures top out at $30-40 million budgets. (Except, oddly, for "Joy.")
Tarantino has worked in that range, but not for awhile. ("Django" cost $100 mil; "Basterds" $70 mil; "Hateful 8" was cheaper, but still more than Ellison usually spends on a single movie.)
ETA: It would be trivially easy for any of the big 6 to outbid Anapurna anyway. I think if Tarantino ends up anywhere, he should probably end up at Warners. That seems the most natural fit, historically.
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I suppose it's a rare request since studios generally have all the leverage and people go to them, but having to go from your office in LA to another office in LA to read a script doesn't sound like that big of a deal.
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LA traffic is not for the feint of heart, dude. Last time I was there, it took 90 minutes to go ~20 miles and it wasn't even rush hour. The sunlight is so bright that it's oppressive even when the AC is blasting. I love LA and would probably live there but I can't imagine dealing with that shit month after month.
Tarantino's demand seems trivial but it definitely strikes me as a ballsy kinda power move.
He goes back to roots. A24.
Instead of sending someone to a Weinstein office, you just send someone to Tarantino's office. And there's not even any sexual assault to be had.
Rewatched some of Hateful Eight. The movie works so well at times, and others, the dialog is so annoying:
"The Lincoln Letter"
"ABRAHAM LINCOLN"
"Abraham Lincoln"
"ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The President of the United States"
"Yes"
"Wrote you a letter."
"Yes"
"ABRAHAM..."
Oi.
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