Quentin Tarantino to quit after 10 films

Filmmaker wants to leave audiences ‘wanting a bit more’.

Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino, best known for his films Pulp Fiction , Inglourious Bastards and Django Unchained , revealed that he plans on retiring after his 10th film. While speaking about his eighth film, the upcoming The Hateful Eight , he said he likes the idea of leaving audiences “wanting a bit more,” reported the BBC News.

“I like that I will leave a 10-film filmography, so I’ve got two more to go after this. It’s not etched in stone, but that is the plan,” said Tarantino. “If I get to the 10th and do a good job, it sounds like a good way to end the old career,” he added, reported IANS. “I think directing is a young man’s game, and I like the idea of an umbilical cord connection from my first to my last movie.”

However, he said that if he gets a good script after his 10th film, then he might consider continuing directing. “If I come across a good movie later on, I wouldn’t not do it just because I said I wouldn’t. But 10 and done, leaving them wanting more... that sounds right,” he said.

On the question of what he’ll pursue if he’s not making films, he said, “[I plan on] writing plays and books, going gracefully into my tender years. I don’t believe you should stay onstage until people are begging you to get off.”

Tarantino’s latest directorial venture The Hateful Eight had been put on hold in January 2014 when its script had leaked online. However, the Oscar-winning writer and director reversed his decision later this year. The film starring Channing Tatum, Samuel L Jackson and Kurt Russel is about a group of outlaws left stranded by a blizzard, and is slated to release in 2015.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 13^th, 2014.

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