Quentin Tarantino Still Says He’ll Retire After His Tenth Movie; Talks 70mm ‘Hateful Eight’ Release Plan
The Hateful Eightwill be the eighth film byQuentin Tarantino, and the director isstill planning on retiringafter his tenth. A few years ago, the director suggested the retirement plan. Now, with his eighth film almost ready to go, he’s more serious than ever:
Read more about Quentin Tarantino retiring, as well as hisambitious 70mm plansforThe Hateful Eight, below.
The quote and information came fromDeadline, which was on hand when Tarantino spoke in front of an audience at the American Film Market. Along with the director were a few of his stars:Walton Goggins, Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt RussellandJennifer Jason Leigh. Many didn’t believe Tarantino when he talked about retiring, but he did sort of leave the door open:
It’s not etched in stone, but that is the plan. If I get to the tenth, do a good job and don’t screw it up, well that sounds like a good way to end the old career. If, later on, I come across a good movie, I won’t not do it just because I said I wouldn’t. But ten and done, leaving them wanting more, that sounds right.
That could be a long way away at this point. Tarantino enthusiastically wooed the buyers at AFM talking about howThe Hateful Eightwas going to be a 70mm event:
If we do our jobs right by making this film a 70 mm event, we will remind people why this is something you can’t see on television, and how this is an experience you can’t have when you watch movies in your apartment, your man cave or your iPhone or iPad. You’ll see 24 frames per second play out, all these wonderfully painted pictures create the illusion of movement. I’m hoping it’s going to stop the momentum of the digital stuff, and that people will hopefully go, ‘Man,thatis going to the movies, andthatis worth saving and we need to see more ofthat.
He then detailed a plan where the film would open in 70mm alone for at least two weeks, or maybe even a month, before going to digital theaters. It’s a plan, on a much larger scale, than Christopher Nolan did earlier this week withInterstellar.
We’re not doing the usual 70 mm, where you shoot 35 mm and blow it up. We’re shooting 65 mm which, when you turn it into a print, is 70mm. Panavision is not only behind this movie, they look at it as a legacy. They are inventing a lot of the stuff we need, and this is being supervised by my three-time Oscar winning cinematographer Bob Richardson, who’s back with me and afterKill Bill, Inglourious BasterdsandDjango Unchained. I couldn’t do this if he wasn’t in my corner….We are literally coming out with the biggest wide screen movie shot in the last 40 years.
There’s much, much more from the director atDeadline’sfull story, including the lenses he plans to use, the inspirations for the film, the actors discussing the dialogue and more. But the two biggest things are that impending retirement and the 70mm enthusiasm. What do you think?
