Why Tarantino Will Only Make 10 Movies

[@itayeldad3317]

Tarantino is 59, and only recently became a father. He'll be 75 when his son graduates hs. Hes a millionaire who will continue to make money from royalties after his retirement. Hes not only free to do whatever he wants in Hollywood, hes also free to do whatever he wants with his life, and I think he'd rather raise the family he started very late in life than make 10 more movies

[@xyrildanmanuel783]

well put

[@keithmichael112]

It's a good way to be i think, there's always this push to accumulate more and more and only leave once people are sick with them. and he's right, an album or a movie can be so bad it can make you look at the artist in a new negative light

[@ree-edit2101]

very well said

[@feelshowdy]

This is a great point. Say yes to family and love! No great artist has an obligation to neglect their life for their art.

[@Lancaster22]

Sounds like he’s already prepping for life after film. Between novels and the new podcast he’s starting, it seems as he’s almost already started moving on. He also said on the Big Picture podcast to Sean Fennessey & Chris Ryan that he sees his final film being an epilogue. He said OUATIH will be the the loud/exciting crescendo and whatever 10 is will be a calm reflection

[@Lanosrep]

Sure he'll end with 10, but he's already voiced his desire to move into writing novels, and working on theatre and Television. Let's not forget that he now has two children who he wants to see grow up, he doesn't want to be doing this for the rest of his life is it means a detriment to his personal life

[@crashboy0]

As someone who loves his movies, I would absolutely love to read a Tarantino novel and watch his own HBO original series or even better mini series.

[@nicholasharvey5628]

Agreed!

[@krautgazer]

David Lynch directed 10 films and his last one was released in 2006. He later directed and released Twin Peaks: The Return (the 3rd season of his early 90s show) in 2017, which is a masterpiece and one of the best works of his whole career. I actually don't know what point I'm trying to make here but I can gather a few things about that: 1. Quentin Tarantino might work on television and create other great works, especially since television now rivals cinema in quality, budget and audience terms. 2. Had Tarantino or Lynch not made only 10 films, they might have created other masterpieces of cinema. I'm speaking in the past tense but both can still do it in the future though. 3. Lynch released Dune as his third film and that one was not well received and it still is regarded by most critics and the public as a weak film. Tarantino himself released Death Proof as his fifth film and, while it isn't regarded as weak, I can say for sure it is regarded as minor Tarantino. 4. There are MANY examples of filmmakers going way past the "10 movies mark" of Lynch and Tarantino and producing masterpieces. One of them is in this very video we just watched: Cecil B. DeMille with The Ten Commandments, which was - take that - his 70th movie. Yup, he made 69 movies before The Ten Commandments and this one is considered his magnum opus. Psycho is Alfred Hitchcock's 49th film. Ran is Akira Kurosawa's 28th film. No Country for Old Men is the Coen brothers' 12th film. The Shining is Stanley Kubrick's 11th, and so on. I think Tarantino might be right about filmmakers not recognizing when they don't have that magic touch anymore but I think that 10 films are way too few for someone like him - he might be cutting himself out of directing the best piece of his oeuvre.

[@wtcben]

@@crashboy0 I'm not sure if you're aware, but he released a novelisation of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" last year. I read it when it came out and enjoyed it, it was already my favourite of his films so I imagine how you feel about it will be relative to your opinions on that film, if you have seen it.

[@Justin1an]

Imagine Tarantino working with HBO to make Rockstar game TV series. Red Dead Redemption series with Tarantino and HBO would be so epic!

[@benwasserman8223]

I mean, the idea definitely adds to Tarantino’s exaggerated mystique. His other films are already cultural entities unto themselves, so closing the book early lets him end that legacy on his own terms.

[@ianism3]

agreed, and you know who this reminds me of? Andre 3000. the main difference I see is that Andre 3K is apparently avoiding making music because he's afraid of the pressure/expectations placed on him whereas Tarantino is like trying to plan it out

[@fabiobaldan556]

As long as his last one is a 240min epic western I am happy..

[@GuitarbenderS]

Not only that, but also he will essentialy be deciding that his legacy starts as soon as the 10th film is released. Can we think of Scorsese or Coppola at this point in time in terms of their legacy? I'm sure to some point we can, but they're still making movies today. Their legacy books haven't been closed yet. When Tarantino's 10th film gets premiered, that will be the exact moment in time when his body of work will unequivocally become legacy, a tangible piece of culture situated in the past that we can look back to from the present, and since he won't be releasing any more movies, the years that'll pile up after that 10th film will only increase his legacy in value.

[@Richard_Nickerson]

Unto*

[@Marlowe10100]

Tarantino also has not much left to say really in a movie, his films are very well made popcorn films, and the best scenes and ideas in his movies are often or really always straight copies from other much superior directors. He has no masterpiece like Kurosawa, Bergman, Antonioni, etc.

[@fritzwalter46]

Tarantino will direct Fast and Furious 10 as his finale, you heard it here first.

[@wheresmymoneyat2482]

hahaha! you win! he should! but for real I think QT should make PULP FICTION part 2 and show us WHAT WAS REALLY IN THAT BRIEFCASE that Sam Jackson and John Travolta opened... I mean, come on...you know you wanna see that play...

[@caydenhenderson4664]

@@wheresmymoneyat2482 I disagree. Not revealing what it was in the briefcase was kind of the point. It created mystery and immersed the audience even further into the movie. Tarantino himself said that he wanted his last film to be more of an epilogue, because Once Upon a Time in Hollywood worked as the climax of his filmography. Personally, if he were to return to any genre of his filmography, I think it would be cool for him to make another western. I remember reading something about him saying he wanted to make a movie about some outlaw or bounty hunter from the wild west that he was fascinated by, and I think that would be cool to see tbh.

[@andmicbro1]

He’ll do the next Avengers movie.

[@eenraregozer]

Why would this be an actual good idea tho the movie would be amazing

[@AveenFernando]

I did see a comment that he only recently became a father so making his last movie, "all about family" makes sense.

[@crookfordacelington8067]

The Nerdwriter notification hits different

[@thejesuschrist]

love your work. going to get your book.

[@geniusdexter6]

Nerdwriter has certainly read yours

[@deepaksrinivasmondal]

wow, the recommendation can't get any more divine than this!

[@zukacs]

bless us lord

[@BloodWorkMedia]

@@geniusdexter6 underrated comment!

[@bigzach7778]

Amen

[@joez6235]

I think also when you make too many movies, even if they're all good, people will still only select a handful to talk about. I've heard that every Ingmar Bergman movie is great, but I can only take peoples word for it because I have only seen 6 of his 27 movies. There is no way I'm gonna watch that many movies from one director, I simply don't have the time. I've seen all of Tarantino's movies and can say for certain that I think they're all great. I think he wants to be remembered like Stanley Kubrick or Tarkovsky. A short but diverse filmography that is worth seeing in its entirety.

[@doctorbananashooter]

Tarkovsky has one of the all time greatest filmographies imo. Almost every single film is a masterpiece

[@artuc20]

Not every Bergman film is a masterpiece. He's an amazing filmmaker, yes, but he has some ordinary films as well.

[@BaseFive]

not having time is probably the dumbest excuse ever. if people somehow manage to watch entire tv series i'm sure you could figure it out.

[@AlkisenSuper]

27 doesn't seem like too much to take on. As long as you space them out a little you should do just fine. I plan on watching all the films Woody Allen and Clint Eastwood have directed too, and that's even more.

[@SCWPhillySports]

That shipped sailed a long time ago for him bro Lol

[@Skillseboy1]

I understand Tarantino's careful consideration of leaving a legacy he is proud of, but it makes me wonder what he will do next. For a very passionate and hard-working filmmaker like himself, I wonder if he can enjoy sipping cocktails for the rest of his life and not create anything to bring out to the public. Who knows! Congratulations on the release of your book!

[@Retrostar619]

He's mentioned that he wants to write academic film criticism.

[@klarkolofsson]

@@Retrostar619 Also theater. He mentioned The Hateful Eight for example, might as well be a play.

[@keithmichael112]

@@Retrostar619 I think he was big into Pauline kael or whoever, I can see that

[@alejandrozapata6286]

Pretty sure that he wants to start a rap career while he's young.

[@cyoung7127]

He still plans to write

[@naheemquattlebaum2267]

Actually this is perfect timing. The landscape of films is changing and leaving after 10 films gives Tarantino a chance to not be affected by the new changes in Hollywood (ie. Your film turning into a Netflix release)

[@Jdb63]

I think Hateful Eight was a Netflix release was it not?

[@naheemquattlebaum2267]

@@Jdb63 Nope. Originally it was theatrical, roadshow release first. Netflix got the rights to release the extended version that was separated into several episodes due to its length

[@Jdb63]

@@naheemquattlebaum2267 Ah right

[@mementomori6534]

Man I love Tarantino I would love to see thousands of movies made by him but retiring at the 10th movie is the smartest move by him not only money wise since he would still earn a lot even during retirement but also artistic wise. An artist has a limited amount of good art he can bring to the world. Once this limited amount ends it doesn’t make sense to keep going. I think Tarantino is close to the limit.

[@Kakarot7314]

Not applicable to scorcese

[@liamweber2163]

Shutter Island a minor? I think it's great

[@MegaChickenPunch]

same

[@soheil4233]

one of the most ridiculous movie opinions I've ever heard and it can only be a completely personal opinion because if you want to take facts into consideration shutter island has the same imdb rating as raging bull and taxi driver and its box office is 10x both other movies, these aren't necessarily what makes the movie a masterpiece but it makes the opinion even more questionable as to how the movie is minor compared to the other two.

[@angelsunemtoledocabllero5801]

​@soheil4233 I don't know man, is definitely an opinion many people share.

[@TrustMeIKnowEverything]

It's a masterpiece

[@usmccoop]

Quentin alluded to "Kill Bill" being 2 movies & if we consider "Death Proof" a movie then, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" was his final film. Sorry folks that's 10 movies already... 😢

[@PrincipiaDeCinema]

While it is certainly an arguable take, many Hitchcock aficionados consider Frenzy to be among his strongest works. I am teaching Hitchcock soon, and my course includes ten films, The 39 Steps, Shadow of a Doubt, Spellbound, Notorious, Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, Vertigo, North By Northwest, Psycho, and Frenzy. Frenzy is also one of Hitchcock's four "doubles films," the others being Shadow of a Doubt, Strangers on a Train and Psycho, and one of my professors showed us those four films for discussion in a film theory class when I was young. He thought showing us all four films was important. You could argue that Frenzy is the least of those four films, and it might be, but not by much. A better example of a director who you could cut their late works off would be Billy Wilder. I show ten Wilder films in my Wilder course, and I stop with The Apartment, even though Wilder made nine films after 1960. Part of this has to do with the limitations of ten-week quarters where I teach, but I find Wilder's body of work more impressive before 1960 than after by a good margin. The good thing about Tarantino having ten films means if I ever teach a Tarantino course I could show all of his films. However, I find his body of work as a whole to be very uninteresting, despite my admiration, and lack thereof, of certain individual films. Tarantino' career resembled Kubrick's, in that he carefully chose his projects based in the perception he wanted to create of himself as an artist. However, the differences between Tarantino and Kubrick are more telling than the similarities. Kubrick's films as a whole have a very specific voice, coupled with an interesting intellectual obsession with dehumanization, war, and man's capacity for evil against his fellow man. It is present from his first film to his last film, even though his first two films are weak, and Lolita is a bit of a misfire. Kubrick also disowned Spartacus, which was work for hire, something Tarantino never had to do in his career. While Tarantino has made nine films, ten if you count Kill Bill as two movies, his body of work is not as intellectually compelling as Kubrick's. The most persistent theme is revenge, but all of his movies approach the subject in a different way. I don't mean how Hitchcock's movies approach guilt in a different way. While Hitchcock used that single theme to craft 53 very different films, the worldview of the director is obvious. The only variation is in how he manipulates the audience to question their own view of guilt. Tarantino by contrast doesn't have very complex ideas about revenge. The theme is incidental in his first three films, because they are all crime films, and that theme is going to be there if you really look for it. Pulp Fiction will always be remembered as the most important film of the 90s, but it is very atypical of Tarantino's work as a whole. The rest of his movies have revenge as the main theme, but in most cases, he placates his audiences' views toward revenge, and never challenges them. Only the endings of Kill Bill and The Hateful Eight deliver something challenging when it comes to revenge, and the views expressed about revenge in Tarantino's movies are so inconsistent that I am sometimes tempted to consider anything intellectually meaningful I get out of his films as unintentional. Tarantino is a great writer of dialogue, and good at creating memorable scenes and characters. He also has a good eye, though many of his most striking visuals in his movies are lifted from other directors. My overall opinion though is that his films are usually fun but often intellectually vacuous, and he lacks discipline as a storyteller, which is why most of his films are so episodic. I think Django Unchained is his best constructed screenplay, but I'm of the contrarian opinion that Inglorious Basterds is a muddled mess of a movie, with three brilliant scenes and some great performances. I meet many Tarantino fans and enthusiasts, but few who can articulate what makes a Tarantino film uniquely interesting other than its "coolness." I find Tarantino's obsession with his body of work as one connected canon to be ironic, because while he has had many successes as a filmmaker, providing an interesting body of work to present as a single artistic statement is not one of them. In fact, I would say he fails more than almost any writer-director in particular. The director I can think of who has a body of work where each movie is a piece of a greater statement is David Cronenberg. I have never taught a Cronenberg course, though I've thought about it many times, because I can't reduce his body of work to ten films, and now he has twenty. Even the "duds" like M. Butterfly and Map to the Stars are fascinating failures that could have only been made by Cronenberg. Even the "works for hire" like Fast Company, The Dead Zone, and A History of Violence feel like films that could have been made by nobody else. The irony is the reason Cronenberg succeeds at being a singular auteur with a body of work more important than any single work is he doesn't give a shit about posterity. While Cronenberg is obviously influenced by Antonioni and Bergman, he feels no need to set his career in some kind of cinematic tradition. While he makes films with an audience in mind, he is not there to entertain or earn the admiration of the audience, but to challenge and transform them. In fact, if Cronenberg read this KZbin comment he would probably not even find it interesting, let alone care about it. Tarantino though, would likely go on a half hour rant about how I don't understand his genius.

[@christophersykora6223]

I love Tarantino’s filmography, but I don’t find myself disagreeing with anything in this comment. You’re an incisive thinker and writer. Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

[@PrincipiaDeCinema]

@@christophersykora6223 Thanks. One of the ironies of what I am saying, though it sounds like harsh criticism, is I think Tarantino should have made more movies. I generally like most of his films and love two of them.

[@epigaulus1219]

I'd love to have you as a teacher

[@Richard_Nickerson]

I hate that you don't know what you're getting into when you click "read more"

[@QuintessentialQs]

I think you've completely missed the forest for the trees looking at Tarantino's films. None of his movies are "about revenge", or "about crime". All his movies are about movies and storytelling. Reservoir Dogs is about "what if there was a heist movie where you never see the heist?" It isn't really about crime or the criminal lifestyle, as these are things Tarantino obviously didn't know a single thing about when he wrote it. But he knew a lot about heist movies, so that's what it's about. Asking why is it so necessary to place the climax of the film at the heist itself. Removing the scene that everyone talks about and leaving only the planning and the aftermath. Pulp Fiction isn't about crime or criminals either. Again, he didn't know a single thing about that. He knew about crime movies. So Pulp Fiction is about narrative. And the way providing or removing context or information changes the way a scene can feel, and he accomplishes it through non-linearity. The second watch of the movie is much different than the first. And on and on. Kill Bill isn't about revenge, it's about revenge stories. Jackie Brown is about questioning the kinds of people who get to be protagonists in these stories. Etc. There is absolutely a throughline in his work just as much, if not moreso, than Kubrick.

[@procrastinator99]

While I'm not asserting he'll do it, I have a tiny hope that, after the tenth, Tarantino will come out with an 11th, very late in life; kind of an "epilogue"-film, I guess? Admittedly this IS wishful thinking on my part. I just love his films and also never want him to stop.

[@morpheusdorpheusorpheus]

Really proud of you for finishing your book man. Been watching your channel for years now. You and Tony Zhao are some of the originators of the KZbin video essay, and you set a great standard that so many have imitated. Congrats on your success and influence. Can't wait to read the book!

[@Gfbackflip]

Having a limit to your work also can boost your creativity. If you know you only have 1-2 more works to produce then you're desire to make them even better will be that much stronger. There's no last attempt after his 10th movie.

[@totoroutes5389]

He is currently directing a romantic comedy Christmas story set in present day Manhattan. He stars in it as a data scientist youtuber who falls in Love with someone who he later discovers is his social media rival. Scenes of the two characters ice skating, picnic in park, sunset at Brooklyn bridge etc, heated passionate scenes. tears heartbreak.

[@dunnowy123]

I think it makes sense, to a certain point. Great directors sometimes have their catalog diluted by endless studio interference or obligations, making movie after movie. I think of Spielberg, once a man with an undeniable style and vibe, who sorta makes any and everything right now. Not saying it's bad, but Tarantino wants to make his own stuff and maintain that unique style and direction. I love his films and don't want him to stop making them, but I respect that if he feels that 10 is enough, that's enough.

[@z-beeblebrox]

I sincerely believe he'll never actually hold true to this promise. The promise's value isn't in limiting the chances for overstaying one's welcome, it's in marketing. When he first declared that self-imposed limitation back in the late 90s, it automatically made every subsequent Tarantino trailer intrinsically prestigious. Not "a film by Tarantino", but "The *Xth* film by Tarantino", it's like when brands make special numbered collectors editions, but for movies. That's its value, and it's worked quite well for him. More importantly, people are gonna do what they're gonna do. It's easy to make promises that only future you has to keep, but once movie 10 is in the books and it's a few years later and he's at home with some idea he thinks would make a great film...what's he gonna do, go "Oh well, I promised to never make a movie again, guess I'll just throw it in the vault"? I doubt that. He's already demonstrated his willingness to bend these rules - had he made that Star Trek movie he pitched, he said outright it wasn't going to count. Why? Why not? I mean hell, he treats Kill Bill as one movie despite releasing as two and "The Whole Bloody Affair" still not being made available to the public nearly 20 years later. The rules don't matter, they just make his oeuvre feel special.

[@pukeyourguts]

ah fuck i forgot about the whole bloody affair. went maybe 2 or 3 years without even thinking about it. damn.

[@EIyssium]

If you see nothing sacred or special in one holding true to a promise like that, to one's self more than anything else, if you don't deem it to have much importance and just make it out to be what you just described it to be, well, that's just you now, isn't it?

[@Lewabwee]

The thing that makes it hard to accept is how many artists fail to retire the first time around, at least when they're retiring young and successful enough to still have a career ahead of them. I couldn't tell you what kind of person Tarantino is but at the very least I wouldn't be surprised if he sought out more work, like Star Trek, that wouldn't count. I don't even necessarily disagree with him that it wouldn't count. But hey, maybe he thinks it'll be fun to put less pressure on himself in his late career and just make franchise movies for fun and not worry so much about whether or not they're good.

[@AreaCode000]

And let's not forget that he actually made a movie before Resevoir Dogs that "doesn't count" and he directed a movie after Pulp Fiction that "doesn't count" either. He's has more films that "don't count" than a lot of people have films period.

[@Laocoon283]

Well he's pretty old so I wouldn't be surprised if he actually did. Otherwise I would agree with you.

[@intellectgrime]

Congratulations on publishing your first book! Love your video essays and excited to read more of your writing :)

[@marcothemexican5757]

Aye intellectgrime, you need to drop a book too!

[@simsebou]

Congrats on the book! And thanks for your wonderful oeuvre of video essays.

[@VamshiOhgs]

This reminds of how David Lynch has his never ending desire to only work on projects he is really excited about and parting ways if that doesn't work out, which has affected his filmography with each title from it feeling like a testament to his versatility to exploring different genres and themes all while staying true to his methods, which has become something of his own There is something truly charming about such directors that even makes you look brightly in the future where they might retire, or have already retired knowing that their legacy wound't be dented by a shoddy film, much like others i want Lynch and Tarantino to make more and explore their creativity but that might lead to some shabby work of art

[@chrisjfox8715]

The flipside is someone like PTA who I think will, at least, never ever ever stop writing screenplays. Not because he feels an obligation to or needs to pay the bills or anything...but simply because writing is like oxygen to him haha

[@pattongilbert]

I really love the visuals of the Oeuvres Gallery. A great idea executed wonderfully.😊

[@Oliverfk3]

Hugh congratulations on the book! Its amazing the journey you have been on since you started here. Its awesome to see and I (and I am sure many others) are very proud!

[@VELI-Productions]

I have never seen a more immersive/intuitive/well done way to advertise for a book haha. Love the vids! I think I might check this book out after seeing what it’s all about these last couple vids.

[@Christian_from_Copenhagen]

Interesting, I wouldn't classify Shutter Island as minor Scorsese, but I would definitely give Jackie Brown and Death Proof that label. I haven't felt the need to rewatch the Hateful Eight since I saw that, either, so I wouldn't say Tarantino has avoided the Major/Minor game completely. Congrats on the book!

[@oz_jones]

Why would you classify Death Proof as a Scorsese film? 🤡

[@samcooke343]

@@oz_jones Minor Tarantino.

[@thomasharris7881]

To insane man! Jackie Brown is by far his most mature and accomplished film. It’s also his only script that wasn’t written entirely from scratch it being an adaptation of Rum Punch, think by one of the classic crime fiction guys. Death proof is a personal fave of mine although I can see why you could call it minor Tarantino as I think it’s his least favourite of his work too.

[@JagenRay]

@@thomasharris7881 Death Proof is a love letter to certain hallmarks of film and culture just like any of his other works, but because the splatter/exploitation inspirations are often in the guilty pleasure camp of entertainment, it also can't escape that same niche

[@Retrostar619]

Death Proof I agree with, Jackie Brown has to be a major imo.

[@Bill-qk6oq]

I think a body of work should be more about the progression of the artist. If you don't take risks and make bad art you won't grow.

[@CloudMountainJuror]

This is an important consideration. If you get fixated on how your body of work will be perceived, you may get trapped by perfectionism which will stifle your creative drive/voice.

[@kaidne]

facts

[@kremesauce]

I absolutely agree and it’s why I’ll never think of him as one of the true greats of film.

[@storytellers1]

I did say he will start writing novels, which sounds pretty awesome to me.

[@BananaJoe12345]

If shutter island is minor Scorsese, then Death Proof is minor Tarantino.

[@cabezaboomer]

That would be once upon...in Hollywood

[@TonyBH04]

Right, Death proof and maybe The hateful eight, are his only somewhat minor movies.

[@modeyv2]

It's Kill Bill 2 not death proof lul, he made a mistake.

[@cabezaboomer]

@@modeyv2 kill bill 1 and 2 are the same film 🎥

[@ThisUsernameSystemF-ckingSucks]

​@@TonyBH04 What? The hateful eight?

[@driezzy]

I bought your book, can't wait to read it!

[@UltraDoug]

So glad there’s an audiobook. I’m big into getting stuff done whilst absorbing content. Congrats, Evan, on your two year journey! Quite an accomplishment in your own body of work. 😎👍🏼

[@antoinefdu]

French person here: the pronounciation of "oeuvre" is easier than you think. "Oeu" in French is pronounced "uh" (like the exclamation), e.g.: oeuf ("uh-ff") = egg. So basically just forget the spelling, just say "uh" and then "vre". "uh-vre"

[@marcjohnson3553]

C’est vrai, ce n’est pas trop difficile à prononcer. Mais on dirait qu’il aime bien dire “ouvre” 😂

[@Selestrielle]

It's harder than that. The sound "eu" isn't really a thing in the English language. It takes a lot of practice to get it right. Otherwise, it always comes out like "O-vre" or "Ah-vre" or "oo-vre."

[@arnaudnicolas2782]

@@Selestrielle the french "eu" absolutely is a thing in the english language. It corresponds to the phonetic vowel [ʌ] and is used in words such as butter, cut, must and summer.

[@Selestrielle]

@@arnaudnicolas2782 I pronounce the u in all of those words entirely differently from "eu" hahaha Might be because I'm French Canadian and we pronounce it like [ø] not [ʌ].

[@JohnBroedtl]

@@arnaudnicolas2782 That's not true. The french "eu" usually corresponds with the IPA symbol [ø] or [œ] and not with the IPA symbol [ʌ], especially in this case when it is not spelled "eu" but "œu". And [ø] or [œ] is not very common in english pronunciation

[@lambpuppyoww3239]

Love your contents! I'm curious what was that 3D like environment to showcase Oeuvre gallery?

[@michellehao2000]

I love how happy you are getting to present your book to the world, it feels like the relief of someone who finally got to do the one things they've been wanting to do for a long time.

[@JRyrie-ul6yw]

Decided to watch to see if you were on the ball with this, since I am extremely familiar with Tarantino's reasons for stopping at 10 films (having listened to literally every podcast he's appeared on, and nearly all interviews. So many people are confused about it,, and he's often been completely misquoted on this - eg Jason Bateman paraphrased his statement to PTA as "Every director only has 10 good movies" which QT doesn't believe in the slightest. You're 100% right that he's obsessed with oeuvre, and he's similarly obsessed with the trajectory of other directors careers (just see the Final Films episode of The Pure Cinema Podcast which he guests on). He doesn't want to outlast his skill as a director, and feels that one bad film can cost 3 good ones. However it's not only about having a perfect oeuvre, and stopping games of major/minor like you pointed out. He's also looking into the future with his plan, and how he can give his career a lasting impact. To elaborate what I mean by that, I'll use the example he uses in a Hollywood Reporter discussion - when he was young, he discovered Howard Hawkes and became a massive fan, first he discovered Rio Bravo, and then he saw Barbary Coast or something, then His Girl Friday. I am making up the order, but the idea was he had a gold streak that got him to love this director, when he might've ended up dropping him had he seen two mediocre Hawkes pictures first. Similarly he imagines young guys and girls in the future, discovering Tarantino films. Now he doesn't want them to start with his Alien 3 or The Ladykillers and then get turned off. He wants to give future discoverers that golden streak, that has them go from one film to the next with growing excitement. And then there's reasons that have nothing to do with oeuvre - he's getting older and he has other things he wants to do. He wants to do a play, novels, film criticism, and doesn't want to be stuck with tunnel vision for filmmaking, believing it's the only thing he can do and dragging himself through it. He doesn't want to have to keep waking up for call sheets in the morning. He wants to spend more time at home, be a man of letters, especially now when he has a wife and two children.

[@wheresmymoneyat2482]

you're right about discovering one of his films and wanting to see the next... I started with PULP FICTION, then had to go back and watch RESERVOIR DOGS...and of course JACKIE BROWN cemented it for me... I was like a dog wagging my tail, waiting for my next meal... I had to watch EVERY film this man made... always first in line at the theater... but kudos to him tho on wanting to do other things...

[@bluesdjben]

The art gallery visuals and the editing you did to make that work are really cool.

[@thehufflepuffhermione]

Maybe he doesn't want to make movies that suck and so being picky and making only movies you are passionate about will get you remembered as a great film maker.

[@ryanward8483]

I pre-ordered the hardcover version and it arrived today! Already enjoying it and glad to see the insight and articulation of your videos carried over seamlessly to your book!

[@fernandosanchezm]

being a film nerd, he no doubt give a lot of thought into this, and designing it from the beginning

[@afrikamajara7671]

The shutter Island comment was out of line.

[@GeauxWyatt]

The Beatles are a perfect example of a body of work being a work in itself. The Beatles discography sees the band rise from humble beginnings, to the peaks of worldwide fame, and their evolution into true innovators of popular song. And they did all of that in just EIGHT YEARS. They made Abbey Road and parted ways still on top of the world! You can see in “Let It Be” probably the closest they came to releasing a clunker at the bitter end, but that never happened. They left the party on their own terms when EVERYONE begged them to stay

[@EclecticDD]

Congratulations on your book. I like your short format videos. I don't remember which of your videos brought me in, but the variety of topics from Gordon Parks to Logan is great, and then there is the need to watch or re-watch when something occurs such as Norm Macdonald's death.

[@cavalrycome]

My view is that Tarantino thinks life itself is a story, which will have some kind of clean resolution for him without any loose ends. Maybe he hasn't met enough people who've died before reaching their full potential.

[@callofgears91]

Congratulations on your new book! I don’t think I’ll be able to support you buying it, but I hope it does well and will continue to watch and like your videos, they are all very good :)

[@niranjandevadiga7908]

His writing never fails to impress. I haven't seen every film of his till date, but his writing is consistently great with all of his movies that I have watched. There may be other minor issues with few of his films, but the writing is unmatched.

[@delix787]

Tarantino is very much concerned if he keeps going he may make a bad movie like death proof again! And if his latest movie is a flop he has to come back and redeem himself. But what if THAT movie is a flop too?! In order to end your career on a very much high note. And to not risk any damage after… I can understand why he wants to limit himself to only 10 movies!! 🎥

[@davidfernandez8515]

How is Shutter Island minor Scorsese, it's a great movie

[@hassanalinoo]

Your right

[@EnterTheSoundscape]

Also an insanely popular movie. It is mainstream, more so today than Raging Bull or Casino is.

[@angelsunemtoledocabllero5801]

​@EnterTheSoundscape Does that makes it better? With that logic Avatr is even better.

[@TrustMeIKnowEverything]

Its better though. Have you not seen it?​@angelsunemtoledocabllero5801

[@mileslewis461]

Congrats on the book release! My copy should get here on Friday and I’m stoked to read it, been a fan for a couple years :)

[@MrMysteryman00]

Seems like a gimmick to me

[@jothishprabu8]

Simple. He cares about quality over quantity.

[@0eulogra0]

Let's end with a Marvel movie. Hehe

[@ModernMouse]

Bought the book. Excited to dig in Evan. Thank you for inspiring my own journey into essay writing and video!

[@lucacg2]

So good to see how happy you are with the book! Keep up the good work

[@mattostlund6909]

I've always enjoyed your channel and the work you do so I had pre-ordered your book and am looking forward to listening to it on my commute home today.

[@HuesingProductions]

Well Death Proof is definitely a minor film

[@vindo17]

I really appreciate you're mentioning the music you put in the video! Thumbs up!

[@canonogic]

Easily one of the greatest directors of all time.

[@nils1025]

Why Shutter Island as Example ? This movie is great

[@nikolakirichev]

Wait, Shutter island is amazing!?

[@darinsingleton3553]

Pre-ordered from Powell's Bookstore in Portland, Oregon (not a fan of chains), and it arrived this past weekend. Dove into the first chapter on Emerson, and am loving it. Well done, young man.

[@ArtLike]

A true artist will always find a way to express themselves. If QT only makes 10 films, he will surely continue on as a writer of novels (as we’ve seen with Once Upon a Time).

[@two_owls]

My favorite Tarantino movie, or at least the one that's stuck with me the most, is his interview on the Howard Stern Show (2003), where he went to great lengths to defend Roman Polanski. Definitely some of the most insane dialogue ever to come out of his mouth!

[@peterp-a-n4743]

Just don't say 'oeuvre' if you can't pronounce it, like at all. Embarrassing. (By the way, try the phoneme in 'bird')

[@Flippertel]

I began your book yesterday, I already love it. What you wrote at the beginning about education and your childhood really spoke to me, and inspired my thoughts throughout the rest of my day. Glad to see your evolution Max, from France, excited to see your nexts œuvres 😉 (the way you said it was pretty cute 😌)

[@Harry-hyl]

what did he say about education and childhood?

[@Vingul]

Tarantino's just making more time for defending what Roman Polanski did that time.

[@tcu1099]

I'm excited to have this book in hand today! I've loved many of your videos. You have a unique voice and gift for storytelling. Can't wait and congratulations!

[@Thecinesthetic]

Tarantino should keep making movies man... He's one of the only few whose making old school pure Hollywood movies

[@iamnoimpact]

gonna find that book out there homey! stoked to read it. thanks for all the words and all the thoughts, all the inspiration and all the years!!!

[@billdoe8919]

Beyonce?!?!

[@Toby-asdf]

*Huge* congrats on the book! It has come out on my birthday and I'll be looking to pick up a copy soon. ✌

[@arda_]

All good but why did Once upon a time in Holywood sucked then? Such a shame 1/10 went to waste.

[@cremersalex]

His best since Jackie Brown.

[@VasudevAnandcva]

Once Upon A Time is among his best, on the level of Django and Pulp Fiction

[@jolodojo]

Just listened to the first essay about Waldo Emerson(hope i spelled that right). It was great! And a promise for the essays to come. Thanks, i really appreciate your body of work.

[@bartz0rt928]

I think Tarantino started downhill after Kill Bill, when it seems he just started getting blank cheques. In putting everything he makes on this massive pedestal, his work has become too bombastic. What I think he should do is challenge himself to work outside of his comfort zone and make, for example, a sci fi drama produced straight to Netflix on smartphone cameras. But he can't do that after proclaiming it'll be his last movie, that's like grabbing a big mac for your last meal.

[@powerofberzerker9487]

Congrats on the book! I never think of my drawings/paintings in ouvres. But whenever I go carefully through them, I start seeing themes or techniques that have thematic resemblence. You can call that subconciously thinking in ouvres.

[@nicholasharvey5628]

Ha ha! I love your thoughts on this. His new book does seem interesting!

[@chrominox]

Tarantino does have a *major/minor* dichotomy. Death Proof is in the minor camp, as Pulp Fiction helms the major. That is inescapable, unless you're Denis Villeneuve, who just keeps landing in the major zone with every release.

[@bensharrock3918]

Good point, but even with Villeneuve, his entire pre-Hollywood career is minor, and Dune and Blade Runner are certainly major compared with the rest

[@Neo_2001]

Congratulations on the book release! Will definitely be pickin up as soon as it's available in my country

[@friedpicklezzz]

(Great Master) (Great Master) Beyonce (Great Master)

[@jigarshah3514]

30 Aug is my birthday! A long-time follower of your channel and have seen all your videos more than once. Looking forward to reading your book. Lots of love!

[@senseiquickbooks4588]

I disliked video just by title alone...

[@Personal_Chizo]

*Eleven You don't get to count two different movies as one just because you feel like it, Q.

[@hambone.fakenamington]

Oh no one more movie and we might not get anymore from that creep? So sad wow how will we cope

[@ralphgalang5173]

Wish your book will be released in the Philippines! Keep on creating, man.

[@birth0fserpents]

thank fuck it's only 10. should have been 0

[@StephySon]

To think I’ve seen this directors entire body of work over my nearly 30 years. With its gritty violence, harsh realities and satisfying fights and endings. I will miss his films but I understand as an artist that if he’s saying he’s done then he is done. I hope he moves onto other avenues Oh and I pre ordered your book and it will be arriving in the mail anyday now

[@luisfelipecalle]

Is it because he’s got a foot fetish?

[@peterfrank3365]

I read Tarantino's thoughts on Howard Hawks and John Wayne's 'Rio Lobo' just the other day. He regarded them as "cutting-edge artists" and "the coolest guys", who "stayed too long at the party... not realizing the world has turned on them... ", before declaring he doesn't want to make his own 'Rio Lobo'.

[@MasonH24]

So happy for you! Won't lie, your channel had kind of 'fallen off my algorithm', but I am a longtime fan and so happy to see that your book is finally here. Just purchased, and thank you for the years of thought-provoking video essays.

[@WillB-Films]

Consultations the book release!!!! Best of luck to you! Hope today has been euphoric and I can't wait to get my copy of your book 😄

[@freshyfreshyfresh]

Book is great, if anyone wants to hear it from a random long-time subscriber. Very very very enjoyable and well written. The magic of articulation in our time.

[@bluejay731]

Excellent video, so excited to see you in LA!

[@RyanHarris77]

Congratulations on the book release! I love your videos. If I could read, I would pick up that book.

[@dominickborrego2393]

THANK YOU for making this an ebook! I have been waiting so long for this! Congratulations!

[@lucasyoung9594]

My copy of Escape Into Meaning just got to my steps yesterday!!! Looking forward to escaping into the book!! :)

[@tiller6750]

My copy is arriving today! Congratulations on this achievement, Evan!

[@christopheratkins9677]

I've ordered my copy and I look forward to reading it. Thanks for everything you've done so far, dude. Thank God you didn't quit after 10 essays. Phew!

[@Regitron3000]

I have some doubts that he will leave his Filmography at only 10 movies. Sure I think he has the resolve to publicly retire after his 10th and stay retired for at the very least a decade. But the thing is Tarantino is a creative, he is constantly coming up with new ideas, and his favorites manifest into films. In one interview he mentioned that Once Upon A Time In Hollywood was supposed to just be a Novel, he started out writing it and got about half way before he decided that it had to be a movie instead. For Tarantino the ultimate creative outlet for him is making movies, and unless his passion for making movies fades, or he finds an outlet that is as satisfying to him as making movies (like doing Miniseries on TV as he's often mused about making, or writing books) I think that over time he will eventually return to the big screen (that is provided that phsyical film has not yet died out) because as he often states he makes movies that he wants to see. And I'm sure that if no films coming out scratch that itch for "good cinema" (as he personally defines) he'll come back and make it himself for himself.

[@stoffelthedestroyer3741]

Tarantino never denied making a new filmography under a pseudonym that is vastly different in style so that viewers won't find resemblance between the works of Tarantino and the new up and coming John Doe. He wants his 10 films to be a body. He never said he won't make another body. Artists create, that is their passion. Retirement does not exist in our vocabulary. Only death.

[@stoffelthedestroyer3741]

@@donovanchilton5817 yeah sure whatever but his mind does not and will never.

[@EyeLean5280]

Congratulations on the publication of your book, and thanks for the heads up! I paused this video to take a moment and purchase the audio version ❤

[@a.chakraborty108]

When we're discussing about Oeuvre, i think we need to have in mind about Andrei Tarkovsky and Ritwik Ghatak. At the least in the 'gallery'..!😊😄

[@a.chakraborty108]

Someone exploiting your KZbin comment section by the FAKE LOGO of your channel (Nerdwriter1). I was tricked. Nerdwriter1 has No Telegram account. These people will ask for your name and address in the name of Nerdwriter1 and will promise for rewarding the viewers gifts, personally. DO NOT FALL FOR IT. IT IS FRAUDULENT AND SPAM.

[@El-Duderino-His-Dudeness]

I thought Shutter Island was pretty solid. But I will say, Tarantino is hit or miss for me. I did not like The Hateful 8, thought it was a pretty miserable retread of Reservoir Dogs. I thought Once Upon A Time In Hollywood was better, but Django is definitely the most fun I had with one of his movies.