Who knows if it will turn out to be true, but auteur Quentin Tarantino’s publicly-stated plan is to retire from filmmaking after his tenth movie. He counts the two Kill Bills as one film, which means Once Upon a Time In Hollywood was his ninth.
Tarantino’s intention to retire on his own terms came to mind while reading Victoria College (Toronto) professor Ira Wells’s very interesting new book, Norman Jewison: A Director’s Life. Quick: name some of the films Jewison directed. Tick tock. Tick tock. Which is kind of the point.
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