During a live Q&A session for buyers at the American Film Market, the legendary filmmaker said that his current project, The Hateful Eight, could also be his last one. Deadline is reporting that Tarantino is debating his retirement after making his tenth film. According to Tarantino, there comes a time in every director’s life when they have to step down and let younger minds take over.
“I don’t believe you should stay onstage until people are begging you to get off. I like the idea of leaving them wanting a bit more,” Tarantino said.“I do 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. I’m not trying to ridicule anyone who thinks differently, but I want to go out while I’m still hard. … I like that I will leave a 10-film filmography, and so I’ve got two more to go after this. It’s not etched in stone, but that is the plan. If I get to the 10th, do a good job and don’t screw it up, well that sounds like a good way to end the old career.”
This is not the first time Tarantino announces his plans for early retirement. In 2009, at the U.K. launch of Inglorious Basterds, he expressed his appreciation for directors that retire at a certain age. Three years later, in 2012, he gave an interview for Playboybefore the Django Unchained premiere in which he said that “I just don’t want to be an old-man filmmaker. I want to stop at a certain point. Directors don’t get better as they get older. Usually the worst films in their filmography are those last four at the end. I am all about my filmography, and one bad film f**ks up three good ones."
But if there’s one thing we know about retirements, is that sometimes people change their minds. I mean does Michael Jordan or Michael Phelps ring a bell? For example, at the same Q&A session, Tarantino also said that “If, later on, I come across a good movie, I won’t not do it just because I said I wouldn’t. But 10 and done, leaving them wanting more — that sounds right.”At the event, the panel also included The Hateful Eight stars Samuel L. Jackson and Kurt Russell, who both expressed their doubts about Tarantino being able to stay out of the filmmaking business. Kurt Russell asked the audience “You don’t actually believe that shit, do you?”, while Samuel Jackson was curious about “What’s Quentin going to do with himself if he’s not doing this?”
Also, fans are counting on his fight against digital filmmaking to keep him in the industry. It’s a known fact that Tarantino is a hardcore fan of old school filmmaking and he’s putting a lot of effort in trying to stop the momentum of digital filmmaking. The Hateful Eight will be shot in 70 mm in what the director hopes to be a reminder that compared to film, digital filmmaking is like bringing a knife to a gunfight. “I know this business has gone digital, even more in foreign countries than in America where it’s 90%. Digital presentation is just television in public, we’re all just getting together and watching TV without pointing the remote control at the screen. I have worked 20 years, too long to accept the diminishing results of having it come into theaters with the quality of a f*cking DVD, shot with the same shit they shoot soap operas with. It’s just not good enough for me,” Tarantino said.
And finally, one last reason for fans not to worry so much would be story behind The Hateful Eight. Following the Django Unchained premiere, Tarantino announced working on a new Western movie, not related to Django. The script leaked in January and the director immediately announced his plans to drop the movie. However, things changed in the meantime and filming is scheduled to start this month, with a cast that includes Samuel L. Jackson, Channing Tatum, Kurt Russell, Michael Madsen and Tim Roth.
So is he for real? Will Tarantino really retire after The Hateful Eight? Is this just a move to create buzz about the movie? Who knows, but one thing’s for sure, we’re all counting the days until it hits cinemas and see what Tarantino’s farewell movie will be like.
Marcel Vanthilt is for sure still one of the most adventurous musicians in Belgium. With his new “Paracetamol” Remix EP ( available as of November 24th as digital download only) he dives into heavy electro ! The titletrack from his 12”EP, released earlier on this year, got a drastic remake/remix by experienced electro musicians such as Dreamwash aka Sam Devos (For Greater Good), VV303 Aka Steve Deconinck, Marc Hupkens and Johan ‘Zymotic’ Willems. They got a wild card to dismantle the song and to rebuild it again in their own specific style, with great, surprising results…
Marcel Vanthilt blijft één van de meest avontuurlijke muzikanten in België, iemand die het experiment absoluut niet schuwt. Zo gaat hij de heavy electro tour op met de “Paracetamol”Remix EP die op 24 November exclusief verschijnt als digitale download.
De titeltrack uit de gelijknamige eerder dit jaar verschenen 12” werd grondig onder handen genomen en geremixt door ervaren rotten zoals Dreamwash aka Sam Devos (For Greater Good), VV303 Aka Steve Deconinck, Marc Hupkens enJohan ‘Zymotic’ Willems, die allen zonder restricties carte blanche kregen om “Paracetamol” vakkundig te ontmantelen en terug op te bouwen.
Het resultaat zijn 4 zeer ver van het origineel afwijkende versies, nieuwe songs bijna… pulserende beats, soundscapes, flarden tekst…
Voorjaar 2015 verschijnt er meer nieuw werk van Marcel Vanthilt
Adapted from Nobel Laureate Władysław Reymont's classic 1897 novel, The Promised Land is the story of three friends - one Polish, one German and one Jewish - united in their ruthless pursuit of fortune. With stunning camerawork and sumptuous design, Wajda depicts the explosive energy of a world being transformed by rampant industrialisation.
Nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar (and also voted 'Best Film in the history of Polish cinema' in the monthly Polish magazine FILM) Wajda's lavish epic is an incisive, Dickensian tale of greed, exploitation and betrayal. This visceral examination of unbridled capitalism remains morally and politically incisive today. The Promised Land is presented here in its original full-length, uncut cinema version.
The DVD is presented from a new, director-approved HD digital transfer with restored picture and sound, and features a new, exclusive interview with director Andrzej Wajda plus a 16-page booklet with a new essay on the film by author and film historian David Thompson.
Release date: November 2014
THE RAID 2 on DVD, BLU - RAY and video on demand
Release Date December 2, 2014
French subtitles and dubbing
After the cinema success of the spectacular martial arts film The Raid director Gareth Evans comes with the long awaited sequel The Raid 2.
Rama ( Iko Uwais ) thought he had won the battle against the Indonesian underworld. That’s not true. The gangsters are out for revenge , and when he is threatened , Rama is forced to go to protect his family.
ONE OF THE GREATEST ACTION MOVIES EVER MADE - Collider
Official selected for Sundance International Film Festival and SXSW Film Festival.
Director: Gareth Evans
With.: Iko Uwais , Arifin Putra Oka Antara
Genre : Action
Language: Indonesian, French
Subtitles: Dutch , French
Minutes: 150
THE RAID 2 OP DVD, BLU-RAY EN VIDEO ON DEMAND
Releasedatum 2 december 2014
Tweetalig / Bilingue
French subtitles en dubbing
Na het bioscoopsucces van de spectaculaire martial arts film The Raid komt regisseur Gareth Evans met het langverwachte vervolg The Raid 2: Berandal.
Rama (Iko Uwais) dacht dat hij de strijd tegen de Indonesische onderwereld had gewonnen. Niets is minder waar. De gangsters zijn uit op wraak en als hij wordt bedreigd, wordt Rama gedwongen undercover te gaan om zijn familie te beschermen.
ONE OF THE GREATEST ACTION MOVIES EVER MADE - Collider
Official selected for Sundance International Film Festival and SXSW International Film Festival.
Regie: Gareth Evans
Met o.a.: Iko Uwais, Arifin Putra, Oka Antara
Genre: Actie
Taal: Indonesisch, Frans
Ondertiteling: Nederlands, Frans
Minuten: 150
From November 18, 2014 available everywhere on DVD: From November 18, 2014 available on DVD: P'tit Quinquin
A miniseries Bruno DUMONT ( " The Life of Jesus ) with Alane DELHAYE , Lucy CARON and Bernard PRUVOST
A refreshing absurd police comedy written by the acclaimed French director Bruno Dumont. A village in northern France is brutally awakened when the body of a missing woman is found. However, this macabre discovery is just the beginning of a series of absurd crimes. The bumbling detective Van der Weyden leads the investigating. But the pranks of the local youth , led by P'tit Quinquin , make it a tricky job...
Technical specifications 2 - DVD box :
France , 2014 | Duration: 4 x 60 min | Language:. French | Subtitles: Dutch , French subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired | Format: 16: 9 | Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0
Vanaf 18 november 2014 overal verkrijgbaar op DVD : P'TIT QUINQUIN
Een miniserie van Bruno DUMONT ('La vie de Jésus') met Alane DELHAYE, Lucy CARON en Bernard PRUVOST
Een verfrissende absurde politiekomedie van de hand van de bejubelde franse regisseur Bruno DUMONT.
Een slaperig dorpje in Noord-Frankrijk wordt brutaal wakker geschud wanneer het lijk van een vermiste vrouw wordt teruggevonden. Deze macabere ontdekking is echter nog maar het begin van een reeks absurde misdaden. De stuntelige detective Van der Weyden leidt het onwaarschijnlijke politieonderzoek naar de bizarre delicten. Maar de kwajongensstreken van de plaatselijke jeugd, onder leiding van P’tit Quinquin, maken het de rechercheur knap lastig...
Technische specificaties 2-DVD box:
Frankrijk, 2014 | Duur: 4 x 60 min. | Taal: Frans | Ondertiteling: Nederlands, Franse ondertiteling voor doven en slechthorenden | Formaat: 16:9 | Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0