Quentin Tarantino, who shot such cult films as Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds, completed the script of the film, which is likely to be his last directorial work.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, in the center of the plot of the new tape The Movie Critic ("Film Critic"), most likely, will be Pauline Cale - one of the most influential film critics of all time. The action will unfold in the late 1970s, when Cale, at the request of actor and director Warren Beatty, worked as a consultant for the paramount film company.

"The period of work (Kal. - RT) in Paramount appears to coincide with the place and time of action spelled out in the script. As you know, Tarantino has a deep respect for Cale, which increases the likelihood that the film is dedicated to her, "the newspaper writes.

Cale's reviews could both open up new names in cinema to the world and completely destroy the future of certain films. In a review on Bonnie and Clyde, she caught notes of the upcoming changes that cinema has undergone in the future, and also demonstrated a keen understanding of the needs of the new moviegoer. For a sarcastic review of the film "The Sound of Music", which became a sensation, she was completely fired from McCall's magazine. In her essay The Sound of Money, Cale stated that the film has the wrong message — it's a sweet lie that people are willing to swallow. And about martin Scorsese's film "Goodfellas" she frankly wrote that she did not consider it good, while emphasizing that the project is an example of a triumphant work of cinematography and journalism, presented with piquant drama.

In 1965, the already established journalist, who was beaten by directors for her devastating reviews, published her first book, I Lost It At The Movies, containing a collection of witty reviews. The publication sold 150 thousand copies. Cale is the author of more than a dozen other books, including Deeper into Movies, Reeling, and When The Lights Go Down. Journalist Daniel Silver wrote that with the departure of a colleague, the "prestige and authority" of film critics disappeared.

In 2018, Rob Garver made a documentary about Cale - "What She Said: The Art of Pauline Cale". Many famous filmmakers took part in the work on the project, including Francis Ford Coppola, David Lean, Peter Bogdanovich, Ridley Scott, Woody Allen and Tarantino.

Influenced by the work of Cale Quentin, Tarantino wrote the book Cinema Speculation, which is a history of cinema and the director's reflections on the industry. Having no specialized education, Tarantino drew a lot from the critic's reviews and used the knowledge gained in his work.

It is expected that the filming of "Film Critic" will begin in the fall of 2023. One of the studios-developers of the picture can be Sony Pictures Entertainment. The director developed a close relationship with the chairman of the company Tom Rothman after the success of the film "Once Upon a Time in ... Hollywood": the tape won two Oscar awards from ten nominations and succeeded at the box office - its fees amounted to $ 377.6 million with a budget of $ 90 million.

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Tarantino's new film could be the last feature film of his career. Previously, the filmmaker has repeatedly stated that he will retire after he shoots his tenth full-length project, or when he reaches the age of 60. If you count the two parts of "Kill Bill" for one film, then "Film Critic" will just become the tenth picture of the director. As for age, on March 27 of this year, Tarantino will change his seventh decade.

In January 2020, in an interview with Peter Travers, a columnist and critic of Rolling Stone, Tarantino said that he would like to devote himself more to other types of creativity and family. In addition, according to the director, the cinema is undergoing changes, and he is an adherent of the old school.

"I really think directing is for the young. It seems to me that cinema is changing, and to some extent I belong to the old guard," he said.

At the same time, back in 2012, in an interview with Playboy, Tarantino stressed that with age, the directors do not become better. On the Pure Cinema podcast in June 2021, he also noted that the last films of directors, shot in 70-90 years, are mostly "lousy" and rarely "worthy". Therefore, he himself would like to move away from full-length films at the peak of his career. In an interview with the Australian division of GQ, Tarantino said that he gave the movie "everything he could."

"I think I've gotten to the end of the road when it comes to feature films. (In the future. - RT) I will write books about cinema, I will start writing for the theater, so I will still create, "he said.

At the same time, Tarantino is still interested in working on the series. Currently in development is the western Bounty Law ("Hunting Law"), an offshoot dedicated to one of the characters in "Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood." In the center of the plot of the mini-series will be Jake Cahill, who was played in the film by Leonardo DiCaprio's character Rick Dalton.

In addition, in 2021, Tarantino published a 400-page novelization of Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood", where he revealed the details of the lives of the characters, not covered in the film. He later wrote The Man Who Could Be McQueen: A Rick Dalton Filmography. In it, the author gives a brief biography of Dalton and describes the past creative path. Particular attention is paid to the fictional film works of the character.