Tarantino Re-Confirms (In The Most Tarantino Way Possible) That He'll Retire From Directing After His 10th Film

Quentin Tarantino has been talking for years about how he's planning to retire from directing feature films after he finishes his tenth movie, which means he still has two more films under his belt. Speaking at the Adobe Max creativity conference in San Diego (via THR), the writer/director confirmed his plans on stage in the most Tarantino way possible:

"Drop the mic. Boom. Tell everybody, 'Match that shit.'"

I used to get really annoyed by Tarantino's arrogance, but after finally watching his whole filmography around 2007 or 2008, I now think he's pretty much earned that attitude with the work he's done. Since then, he's released Inglorious Basterds, Django Unchained, and The Hateful Eight, and I think two of those are straight up masterpieces, so in my mind, he's only re-established his ability to pretty much say whatever he wants about the industry. He also talked about his feelings about success:

"Hopefully, the way I define success when I finish my career is that I'm considered one of the greatest filmmakers that ever lived. And going further, a great artist, not just filmmaker."

Even if he rubs you the wrong way, I think you've gotta admire the cojones it takes to talk like that about yourself. I think you have to be a bit of an egotist to be a good director (or at least a memorable one), and he definitely lives up to that.

In the meantime, Tarantino has spent the past few years researching the year 1970 for a new mystery project, which could be anything from a book to a feature documentary or a six-part podcast. Hopefully we'll hear more about that soon.