LiC Rides the Quentin-Go-Round
Who’s the last person you should believe for information about upcoming Quentin Tarantino projects? That’s right, Tarantino himself.
Yet, the man speaks and everyone (including LiC) jumps.
JoBlo links us to a Cannes interview where, at 10 minutes in, Tarantino is asked about future Kill Bill movies and the notoriously indecisive filmmaker replies that he’s actually just finished the first draft of his WWII film. Says Tarantino, “if all goes well, I will be here in 2009 in Cannes with my new film Inglorious Bastards!”
Yeah, if all goes well and monkeys fly out of my butt.
Also of interest, about 14 minutes in, the interviewer asks him about his former desire to make a James Bond film. Tarantino relays the story of his attempt to get the rights to the first Bond novel Casino Royale and how that whole thing fell through. He goes on to say however, that it was his interest in the novel that convinced producers they should make a movie out of it in the first place.
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Well, I have a huge amount of admiration for Quentin as a filmmaker and I don’t jump.
FOR ANYBODY…
“Yeah, if all goes well and monkeys fly out of my butt.”
God, it’s been a LONG TIME since I heard that particular monkey reference. (You hear so many at LiC. But not that one specifically.) That’s just hysterical. Who started that anyway? Was that Mike Myers/Dana Carvey (aka Wayne and Garth)? I think so…
I have no idea why Quentin never seems to know what he’s doing in the future. Is it that he doesn’t like to commit himself to the press, he enjoys being mysterious - or is he just trying to toy with us?
I guess we’ll never know…
My first memory of it was Mike Myers, though there may be another precident.
I think Tarantino is just a slow worker who enjoys living his life as much as he enjoys making movies. He gets a kick out of telling people what he’s doing next and having them get excited and reporting it all over the internet.
A ceaseless self-promoter? Or an energetic guy with boundless interests who can never focus on one thing for too long?
Or an energetic guy who talks about a mile and a minute and probably forgets half the things he says within five minutes of saying them? Tarantino’s problem isn’t his willingness to verbally “commit” to a broad variety of ideas that never come about, it’s the public’s continuing willingness to buy into it.
Rule #8,036: whenever a filmmaker says “if all goes well,” immediately disregard everything else that comes out of their mouth.
Rule #8,037: follow Rule #8,036 more strictly than ever when the statement is from a big-mouthed, non-prolific director.
Rule #8,038: follow Rule #8,036 and Rule #8,037 with dogmatic vehemence when the movie being discussed by said filmmaker is one that he has spoken of for several years, practically dangling it out there like a proverbial carrot, with next to no real-world developmental progress.
That said, I’ll cross my fingers for just a second–there, I just did it!–and hope that a year from now Quentin’s competing for the Palm d’Or. But… not holding my breath.
Off topic, but: Sydney Pollack died. :-(
Very sad, Alison. It hurt to type out my own little bio of him at my blog.
Ironically, I had just finished watching the Pollack-produced HBO movie Recount before hearing about his death.
RIP.
Aw shit.
Well, Pollack’s poor health has been well known for some time, so I can’s say I’m shocked, but it’s sad all the same.
Regarding Tarantino: What makes his statement so ridiculous is that there’s no way that he’s going to get this project financed, filmed, edited, and ready to show in a year’s time, even if “all goes well.” This is a WWII movie; you don’t write, shoot, and exhibit those things in a year’s time like some Woody Allen movie.
I was just working on the Pollack obit. Sad news even though it wasn’t unexpected.
I’m glad to know Tarantino has finished a draft of IB, this I suppose is some kind of news, but if the movie is at Cannes next year or even ready for it, I’ll propose marriage to one of you.
Ha, I love it. The guy spends years — years — churning out an epic first draft and then floats the possibility that it’ll be cast, shot, cut and dry in less than 12 months.
There was a time when I’d think (in the voice of a young Tatum O’Neal), “It’s possible!”
Now I think (in the voice of a jaded Ryan O’Neal), “Possible don’t make it true.”
Hahaha, good one Harvey.
you can listen to the entire masterclass online
http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/56155.html
and the dude likes Speed Racer! Bonus points for that. heh.
Meh. I’ll believe it when I see it.
Thanks for that link Ari.
The QT skepticism (including my own) amuses me…but I have to admit, I can’t wait for him to come out with another one, whatever it is.