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'''The Movie Critic''' was set to be Quentin Tarantino's 10th and final film but in April 2024 it was announced it wasn't going to be made. | |||
'''The Movie Critic''' | |||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
The film is set in Southern California in 1977, the year one of QT's fave films, [[Rolling Thunder]] was released (and which he presented as a special screening at Cannes 2023) and also the blockbuster hit Star Wars. The main character is based on a porno rag journalist Tarantino read growing up while he was working (his first job) as a vending machine restocker in his early teen years. Speaking about the critic Tarantino says: "His reviews were a cross between early Howard Stern (rule breaking radio persona) and what Travis Bickle might be if he were a film critic. Think about Travis’ diary entries". In the movie, the publication the critic writes for will be called "The Popstar Pages". There is a character arc similar to that of Travis Bickle in Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver. | The film is set in Southern California in 1977, the year one of QT's fave films, [[Rolling Thunder]] was released (and which he presented as a special screening at Cannes 2023) and also the blockbuster hit Star Wars. The main character is based on a porno rag journalist Tarantino read growing up while he was working (his first job) as a vending machine restocker in his early teen years. Speaking about the critic Tarantino says: "His reviews were a cross between early Howard Stern (rule breaking radio persona) and what Travis Bickle might be if he were a film critic. Think about Travis’ diary entries". In the movie, the publication the critic writes for will be called "The Popstar Pages". There is a character arc similar to that of Travis Bickle in Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver. | ||
* | ===Trivia=== | ||
* | * The Popstar Pages is the fictional version of real L.A. porno rag The Hollywood Press. Quentin's first job around age 14 was restocking newspaper vending machines which is where he first read this publication. | ||
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* The main character is based on a real person named Jim Sheldon, a relatively unknown second string film critic for The Hollywood Press. Unlike QT, Sheldon was not a big fan of low budget exploitation films. | |||
* The main character is partly inspired by Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) from Martin Scorsese's New Hollywood classic Taxi Driver. | |||
* The film is set in 1977, that year Star Wars was released and became a pop culture phenomenon. Other notable movies from that year include: Saturday Night Fever, Rolling Thunder (the first film QT would be inspired to critique more in depth), Sorcerer, Slap Shot, Smokey and The Bandit, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Annie Hall | |||
====News chronology==== | ====News chronology==== | ||
*[https://deadline.com/2024/04/quentin-tarantino-final-film-wont-be-the-movie-critic-scrapped-1235888577/ QT decides to drop The Movie Critic as his final film] | |||
*[https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/4/11/quentin-tarantinos-the-movie-critic-sets-to-shoot-in-fall-2024 The Movie Critic set to start filming in Fall 2024] | |||
*[https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1536396-tom-cruise-quentin-tarantine-the-movie-critic Tom Cruise circling a role in The Movie Critic] | *[https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/1536396-tom-cruise-quentin-tarantine-the-movie-critic Tom Cruise circling a role in The Movie Critic] | ||
*[https://deadline.com/2024/02/brad-pitt-quentin-tarantino-the-movie-critic-reunite-1235811357/ Brad Pitt is the first cast member to officially join The Movie Critic, Feb 2024] | *[https://deadline.com/2024/02/brad-pitt-quentin-tarantino-the-movie-critic-reunite-1235811357/ Brad Pitt is the first cast member to officially join The Movie Critic, Feb 2024] | ||
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* [https://deadline.com/2023/03/film-critics-quentin-tarantino-movie-peter-bart-1235308214/ Deadline March 26, 2023 by Peter Bart] | * [https://deadline.com/2023/03/film-critics-quentin-tarantino-movie-peter-bart-1235308214/ Deadline March 26, 2023 by Peter Bart] | ||
* [https://www.tarantino.info/2023/03/will-the-movie-critic-be-quentin-tarantinos-final-film/ Will “The Movie Critic” be Quentin Tarantino’s final film? QTA March 15, 2023] and [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-sets-the-movie-critic-final-movie-1235351260/ THR March 15, 2023] and [https://deadline.com/2023/03/quentin-tarantino-the-movie-critic-1235299494/ Deadline March 14, 2023] on the breaking of the news | * [https://www.tarantino.info/2023/03/will-the-movie-critic-be-quentin-tarantinos-final-film/ Will “The Movie Critic” be Quentin Tarantino’s final film? QTA March 15, 2023] and [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-sets-the-movie-critic-final-movie-1235351260/ THR March 15, 2023] and [https://deadline.com/2023/03/quentin-tarantino-the-movie-critic-1235299494/ Deadline March 14, 2023] on the breaking of the news | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:04, 30 June 2024
The Movie Critic was set to be Quentin Tarantino's 10th and final film but in April 2024 it was announced it wasn't going to be made.
Background
The film is set in Southern California in 1977, the year one of QT's fave films, Rolling Thunder was released (and which he presented as a special screening at Cannes 2023) and also the blockbuster hit Star Wars. The main character is based on a porno rag journalist Tarantino read growing up while he was working (his first job) as a vending machine restocker in his early teen years. Speaking about the critic Tarantino says: "His reviews were a cross between early Howard Stern (rule breaking radio persona) and what Travis Bickle might be if he were a film critic. Think about Travis’ diary entries". In the movie, the publication the critic writes for will be called "The Popstar Pages". There is a character arc similar to that of Travis Bickle in Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver.
Trivia
- The Popstar Pages is the fictional version of real L.A. porno rag The Hollywood Press. Quentin's first job around age 14 was restocking newspaper vending machines which is where he first read this publication.
- The main character is based on a real person named Jim Sheldon, a relatively unknown second string film critic for The Hollywood Press. Unlike QT, Sheldon was not a big fan of low budget exploitation films.
- The main character is partly inspired by Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) from Martin Scorsese's New Hollywood classic Taxi Driver.
- The film is set in 1977, that year Star Wars was released and became a pop culture phenomenon. Other notable movies from that year include: Saturday Night Fever, Rolling Thunder (the first film QT would be inspired to critique more in depth), Sorcerer, Slap Shot, Smokey and The Bandit, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Annie Hall
News chronology
- QT decides to drop The Movie Critic as his final film
- The Movie Critic set to start filming in Fall 2024
- Tom Cruise circling a role in The Movie Critic
- Brad Pitt is the first cast member to officially join The Movie Critic, Feb 2024
- May Cannes Interview at Deadline
- Indiewire
- Premiere March 30, 2023 and The Playlist
- Deadline March 27, 2023 article by Damon Wise on QT's 60th
- Deadline March 26, 2023 by Peter Bart
- Will “The Movie Critic” be Quentin Tarantino’s final film? QTA March 15, 2023 and THR March 15, 2023 and Deadline March 14, 2023 on the breaking of the news
