Tarantino Picked His Favorite Films, and I Agree With the One He Calls His Masterpiece
Even Quentin Tarantino can’t resist ranking his own films.
Quentin Tarantino has finally revealed how he sees his own body of work. Speaking on The Church of Tarantino podcast, the director didn’t hesitate to divide his legacy into three titles. Inglourious Basterds is, in his words, his masterpiece.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood he calls his favourite. And Kill Bill is the film he was "born to make."
I have to say, I agree with him on Basterds. Christoph Waltz’s chilling Hans Landa is reason enough to crown it a masterpiece, not to mention the bold rewriting of history that only Tarantino could pull off.
Scripts and Craft
Tarantino went further, calling Inglourious Basterds his best script, with The Hateful Eight and Hollywood close behind. Interestingly, he believes Hateful Eight shows his best directing of his own material. For a filmmaker often praised for audacity, this kind of restraint is revealing, isn’t it?
The Abandoned Movie Critic
He also confirmed that The Movie Critic is no longer happening. It felt too close to Hollywood, and repeating himself held no excitement. For Tarantino, it seems, better no film at all than one that echoes the last.
