re: Quentin Tarantino's final film will supposedly be titled "The Movie Critic"

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Didn't QT hate Pauleen Kael?

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No

He cites her as one of his greatest influences and idols in terms of understanding films.

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Tarantino read New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael’s 1980 book at 16 and, according to a 1992 interview with Positif, “[I] thought, ‘Someday maybe I’ll be able to understand a movie like she does.’”

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In interviews, Tarantino has talked about how he devoured Kael's reviews when he was a young film student and was inspired by her willingness to take on established critical opinions and champion films that other critics overlooked or dismissed. He has also credited Kael with helping to shape his understanding of cinema as an art form that can be both intellectually stimulating and emotionally thrilling.

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Seems like Tarantino might be making his last film's subject an homage to the person he respects deeply for opening his eyes to his unique way of seeing films.


Which Im sure in classic QT fashion, it wont be your typical biopic.