Overview

• At the Burbank International Film Festival on Sept. 28, Tarantino accepted the Vanguard Award and sat for a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter's Scott Feinberg.
• He revisited Grindhouse’s 2007 box-office shortfall, noting an $11.5 million Easter opening against a reported $67 million budget.
• Tarantino said the result "shook my confidence" and described advice from Tony Scott and Steven Spielberg urging him to value having made the movie he wanted.
• He quoted Spielberg’s counsel that a later success would feel more gratifying after experiencing a flop.
• Asked about retiring from features, he said a tenth film is still intended as his last—"That's the plan, we'll see"—and he disclosed no new big-screen project after dropping The Critic in 2024.