Quentin Tarantino accepts the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay – Motion Picture for 'Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood' in 2020. EPA
Quentin Tarantino accepts the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay – Motion Picture for 'Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood' in 2020. EPA
Quentin Tarantino accepts the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay – Motion Picture for 'Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood' in 2020. EPA
Quentin Tarantino accepts the Golden Globe for Best Screenplay – Motion Picture for 'Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood' in 2020. EPA

Quentin Tarantino's next film will be his last: 'I've given it everything I've got'


Razmig Bedirian
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Quentin Tarantino’s next film will be his last.

The Pulp Fiction director has confirmed he will retire after making one more film, doubling down on the 10-movie retirement plan he has previously revealed.

Many still debate whether or not Tarantino's 2019 release Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood, the Oscar-winning epic of Hollywood's Golden Age seen by many as one of the director's best works, was his ninth or 10th film. This is because some people – including the filmmaker – take Kill Bill volumes one and two to be a single film.

So why does Tarantino want to retire if he’s at the top of his game? Well, precisely for that reason.

Quentin Tarantino, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt on the set of 'Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood'. Andrew Cooper
Quentin Tarantino, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt on the set of 'Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood'. Andrew Cooper

Appearing as a guest on the chat show Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday, Tarantino said he wants to quit "because I know film history and from here on end, directors do not get better".

“Working for 30 years doing as many movies as I’ve done is not as many as other people, but that’s a long career,” Tarantino said. “And I’ve given it everything I have.”

But that's not to say he will be done telling stories after he hangs up his director's cap. The filmmaker had appeared on Maher's show to promote his new novel Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, based on the film, and has previously revealed how he intends to be "a man of letters" after he retires.

"I kind of feel this is the time for the third act [of my life], to just lean a little bit more into the literary, which would be good as a new father, as a new husband," Tarantino told Rolling Stone in 2020.

“I wouldn’t be grabbing my family and yanking them to Germany or Sri Lanka or wherever the next story takes place. I can be a little bit more of a homebody, and become a little bit more of a man of letters.”

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From: Dara

To: Team@

Date: March 25, 2019 at 11:45pm PT

Subj: Accelerating in the Middle East

Five years ago, Uber launched in the Middle East. It was the start of an incredible journey, with millions of riders and drivers finding new ways to move and work in a dynamic region that’s become so important to Uber. Now Pakistan is one of our fastest-growing markets in the world, women are driving with Uber across Saudi Arabia, and we chose Cairo to launch our first Uber Bus product late last year.

Today we are taking the next step in this journey—well, it’s more like a leap, and a big one: in a few minutes, we’ll announce that we’ve agreed to acquire Careem. Importantly, we intend to operate Careem independently, under the leadership of co-founder and current CEO Mudassir Sheikha. I’ve gotten to know both co-founders, Mudassir and Magnus Olsson, and what they have built is truly extraordinary. They are first-class entrepreneurs who share our platform vision and, like us, have launched a wide range of products—from digital payments to food delivery—to serve consumers.

I expect many of you will ask how we arrived at this structure, meaning allowing Careem to maintain an independent brand and operate separately. After careful consideration, we decided that this framework has the advantage of letting us build new products and try new ideas across not one, but two, strong brands, with strong operators within each. Over time, by integrating parts of our networks, we can operate more efficiently, achieve even lower wait times, expand new products like high-capacity vehicles and payments, and quicken the already remarkable pace of innovation in the region.

This acquisition is subject to regulatory approval in various countries, which we don’t expect before Q1 2020. Until then, nothing changes. And since both companies will continue to largely operate separately after the acquisition, very little will change in either teams’ day-to-day operations post-close. Today’s news is a testament to the incredible business our team has worked so hard to build.

It’s a great day for the Middle East, for the region’s thriving tech sector, for Careem, and for Uber.

Uber on,

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