Director Quentin Tarantino has received a $20 million grant in support of his new film "The Movie Critic," and each year California grants $330 million in state subsidies for films and television shows to keep production in the state.

The most prominent Hollywood director Quentin Tarantino, owner of the films "Kill Bill" and "Pulp Fiction", has confirmed that the next film - the tenth in his directorial career - will be the last.

Tarantino told Variety magazine that he loves filming in California, adding: "I started directing films here, and it's appropriate that I shoot my last film in the cinema capital of the world. There's nothing better than filming in the country where I was born, and the producers and I are very happy to have finished tenth in Los Angeles."

Scene from the movie "Cheap Imagination" (social media)

The Hollywood Reporter website said that the California Film Commission awarded 15 film projects in addition to the film "Film Criticism", including $ 20 million for a project submitted by Netflix, and $ 20.7 million for a Sony film called "Under My Skin", a biography of the famous American singer Frank Sinatra.

Another 13 independent films received payments ranging from $646,2 to $5.<> million. Film production had been halted across the United States due to a strike by Hollywood writers and actors.

Tarantino received $18 million in California tax breaks for his previous film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

History of cinema

Tarantino's new film is set in the late seventies in Los Angeles, and the story focuses on Pauline Kyle, one of the most influential film critics of all time. Kyle, who passed away in 2001, was not only a critic, but also a novelist and essayist. She was known for her fierce battles with filmmakers.

The theme of the new film is rarely addressed in film or fiction, but Tarantino as one of Hollywood's most famous authors is obsessed with the history of films and motion pictures, such as Spaghetti Westerns, blaxploitation, and Chopsocky, but his modern and sophisticated style in these genres earned him two Oscars for Best Writing for Cheap Fiction and Django Unchained, three Best Director nominations, and one Best Picture nomination.

Earlier, Tarantino said he would make a limited number of films, stating that he wanted to direct 10 films, and then retire when he turns 60. To date, he has produced 9 films.

He also espoused the philosophy that directors are disconnected from reality when they grow up. In 2012, he stated, "I want to stop at a certain point, because directors don't get better as they get older, the worst films in their history are the last four," he said, adding, "All I care about is my professional history, one bad film makes the audience forget 3 good films."

"Kill Bill"

Tarantino's decision to choose the theme of his latest film came after attempts to present a third part of "Kill Bill", which was a great success, but he began writing the script for "film criticism", to finish it and start filming, but he coincided with a Hollywood strike.

Many Tarantino fans had hoped that he would present a third part, with the help of actress Uma Thurman's daughter, who starred in the first and second parts, but he told De Morgan magazine that this would not happen, although he previously revealed that he had spoken to Thurman about the possibility of participating in a new part.