Tarantino Speaks About ‘Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth’ During Suprise Sneak Peak At AFI Fest

Quentin Tarantino surprised AFI Fest patrons in Los Angeles by appearing at a screening of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and, afterward, providing 17 minutes of footage from the upcoming The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth.

Before showing footage from the new film, Tarantino took time to discuss it. He began by talking about his decision to write the film and revisit the character of Cliff Booth. Here’s what he had to say:

I tend to not remember good reviews of mine in quotes; I kind of remember the bad reviews in quotes, but I don’t really remember good reviews of mine in quotes. But one quote that I do remember somebody writing about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, it was like, ‘This seems like the first world Quentin Tarantino has ever created that he would like to live in,’ and there is that aspect. I loved the Cliff Booth character, I loved the way that Brad played him, and there was this aspect of him as sort of like a paperback hero. I could see like a series of paperbacks with Cliff Booth getting involved with this adventure or that adventure or something like that.

He then later spoke about how, after writing the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood novel, he became immersed in the film’s world, explaining the following:

“I’ve got nothing to do but just invest in this mythology. I invested in it before I did the movie, and then I invested in it in the years since I’ve done the movie, just so I know the mythology. The audience doesn’t need to know everything, but it’s kind of nice that I know everything, and you can trust me that I know it.”

Tarantino then said about his 2019 film, “If I’m going to watch any of my movies, it would be this one,” and noted it’s a film he can watch over and over again. “Don’t get me wrong, I love my stories,” he said. “I really, really love my stories, and I invest in my stories. But I kind of like that this doesn’t really have a story. I like that you’re just hanging out with them.”

The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth is written by Tarantino and is directed by David Fincher. The film releases in IMAX theaters on November 25th, with an exclusive streaming release on Netflix on December 25th.