Quentin Tarantino’s Cliff Booth Movie Exit Makes Perfect Sense After Trailer

Quentin Tarantino‘s exit makes perfect sense after watching the trailer for The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth.

Netflix unveiled the official trailer for The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, the follow-up to Tarantino’s 2019 movie Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood. Brad Pitt reprises his Oscar-winning role as Cliff Booth, the aging stuntman who once worked for Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio). Picking up eight years after the events of OUATIH, this standalone sequel is a crime story described as “a cocktail of violence, ambition, and desire that could only happen in LA.”

Tarantino was originally supposed to write and direct the Cliff Booth movie. After he declined to direct, Tarantino let Pitt show the script to other filmmakers who could potentially helm the OUATIH follow-up. Ultimately, Tarantino approved Pitt’s desire to bring on David Fincher. The trailer proves that Tarantino was right to step aside and allow Fincher to direct.

Quentin Tarantino made the right decision to let David Fincher direct the Cliff Booth movie

The Cliff Booth movie conveys a different vibe from its predecessor. OUATIH was a love letter to the movie industry and a farewell to Hollywood’s golden age. The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth depicts a world that “no longer needs a hippie-slaying stuntman.” It’s a crime story that requires Cliff’s services as a fixer.

Tarantino is known for his stylized violence, colorful characters, and vibrant aesthetics. The two scenes in OUATIH that best represent Tarantino’s style are the flashes to billboards with neon lights and the final fight with Rick, Cliff, and the Manson family. Tarantino loves to honor the past while injecting his propensity for pop culture and violence.

That wonder and awe from OUATIH are nowhere to be found in The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth. Cliff might still have that laid-back personality, but the trailer showcases a much darker side of Hollywood. No filmmaker explores humanity’s flaws better than Fincher. His meticulous process and fascination with darker themes are ideal for the Cliff Booth movie, which buries Tarantino’s fairytale created in OUATIH.

Fincher has a proven track record of working with Oscar-winning writers. Fincher teamed with Aaron Sorkin on The Social Network and Steven Zaillian on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. If anyone can bring Tarantino’s words to life, it’s Fincher.

No one writes dialogue like Tarantino. No one covers complex characters and humanity’s destructive urges like Fincher. Together, the duo makes a wonderful marriage of styles that the Cliff Booth movie will greatly benefit from.

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