Quentin Tarantino Isn’t Interested in Sex Scenes: “Sex Is Not Part of My Vision of Cinema”

Quentin Tarantino is a master director, but there’s one thing you won’t see in his movies: sex. The filmmaker revealed his aversion to including these saucy scenes in his titles, saying they are not “essential” to his stories.

While speaking with Diari ARA, Tarantino explained the reasoning behind the lack of sex in his filmography, which includes Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill and Django Unchained, among others. He said, “Sex is not part of my vision of cinema.”

The director added that it’s “a pain” to film sex scenes because “everyone is very tense.” 

Tarantino continued, “And if it was already a bit problematic to do it before, now it is even more so. If there had ever been a sex scene that was essential to the story, I would have, but so far it hasn’t been necessary.” 

Recently, Tarantino suggested that his upcoming movie The Movie Critic will be his tenth and final movie. The story is reportedly set in Los Angeles in the ’70s and features a female lead. 

The Hollywood Reporter alleged that the movie will center on prolific film critic Pauline Kael; however, Tarantino debunked the rumors during a Q&A event at the Grand Rex Theater in France. 

Later in the Diari ARA interview, Tarantino noted that the movie will contain some of his personal observations from the time period. He stated that he doesn’t think he’ll ever tell an autobiographical story, but The Movie Critic will be close. 

He said, “My next film takes place in 1977, and in 1977 I was already running around the world. It’s not about my life and I’m not the protagonist, of course, but I know how things were then, and I can write from the perspective of having known the time.”