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Fermi #50 · Question 2

How many minutes would it take to watch every movie Quentin Tarantino has directed?

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Answer & explanation

The official answer, with Fermi’s reasoning step by step.

Answer & explanation

Official answer

1,413

minutes

How to estimate it

Fermi’s official “Napkin math”

Tarantino has directed about 10 movies since the 1990s. How long does each one run? He likes a slow burn, so call it 140 minutes.

Movies directed
~10
Average length
× 140 min
10 × 140
≈ 1,400 min

Rounded assumptions may give a slightly different estimate. The official answer above is the game’s reference value.

Source calculation & reference
10 features, Reservoir Dogs through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Sum of official theatrical/general-release runtimes
= 1,413 min
÷ 60
≈ 23 hr 33 min

Reference cited by Fermi: Wikipedia · Quentin Tarantino filmography (official theatrical/general-release running times)

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