I don't want to make another film for a long time
I've just finished a movie.
I think I'm going to retire.
I don't want to make another film for a long time

Which of the following interpretation is correct?
1 I don't want to make a film now and I won't want to make one in the future for a long time.
2 This isn't the first day I feel I don't want to make a film. I've been having this thought for a while.

Thanks.

Question

I don't want to make another film for a long time
I've just finished a movie.
I think I'm going to retire.
I don't want to make another film for a long time

Which of the following interpretation is correct?
1 I don't want to make a film now and I won't want to make one in the future for a long time.
2 This isn't the first day I feel I don't want to make a film. I've been having this thought for a while.

Thanks.

Answer

I think it should be the 1st option. He doesn't really explicitly express in the 3 sentences that he has been thinking about it for a while. He's just saying that he doesn't want to make films for a long time in the future.

Answer

He's just finished a movie. I think that must have been surprisingly hard this time and so he can't even think of doing this again anytime soon.

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