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'''Kill Bill''' is the fourth film by writer-director Quentin Tarantino. Originally conceived as one film, it was released in two separate volumes (in Fall 2003 and Spring 2004) due to its running time of approximately four hours. The movie is an epic-length revenge drama, with homages to earlier film genres, such as Hong Kong martial arts movies, Japanese samurai movies and Italian spaghetti westerns; an extensive use of popular music and pop culture references; and deliberately over-the-top violence.
''Kill Bill'' is one story, divided into two volumes with five "chapters" each, presented in a nonlinear style (as is common among Tarantino's films).
The Bride (Thurman) is introduced to the audience in a blood-spattered wedding gown immediately after a violent showdown at an El Paso, Texas wedding chapel. She attempts to tell her would-be killer, Bill (Carradine), that she is pregnant with his baby, but he shoots her in the side of the head.
Four years later, The Bride arrives at the house of Deadly Viper Vernita Green (Fox), codenamed ''Copperhead''. Vernita and The Bride engage in a brutal fight, with The Bride eventually killing Green in front of her four-year-old daughter Nikki. She tells the girl that she's sorry for killing her mom in front of her, and that if the young girl wishes to avenge her death when she grows up, The Bride will be waiting. The Bride then leaves in a yellow pick-up truck.
A flashback to the events after the wedding reveals that the comatose Bride is the only survivor of the massacre. Elle Driver, a.k.a. California Mountain Snake, the one-eyed assassin who has replaced the Bride as Bill's lover, slips into the hospital ward intending to inject poison into The Bride's intravenous line. She is stopped at the last second by Bill via cellphone, who believes The Bride deserves a more honorable death.
The Bride wakes up from her coma in the present and escapes from the hospital after killing an orderly named Buck, who has been selling sexual access to her body as she lay unconscious. She steals Buck's truck, the Pussy Wagon, and hides in the back seat as she slowly works her limbs out of atrophy. In the back of the truck, The Bride narrates the story of another Deadly Viper, O-Ren Ishii (Liu), codename: Cottonmouth. The events are shown in anime form. O-Ren rose to the top of the Japanese crime world as well as working as a highly paid assassin. The segment introduces her personal bodyguard Go-Go Yubari, her friend and lawyer Sofie Fatale (another protege of Bill), and Johnny-Mo, leader of O-Ren's personal army, the Crazy 88.
The Bride travels to Okinawa to get a katana from Hattori Hanzō (Chiba), a renowned sword-smith, who has retired. Though Hanzo has taken an oath to never make another sword, The Bride is able to convince him of the merit of her mission, and he forges for her the best sword he has ever created.
The Bride tracks O-Ren to a hangout called the "House of Blue Leaves", where a band (The 5,6,7,8's) is performing. The Bride arrives wearing a yellow motorcycle jump suit (an homage to Bruce Lee movies), taking Fatale hostage to lure O-Ren from her dinner. O-Ren dispatches Yubari and dozens of the Crazy 88 to deal with The Bride, who proceeds to wage war on her henchmen. The Bride then turns her attention to O-Ren, climaxing in a dramatic swordfight in a snowy garden (which borrows heavily from the Japanese sexploitation film Sex & Fury).
The film ends with the revelation by Bill that The Bride's daughter is still alive, though this is not revealed to her.
A few minutes before the events that open the first volume, Bill (Carradine) tracks down The Bride and her friends as they are gathered for her wedding rehearsal. He is polite and mild-mannered, and even consents to being introduced to the groom as her father. She takes her place at the altar as the other four Deadly Vipers arrive at the chapel, weapons in tow, to kill everyone at the rehearsal.
In the present, Bill ventures to the California desert to talk to his brother Budd, aka "Sidewinder" (Madsen), another former Deadly Viper. Bill warns him that The Bride will come for him next. Budd, now overweight and alcoholic, has put his assassin days behind him, lives in a trailer and works as a bouncer at a local strip club and has lost his former respect to his new boss.
The Bride arrives at Budd's trailer that night to take his life. Anticipating her entry, Budd shoots her in the chest with rock salt the moment she opens his door, then injects her with a sedative. Budd calls Driver and offers to sell her The Bride's Hanzo sword for one million dollars. The Bride is buried alive by Budd.
As she lies in her grave, The Bride remembers her early training in China, when Bill took her to the temple of legendary martial arts master Pai Mei (an intentionally classic example of the elderly martial arts master stock character). He uses cruelty as a tool for discipline and obedience. Although he "hates Caucasians, despises Americans and has nothing but contempt for women", he takes The Bride in. Her training was extremely rigorous, and she endured many hardships, but she became a formidable warrior under his tutelage. In the present, The Bride calls on Pai Mei's training to break out of the coffin and claw her way up to freedom.
The Bride arrives back at Budd's to see Elle Driver, aka "California Mountain Snake," pulling up in her Pontiac Trans Am and Budd standing in his doorway. Elle hands Budd a suitcase containing his money, which contains a hidden black mamba, the deadly snake that shares The Bride's codename. The snake bites Budd in the face, and Elle explains that she felt more regret over relief because The Bride was killed by a miserable scrub like him when she deserved better. After Budd succumbs to the venom, Elle calls Bill and says his brother was killed by The Bride, who now lies in the grave of a Paula Schultz, as it is the final resting place of Beatrix Kiddo - revealing for the first time The Bride's real name (previously, several people had called her "Kiddo", although this could have been interpreted as simply a pet name). Beatrix attacks her as Elle prepares to leave. As they fight, Elle reveals why Pai Mei snatched out her right eye, and that she killed him for it. Beatrix plucks out Elle's remaining eye and departs, leaving the blinded Elle in the trailer with the same black mamba that killed Budd. Elle's fate is left unknown, yet is suggested in a fleeting moment as the black mamba hisses in strike position at Beatrix as she exits the trailer.
Beatrix travels to Mexico and visits Esteban Vihaio (Parks), an old pimp who raised Bill from childhood. He forthrightly tells her Bill's whereabouts, explaining to an incredulous Beatrix that Bill would have wanted him to. When she finally finds Bill, she is shocked to find that B.B., her four-year-old daughter, is alive and apparently expecting her mother's return. The family spends the evening together peacefully, and B.B. falls asleep watching the chambara film ''Shogun Assassin'' in her mother's arms.
With B.B. safely in bed, Beatrix confronts Bill. Bill immobilizes her and shoots her with a dart filled with self-made truth serum; Beatrix is forced to reveal that when she decided upon becoming pregnant that she had to put her unborn daughter's future above Bill. Bill calls into question if she will truly save her daughter's future by taking her away from and killing him.
Bill draws his sword and attacks Beatrix. She disables Bill using a fatal dim mak move [2] [3] [4] named Five-Point-Palm Exploding Heart Technique, taught to her without Bill's or the audience's knowledge by Pai Mei. Bill, defeated, says a tender goodbye, and walks unsteadily away, collapses after five steps, and dies in silence. Beatrix sheds a few tears at the death of her lover, and returns to the house to collect her daughter. As the movie ends, the two ride off to start their new life together.
Much-anticipated by fans and critics (it appeared after a six-year hiatus of Tarantino movies), ''Kill Bill'' generated a tremendous amount of discussion. Reaction by film critics was largely positive. Both volumes did very well at the box office.
Though released as two movies, the film differs from multi-part "franchise" series like ''Star Wars''. The short duration between the releases of the two volumes, the film's internal structure, and the history of its development all strongly imply that ''Kill Bill'' be regarded as one movie. The cast of Vol. 1 are even credited at the end of Vol. 2. The dual-release strategy, ostensibly due to the film’s length, has been criticized as an attempt by Miramax to sell two tickets to one movie.[5]
The two-volume format also amplified what some saw as a structural problem with the film: most of the action occurs in the first half, while most of the dialogue and plot are conveyed in the second. Thus, the two volumes are noticeably different in style and tone, leaving some viewers enamored of one volume but disappointed by the other. Of Volume 2, Sean O’Connell of Filmcritic.com writes, "The drop-off in energy, style, and coherence from...Volume 1 to its bloated, disinteresting counterpart is so drastic and extreme that you can hardly believe they come from the same director, let alone conclude the same storyline." Other critics preferred Volume 2: "...Characters actually talk to one another here rather than the stilted samurai movie-speak of the first film," wrote Jeffery M. Anderson of Combustible Celluloid.[6]
Much criticism concerned the amount and presentation of bloodshed and general mayhem, especially in the first volume. One critic referred to Volume 1 as a “cocktail party in an abattoir”.[7]
Much of the controversy over the film reflects the differing expectations of those who look primarily at a movie for its style and craftsmanship against those who look at story and substance; as a tribute film and revenge saga, the movie is at a disadvantage with the latter group. “You never forget that ''Kill Bill'' is an exercise in genre-sampling,” writes the Chicago Tribune’s Mark Caro.[8] However, the opinion that the movie appeals mainly to film buffs looking to spot obscure pop culture references is a minority view.[9] Most critics found it well-constructed, with tightly-edited action scenes, strong performances, often-clever dialogue, and an effectively exciting soundtrack which draws on an astonishing selection of (mostly post-1960) music.
Each film was nominated at the Golden Globe Awards. Uma Thurman received a Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama nomination in 2004 and 2005 for her work in both Volumes 1 and 2. David Carradine received a Best Supporting Actor nomination in 2005 for his work in Kill Bill: Volume Two. The film was very popular at the MTV Movie Awards. At the 2004 MTV Movie Awards Uma Thurman won Best Female performance for Volume 1, Lucy Liu for Best Villain in Volume. 1, and the fight between the Bride and Gogo Yubari won best fight. At the 2005 MTV Movie Awards, Kill Bill Vol 2 was nominated for best movie, Thurman was nominated for best female performance, and the fight between The Bride and Elle Driver in Kill Bill Volume 2 also won Best Fight. Uma Thurman also received a Saturn Award for Best Actress in 2003 for her work in Volume 1.
In the United States ''Kill Bill: Volume 1'' was released as a DVD on April 13, 2004 while ''Volume 2'' was released August 10, 2004. As of May 2007, only the basic DVDs have been released, with almost no special features.
In a December 2005 interview, Tarantino addressed the lack of a special edition DVD for ''Kill Bill'' by stating "I've been holding off because I've been working on it for so long that I just wanted a year off from Kill Bill and then I'll do the big supplementary DVD package."[10]
The United States does not have a DVD boxed set of ''Kill Bill'', though box sets of the two separate volumes are available in other countries, such as France and Japan. Upon the DVD release of Volume 2 in the US, however, Best Buy did offer an exclusive boxset slipcase to house the two individual releases together.[11]
A special NC-17 rated edition of ''Kill Bill'' which will include ''Volume 1'' and ''Volume 2'' edited as one film (''"Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair"'') will be released on 4 DVDs on November 6, 2007.[12]
While the American cut of the movie shows the violent battle at the House of Blue Leaves in black-and-white, the Japanese cut shows it in color. In addition, the Japanese cut includes a few extra bits of violence distributed throughout the film, most notably during the anime sequence and the showdown at the House of Blue Leaves. Furthermore, the Japanese cut shows the Bride cutting off both of Sophie's arms during her interrogation. This creates a continuity error, as Sophie still appears to have one arm as she rolls down the hill toward the Hospital in a later scene. These cuts were made to the U.S. version in order to avoid an NC-17 rating.
Tarantino told ''Entertainment Weekly'' in April 2004 that he is planning a sequel:
According to Bloody-Disgusting.com, details have emerged about ''Kill Bill Volumes 3 and 4''. According to the article, "Bennett Walsh said at the Shanghai International Film Festival the third film involves the revenge of two killers whose arms and eyes were hacked by Uma Thurman in the first stories," which suggest Sofie and Elle, respectively. However, Elle's death was suggested to be at the hands of the black mamba. The article adds that the "fourth installment of the popular kung fu action films concerns a cycle of reprisals and daughters who avenge their mother's deaths," which suggests Vernita and Bea's daughters.[13]
Quentin Tarantino said at the 2006 Comic Con that, after the completion of ''Grindhouse'', he wants to make two anime Kill Bill films. One will be an origin story about Bill and his mentors, and the other will be an original tale starring The Bride. The latter is most likely to be a prequel, but could also follow the rumored (sequel) plot reported in ''Entertainment Weekly'' in April 2004.[14][15]
Main articles: Kill Bill Volume 1 (soundtrack), Kill Bill Volume 2 (soundtrack)
As with Tarantino's previous films, ''Kill Bill'' features an eclectic soundtrack comprising many musical genres. On the two soundtracks, music ranges from country music to selections from the Spaghetti Western film scores of Ennio Morricone.
1. (2004), "Kill Bill Vol. 2 - Domestic Total Gross", ''Box Office Mojo'', Accessed Sep 13, 2006
2. Five-Point-Palm Exploding Heart Technique is generally considered as a type of Dim Mak, especially in Chinese community. Shaw Cho Sau (2006/05/21) Kill Bill Review, from http://www.douban.com (retreieved and translated by editor 2007/8/5) The end of fourth paragraph reads ''“….the fight at the finale is expected to be the biggest and bloodiest, one that both of them would fight until their last drop of blood, however that isn’t the case,Bill died easily from Chinese 'diǎnxuè' technique, …"'' http://www.douban.com/review/1046298/
3. Xia Yi (2007/5/12), Kill Bill review from http://ccw.zhuaxia.com (retrieved and translated by editor 2007/8/5) – The end of third last paragraph reads ''“after walking five steps, Bill died from the mysterious Chinese 'diǎnxuè' technique….”''
http://ccw.zhuaxia.com/item/334559159
4. Tong Leung (2004/6/4), Kill Bill: The Art of Violence, www.filmsea.com.cn (Retrieved and translated by editor 2007/8/5). Middle of the last paragraph reads ''"especially Bill’s death, under Chinese 'diǎnxuè' technique, seems interesting..."'' http://www.filmsea.com.cn/movie_review/200406040008.htm
5. O'Connell, Sean & Kipp, Jeremiah, (2003), "Kill Bill: Volume 1, A Film Review", ''Filmcritic.com'', Accessed August 7, 2006
6. Kill Bill - Vol. 2 (2004)
7. Kill Bill Vol. 1
8. Caro, Mark, (2003), "Movie review: 'Kill Bill, Vol. 1'", ''Chicago Tribune'', Accessed Sep 13, 2006
9. Kill Bill Vol. 2
10. Tarantino Brings Kill Bills Together
11. Best DVD Packaging of 2004
12. ASIN: B000R7HY0A
13. Kill Bill Volumes 3 and 4 Details Emerge!
14. Rodriguez and Tarantino Present Grindhouse!, Blake Wright on ComingSoon.net, July 22, 2006, accessed August 7, 2006
15. SDCC '06: Tarantino Confirms More Kill Bill!, Bloody-Disgusting.com, July 22, 2006, accessed August 7, 2006
★ ''Kill Bill: Vol. 1''
★ ''Kill Bill: Vol. 1''
★ Production I.G on the Kill Bill Anime Sequences Article from CGSociety.org
'''Kill Bill''' is the fourth film by writer-director Quentin Tarantino. Originally conceived as one film, it was released in two separate volumes (in Fall 2003 and Spring 2004) due to its running time of approximately four hours. The movie is an epic-length revenge drama, with homages to earlier film genres, such as Hong Kong martial arts movies, Japanese samurai movies and Italian spaghetti westerns; an extensive use of popular music and pop culture references; and deliberately over-the-top violence.
Plot
''Kill Bill'' is one story, divided into two volumes with five "chapters" each, presented in a nonlinear style (as is common among Tarantino's films).
Volume 1
The Bride (Thurman) is introduced to the audience in a blood-spattered wedding gown immediately after a violent showdown at an El Paso, Texas wedding chapel. She attempts to tell her would-be killer, Bill (Carradine), that she is pregnant with his baby, but he shoots her in the side of the head.
Four years later, The Bride arrives at the house of Deadly Viper Vernita Green (Fox), codenamed ''Copperhead''. Vernita and The Bride engage in a brutal fight, with The Bride eventually killing Green in front of her four-year-old daughter Nikki. She tells the girl that she's sorry for killing her mom in front of her, and that if the young girl wishes to avenge her death when she grows up, The Bride will be waiting. The Bride then leaves in a yellow pick-up truck.
A flashback to the events after the wedding reveals that the comatose Bride is the only survivor of the massacre. Elle Driver, a.k.a. California Mountain Snake, the one-eyed assassin who has replaced the Bride as Bill's lover, slips into the hospital ward intending to inject poison into The Bride's intravenous line. She is stopped at the last second by Bill via cellphone, who believes The Bride deserves a more honorable death.
The Bride wakes up from her coma in the present and escapes from the hospital after killing an orderly named Buck, who has been selling sexual access to her body as she lay unconscious. She steals Buck's truck, the Pussy Wagon, and hides in the back seat as she slowly works her limbs out of atrophy. In the back of the truck, The Bride narrates the story of another Deadly Viper, O-Ren Ishii (Liu), codename: Cottonmouth. The events are shown in anime form. O-Ren rose to the top of the Japanese crime world as well as working as a highly paid assassin. The segment introduces her personal bodyguard Go-Go Yubari, her friend and lawyer Sofie Fatale (another protege of Bill), and Johnny-Mo, leader of O-Ren's personal army, the Crazy 88.
The Bride travels to Okinawa to get a katana from Hattori Hanzō (Chiba), a renowned sword-smith, who has retired. Though Hanzo has taken an oath to never make another sword, The Bride is able to convince him of the merit of her mission, and he forges for her the best sword he has ever created.
The Bride tracks O-Ren to a hangout called the "House of Blue Leaves", where a band (The 5,6,7,8's) is performing. The Bride arrives wearing a yellow motorcycle jump suit (an homage to Bruce Lee movies), taking Fatale hostage to lure O-Ren from her dinner. O-Ren dispatches Yubari and dozens of the Crazy 88 to deal with The Bride, who proceeds to wage war on her henchmen. The Bride then turns her attention to O-Ren, climaxing in a dramatic swordfight in a snowy garden (which borrows heavily from the Japanese sexploitation film Sex & Fury).
The film ends with the revelation by Bill that The Bride's daughter is still alive, though this is not revealed to her.
Volume 2
A few minutes before the events that open the first volume, Bill (Carradine) tracks down The Bride and her friends as they are gathered for her wedding rehearsal. He is polite and mild-mannered, and even consents to being introduced to the groom as her father. She takes her place at the altar as the other four Deadly Vipers arrive at the chapel, weapons in tow, to kill everyone at the rehearsal.
In the present, Bill ventures to the California desert to talk to his brother Budd, aka "Sidewinder" (Madsen), another former Deadly Viper. Bill warns him that The Bride will come for him next. Budd, now overweight and alcoholic, has put his assassin days behind him, lives in a trailer and works as a bouncer at a local strip club and has lost his former respect to his new boss.
The Bride arrives at Budd's trailer that night to take his life. Anticipating her entry, Budd shoots her in the chest with rock salt the moment she opens his door, then injects her with a sedative. Budd calls Driver and offers to sell her The Bride's Hanzo sword for one million dollars. The Bride is buried alive by Budd.
As she lies in her grave, The Bride remembers her early training in China, when Bill took her to the temple of legendary martial arts master Pai Mei (an intentionally classic example of the elderly martial arts master stock character). He uses cruelty as a tool for discipline and obedience. Although he "hates Caucasians, despises Americans and has nothing but contempt for women", he takes The Bride in. Her training was extremely rigorous, and she endured many hardships, but she became a formidable warrior under his tutelage. In the present, The Bride calls on Pai Mei's training to break out of the coffin and claw her way up to freedom.
The Bride vs. Elle.
The Bride arrives back at Budd's to see Elle Driver, aka "California Mountain Snake," pulling up in her Pontiac Trans Am and Budd standing in his doorway. Elle hands Budd a suitcase containing his money, which contains a hidden black mamba, the deadly snake that shares The Bride's codename. The snake bites Budd in the face, and Elle explains that she felt more regret over relief because The Bride was killed by a miserable scrub like him when she deserved better. After Budd succumbs to the venom, Elle calls Bill and says his brother was killed by The Bride, who now lies in the grave of a Paula Schultz, as it is the final resting place of Beatrix Kiddo - revealing for the first time The Bride's real name (previously, several people had called her "Kiddo", although this could have been interpreted as simply a pet name). Beatrix attacks her as Elle prepares to leave. As they fight, Elle reveals why Pai Mei snatched out her right eye, and that she killed him for it. Beatrix plucks out Elle's remaining eye and departs, leaving the blinded Elle in the trailer with the same black mamba that killed Budd. Elle's fate is left unknown, yet is suggested in a fleeting moment as the black mamba hisses in strike position at Beatrix as she exits the trailer.
The Bride vs. Bill.
Beatrix travels to Mexico and visits Esteban Vihaio (Parks), an old pimp who raised Bill from childhood. He forthrightly tells her Bill's whereabouts, explaining to an incredulous Beatrix that Bill would have wanted him to. When she finally finds Bill, she is shocked to find that B.B., her four-year-old daughter, is alive and apparently expecting her mother's return. The family spends the evening together peacefully, and B.B. falls asleep watching the chambara film ''Shogun Assassin'' in her mother's arms.
With B.B. safely in bed, Beatrix confronts Bill. Bill immobilizes her and shoots her with a dart filled with self-made truth serum; Beatrix is forced to reveal that when she decided upon becoming pregnant that she had to put her unborn daughter's future above Bill. Bill calls into question if she will truly save her daughter's future by taking her away from and killing him.
Bill draws his sword and attacks Beatrix. She disables Bill using a fatal dim mak move [2] [3] [4] named Five-Point-Palm Exploding Heart Technique, taught to her without Bill's or the audience's knowledge by Pai Mei. Bill, defeated, says a tender goodbye, and walks unsteadily away, collapses after five steps, and dies in silence. Beatrix sheds a few tears at the death of her lover, and returns to the house to collect her daughter. As the movie ends, the two ride off to start their new life together.
Acclaim and criticism
Much-anticipated by fans and critics (it appeared after a six-year hiatus of Tarantino movies), ''Kill Bill'' generated a tremendous amount of discussion. Reaction by film critics was largely positive. Both volumes did very well at the box office.
A movie in two volumes
Though released as two movies, the film differs from multi-part "franchise" series like ''Star Wars''. The short duration between the releases of the two volumes, the film's internal structure, and the history of its development all strongly imply that ''Kill Bill'' be regarded as one movie. The cast of Vol. 1 are even credited at the end of Vol. 2. The dual-release strategy, ostensibly due to the film’s length, has been criticized as an attempt by Miramax to sell two tickets to one movie.[5]
The two-volume format also amplified what some saw as a structural problem with the film: most of the action occurs in the first half, while most of the dialogue and plot are conveyed in the second. Thus, the two volumes are noticeably different in style and tone, leaving some viewers enamored of one volume but disappointed by the other. Of Volume 2, Sean O’Connell of Filmcritic.com writes, "The drop-off in energy, style, and coherence from...Volume 1 to its bloated, disinteresting counterpart is so drastic and extreme that you can hardly believe they come from the same director, let alone conclude the same storyline." Other critics preferred Volume 2: "...Characters actually talk to one another here rather than the stilted samurai movie-speak of the first film," wrote Jeffery M. Anderson of Combustible Celluloid.[6]
Violence
Much criticism concerned the amount and presentation of bloodshed and general mayhem, especially in the first volume. One critic referred to Volume 1 as a “cocktail party in an abattoir”.[7]
Style and substance
Much of the controversy over the film reflects the differing expectations of those who look primarily at a movie for its style and craftsmanship against those who look at story and substance; as a tribute film and revenge saga, the movie is at a disadvantage with the latter group. “You never forget that ''Kill Bill'' is an exercise in genre-sampling,” writes the Chicago Tribune’s Mark Caro.[8] However, the opinion that the movie appeals mainly to film buffs looking to spot obscure pop culture references is a minority view.[9] Most critics found it well-constructed, with tightly-edited action scenes, strong performances, often-clever dialogue, and an effectively exciting soundtrack which draws on an astonishing selection of (mostly post-1960) music.
Awards
Each film was nominated at the Golden Globe Awards. Uma Thurman received a Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama nomination in 2004 and 2005 for her work in both Volumes 1 and 2. David Carradine received a Best Supporting Actor nomination in 2005 for his work in Kill Bill: Volume Two. The film was very popular at the MTV Movie Awards. At the 2004 MTV Movie Awards Uma Thurman won Best Female performance for Volume 1, Lucy Liu for Best Villain in Volume. 1, and the fight between the Bride and Gogo Yubari won best fight. At the 2005 MTV Movie Awards, Kill Bill Vol 2 was nominated for best movie, Thurman was nominated for best female performance, and the fight between The Bride and Elle Driver in Kill Bill Volume 2 also won Best Fight. Uma Thurman also received a Saturn Award for Best Actress in 2003 for her work in Volume 1.
Cast
| Actor | Role | Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uma Thurman | The Bride/Beatrix Kiddo | • | • |
| Lucy Liu | O-Ren Ishii | • | |
| Vivica A. Fox | Vernita Green | • | |
| Daryl Hannah | Elle Driver | • | • |
| David Carradine | Bill | • | • |
| Michael Madsen | Budd | • | • |
| Julie Dreyfus | Sofie Fatale | • | |
| Chiaki Kuriyama | Gogo Yubari | • | |
| Sonny Chiba | Hattori Hanzo | • | |
| Chia Hui Liu | Johnny Mo / Pai Mei | • | • |
| Michael Parks | Earl McGraw / Esteban Vihaio | • | • |
| Michael Bowen | Buck | • | |
| Jun Kunimura | Boss Tanaka | • | |
| Christopher Allen Nelson | Tommy | • | • |
| Bo Svenson | Reverend Harmony | • | |
| Samuel L. Jackson | Rufus | • | |
| Larry Bishop | Larry Gomez | • | |
| Laura Cayouette | Rocket | • | |
| Perla Haney-Jardine | B.B. | • |
Releases
DVD release
Kill Bill Vol 1 Special Edition (Japanese version).
In the United States ''Kill Bill: Volume 1'' was released as a DVD on April 13, 2004 while ''Volume 2'' was released August 10, 2004. As of May 2007, only the basic DVDs have been released, with almost no special features.
In a December 2005 interview, Tarantino addressed the lack of a special edition DVD for ''Kill Bill'' by stating "I've been holding off because I've been working on it for so long that I just wanted a year off from Kill Bill and then I'll do the big supplementary DVD package."[10]
The United States does not have a DVD boxed set of ''Kill Bill'', though box sets of the two separate volumes are available in other countries, such as France and Japan. Upon the DVD release of Volume 2 in the US, however, Best Buy did offer an exclusive boxset slipcase to house the two individual releases together.[11]
A special NC-17 rated edition of ''Kill Bill'' which will include ''Volume 1'' and ''Volume 2'' edited as one film (''"Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair"'') will be released on 4 DVDs on November 6, 2007.[12]
Differences in Japanese cut
While the American cut of the movie shows the violent battle at the House of Blue Leaves in black-and-white, the Japanese cut shows it in color. In addition, the Japanese cut includes a few extra bits of violence distributed throughout the film, most notably during the anime sequence and the showdown at the House of Blue Leaves. Furthermore, the Japanese cut shows the Bride cutting off both of Sophie's arms during her interrogation. This creates a continuity error, as Sophie still appears to have one arm as she rolls down the hill toward the Hospital in a later scene. These cuts were made to the U.S. version in order to avoid an NC-17 rating.
Possible sequel
Tarantino told ''Entertainment Weekly'' in April 2004 that he is planning a sequel:
According to Bloody-Disgusting.com, details have emerged about ''Kill Bill Volumes 3 and 4''. According to the article, "Bennett Walsh said at the Shanghai International Film Festival the third film involves the revenge of two killers whose arms and eyes were hacked by Uma Thurman in the first stories," which suggest Sofie and Elle, respectively. However, Elle's death was suggested to be at the hands of the black mamba. The article adds that the "fourth installment of the popular kung fu action films concerns a cycle of reprisals and daughters who avenge their mother's deaths," which suggests Vernita and Bea's daughters.[13]
Possible prequels
Quentin Tarantino said at the 2006 Comic Con that, after the completion of ''Grindhouse'', he wants to make two anime Kill Bill films. One will be an origin story about Bill and his mentors, and the other will be an original tale starring The Bride. The latter is most likely to be a prequel, but could also follow the rumored (sequel) plot reported in ''Entertainment Weekly'' in April 2004.[14][15]
Music
Main articles: Kill Bill Volume 1 (soundtrack), Kill Bill Volume 2 (soundtrack)
As with Tarantino's previous films, ''Kill Bill'' features an eclectic soundtrack comprising many musical genres. On the two soundtracks, music ranges from country music to selections from the Spaghetti Western film scores of Ennio Morricone.
Notes
1. (2004), "Kill Bill Vol. 2 - Domestic Total Gross", ''Box Office Mojo'', Accessed Sep 13, 2006
2. Five-Point-Palm Exploding Heart Technique is generally considered as a type of Dim Mak, especially in Chinese community. Shaw Cho Sau (2006/05/21) Kill Bill Review, from http://www.douban.com (retreieved and translated by editor 2007/8/5) The end of fourth paragraph reads ''“….the fight at the finale is expected to be the biggest and bloodiest, one that both of them would fight until their last drop of blood, however that isn’t the case,Bill died easily from Chinese 'diǎnxuè' technique, …"'' http://www.douban.com/review/1046298/
3. Xia Yi (2007/5/12), Kill Bill review from http://ccw.zhuaxia.com (retrieved and translated by editor 2007/8/5) – The end of third last paragraph reads ''“after walking five steps, Bill died from the mysterious Chinese 'diǎnxuè' technique….”''
http://ccw.zhuaxia.com/item/334559159
4. Tong Leung (2004/6/4), Kill Bill: The Art of Violence, www.filmsea.com.cn (Retrieved and translated by editor 2007/8/5). Middle of the last paragraph reads ''"especially Bill’s death, under Chinese 'diǎnxuè' technique, seems interesting..."'' http://www.filmsea.com.cn/movie_review/200406040008.htm
5. O'Connell, Sean & Kipp, Jeremiah, (2003), "Kill Bill: Volume 1, A Film Review", ''Filmcritic.com'', Accessed August 7, 2006
6. Kill Bill - Vol. 2 (2004)
7. Kill Bill Vol. 1
8. Caro, Mark, (2003), "Movie review: 'Kill Bill, Vol. 1'", ''Chicago Tribune'', Accessed Sep 13, 2006
9. Kill Bill Vol. 2
10. Tarantino Brings Kill Bills Together
11. Best DVD Packaging of 2004
12. ASIN: B000R7HY0A
13. Kill Bill Volumes 3 and 4 Details Emerge!
14. Rodriguez and Tarantino Present Grindhouse!, Blake Wright on ComingSoon.net, July 22, 2006, accessed August 7, 2006
15. SDCC '06: Tarantino Confirms More Kill Bill!, Bloody-Disgusting.com, July 22, 2006, accessed August 7, 2006
External links
★ ''Kill Bill: Vol. 1''
★ ''Kill Bill: Vol. 1''
★ Production I.G on the Kill Bill Anime Sequences Article from CGSociety.org
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