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Unless you somehow chance upon the grislier works of Pier Pasolini in the coming years, Kill Bill: Volume One will be the most violent film you ever see. The squirmy ear-carving of director Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs was but a light appetizer to Kill Bill’s sanguineous mound of beef tartar. Countless appendages are whittled off from their previous proprietors, who all too frequently remain alive long enough to writhe about, expelling their share of the hundred gallons of fake blood Tarantino supposedly utilized for in the film’s production...
...them is played by Lucy Liu. Upon closer inspection, however, the two films couldn’t be more different. Whereas Angels was just mindless fun that may have offered female viewers a sense of empowerment and certainly supplied the male audience with lots of eye candy, Quentin Tarantino’s newest film is a thoughtful and beautiful homage to classic themes and styles while remaining the most fun and exciting film of the year...
...spite of the raw simplicity of the title, Kill Bill is without a doubt one of the most complex and interesting films Quentin Tarantino has ever made. Within the film, one can see hints of all of Tarantino’s influences and tastes, but all are wonderfully adapted to fit into the unique Tarantino vision. From one scene to the next, the film shifts seamlessly from style to style, varying between blaxploitation, spaghetti westerns, Hong Kong kung fu, Japanese samurai and anime. By ambitiously employing all of these disparate styles, constituting several departures from the standard of color live...
...million dollars in ransom, as detective Walter Matthau rushes to save the day. Unfortunately, he’s only got an hour—after that, the passengers start dying. The color-coded hijackers—Mr. Blue, Mr. Green, etc.—were a direct influence on Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. 5 and 9:45 p.m. Sunday and Monday. $8.50, $7.50 before 5 p.m., $5.50 members. Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle...
...There's no disgrace in trying to kill people in the coolest way possible." QUENTIN TARANTINO, American director, on Kill Bill?Vol. 1, his new film, in which 88 characters die in a single 20-minute sequence