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That has already been the reaction of some critics to Kill Bill Vol. 1. With geysers of blood and a death count in the dirty dozens, with torsos sliced sideways and lengthwise, with a tongue yanked to Tex Avery--cartoon length and a 20-minute battle that boasts enough mangled bodies to keep a MASH unit busy for months, Quentin Tarantino's first film in six years tests both the rating board's tolerance (somehow, the movie got an R) and the viewer's stomach. The carnage is artfully arranged, but, some will ask, isn't there too much...
...boss played with silky gravity by Lucy Liu, is Tarantino's nod to two cult directors: Teruo Ishii, who did some prime yakuza films in the '60s and made the Joy of Torture sadomasterpieces, and Takashi Ishii, whose girl-on-a-revenge-tear Black Angel films were released as Vol. 1 and Vol...
Kill Bill Vol. 2 comes out in February, and the interlude is a good idea. After bathing in Vol. 1's balletic blood and bustle, you may need four months to catch your breath...
...Osamu Tezuka's "Buddha" Vol...
...Siddhartha non-violently disarms the ruthless Bandaka in "Buddha" Vol...