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==Quick links== | ==Quick links== | ||
*IMDb : [ | *IMDb: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266697/ Vol. 1] [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378194/ Vol. 2] | ||
*[ | **IMDb quotes: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266697/quotes/ Vol. 1] [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378194/quotes/ Vol. 2] | ||
*IMSDb: [https://web.archive.org/web/20201116003259/http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Kill-Bill-Volume-1-&-2.html An early draft by Tarantino] | |||
* | *[[wp:Natural_Born_Killers|Wikipedia]] | ||
*[ | *Wikiquote: [[wp:Kill_Bill:_Volume_1|Vol. 1]] [[wp:Kill_Bill:_Volume_2|Vol. 2]] | ||
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==Points of interest== | ==Points of interest== | ||
===Violence=== | ===Violence=== | ||
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The movie gives quite a coverage to all that, and all the rest is BTW. | The movie gives quite a coverage to all that, and all the rest is BTW. | ||
More or less relevant | More or less relevant reference: | ||
* | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20200217020923/http://www.monochrom.at/amok/ Every Five Seconds an Inkjet Printer Dies Somewhere] | ||
===Assassins=== | ===Assassins=== | ||
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Back to Mukade, he can indeed appear as a mere thug, just a pawn in Muro=Bill's army of killers... or he can be someone more distant, the embodiment of a "way of the warrior" more idealistic and intemporal than Muro=Bill's pragmatism. Standing by whatever it is that codifies violence and makes it a philosophy. | Back to Mukade, he can indeed appear as a mere thug, just a pawn in Muro=Bill's army of killers... or he can be someone more distant, the embodiment of a "way of the warrior" more idealistic and intemporal than Muro=Bill's pragmatism. Standing by whatever it is that codifies violence and makes it a philosophy. | ||
Muro=Bill's teacher, why not? How does Bill relate to his teachers : Pai Mei and Hattori Hanzo? How does Muro relate to Mukade? | "Muro=Bill" 's teacher, why not? How does Bill relate to his teachers : Pai Mei and Hattori Hanzo? How does Muro relate to Mukade? | ||
(Barabas is Budd, of course ^^ ) | |||
And Bill in turn was a teacher for the Bride. Think Muro or Muro-sensei (Mai's inner Muro). | And Bill in turn was a teacher for the Bride. Think Muro or Muro-sensei (Mai's inner Muro). | ||
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==O'Ren== | ==O'Ren== | ||
A very special status for "Cottonmouth", as detailed earlier. We're given more of a chance to identify with O'Ren than for any other character. | A very special status for "Cottonmouth", as detailed earlier. We're given more of a chance to identify with O'Ren than for any other character. | ||
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===Battle Without Honor or Humanity=== | ===Battle Without Honor or Humanity=== | ||
That's just the movie's heaviest | That's just the movie's heaviest beat, accompanying O'Ren's arrival at the House of Blue Leaves. | ||
Simple and effective. ( | Simple and effective. (a similar theme plays while the 20-y.o. O'Ren, dressed in a scarlet catsuit, performs a routine "hit") | ||
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:::::For while he corrupts the world, | :::::For while he corrupts the world, | ||
::::::inside himself he is pure. | ::::::inside himself he is pure. | ||
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(Bill is not exactly greedy, but he has a sick relationship with power, sure) | (Bill is not exactly greedy, but he has a sick relationship with power, sure) | ||
===Superman=== | ===Superman=== | ||
His final talk with the Bride comes readily to mind and is quite revelatory on its own. | His final talk with the Bride comes readily to mind and is quite revelatory on its own. | ||
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Think Mukade or the Old Man or Muro or Evil Konoko. "Corrupter" again, but it's more specific here. | Think Mukade or the Old Man or Muro or Evil Konoko. "Corrupter" again, but it's more specific here. | ||
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;BILL | ;BILL | ||
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::I am truly and utterly incapable | ::I am truly and utterly incapable | ||
:::of believing anything you say. | :::of believing anything you say. | ||
;THE BRIDE | ;THE BRIDE | ||
: | :How do you suppose we solve this dilemma? | ||
;BILL | ;BILL | ||
:Well, | |||
::it just so happens, | |||
:::I have a solution. | |||
:'''(BILL shoots THE BRIDE in the leg with a needle of truth serum)''' | |||
:'''(THE BRIDE screams)''' | |||
:Gotcha! | :Gotcha! | ||
;THE BRIDE | ;THE BRIDE | ||
:'''(grunting)''' Goddamn! | :'''(grunting)''' Goddamn! | ||
:'''BILL laughs''' | |||
:''' | |||
:What the fuck did you just shoot me with? | :What the fuck did you just shoot me with? | ||
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:About two minutes. Just long enough | :About two minutes. Just long enough | ||
::for me to finish my point. | ::for me to finish my point. | ||
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:Now, a staple of the superhero mythology is, | :Now, a staple of the superhero mythology is, | ||
::there's the superhero | ::there's the superhero | ||
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:Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race. | :Clark Kent is Superman's critique on the whole human race. | ||
:Sorta like Beatrix Kiddo and Mrs. Tommy Plimpton. | :Sorta like Beatrix Kiddo and Mrs. Tommy Plimpton. | ||
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;THE BRIDE | |||
:Aso. | |||
::The point emerges. | |||
;BILL | |||
:You would've worn the costume of Arlene Plimpton. | :You would've worn the costume of Arlene Plimpton. | ||
::But you were born Beatrix Kiddo. | ::But you were born Beatrix Kiddo. | ||
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:::::would ever change that. | :::::would ever change that. | ||
===Life and death=== | ===Life and death=== | ||
Then there's the story about | Then there's the story about little B.B. killing Emilio (a goldfish) : | ||
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:She told me later, that the second she lifted up her foot and saw him not flapping, she knew he was dead. | :She told me later, that the second she lifted up her foot and saw him not flapping, she knew he was dead. | ||
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==Hattori Hanzo== | ==Hattori Hanzo== | ||
The master | The master recites a sort of "Way of the Warrior" when he hands his finest sword to the Bride. | ||
*The whole scene is in Japanese. | *The whole scene is in Japanese. | ||
*(EX) CU = (extreme) close-up. | *(EX) CU = (extreme) close-up. | ||
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:I can tell you with no ego, this is my finest sword. | :I can tell you with no ego, this is my finest sword. | ||
:If on your journey, you should encounter God, God will be cut. | :If on your journey, you should encounter God, God will be cut. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Guido - Small Red.jpg|right|thumb|Little Red Riding Hood<br>[[:Image:Guido - Small Red.jpg|(added value)]]]] | ||
;CU HANZO | ;CU HANZO | ||
;HANZO | ;HANZO | ||
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;FADE TO BLACK. | ;FADE TO BLACK. | ||
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