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==Quick links==
==Quick links==
*IMDb : [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266697/ Vol. 1] [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378194/ Vol. 2]
*IMDb: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266697/ Vol. 1] [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378194/ Vol. 2]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Bill Wikipedia]
**IMDb quotes: [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266697/quotes/ Vol. 1] [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378194/quotes/ Vol. 2]
*Wikiquote : [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kill_Bill:_Volume_1 Vol. 1] [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kill_Bill:_Volume_2 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]
*An (almost accurate) transcript of the final movies : [http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/k/kill-bill-volume-1-script-transcript.html Vol. 1] [http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/k/kill-bill-volume-2-script-transcript.html Vol. 2]
*[[wp:Natural_Born_Killers|Wikipedia]]
*[http://sfy.ru/sfy.html?script=kill_bill An early draft by Tarantino] (a few typos here and there)
*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 references are :
More or less relevant reference:
*A Clockwork Orange
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200217020923/http://www.monochrom.at/amok/ Every Five Seconds an Inkjet Printer Dies Somewhere]
*Natural-Born Killers


===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 theme, accompanying O'Ren's arrival at the House of Blue Leaves.
That's just the movie's heaviest beat, accompanying O'Ren's arrival at the House of Blue Leaves.


Simple and effective. (Another similar theme plays while the 20-y.o. O'Ren, dressed in a scarlet catsuit, performs a routine "hit")
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.
::How do you suppose we solve this dilemma?
:Well,
::it just so happens,
:::I have a solution.
;shoots THE BRIDE in the leg with a needle


;THE BRIDE
;THE BRIDE
:Aah!
: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'''
;BILL
:'''(laughs)'''
 
;THE BRIDE
: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.
::So.
 
:::The point emerges.
;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 four-year-old B.B. killing Emilio (a goldfish) :
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==
Hattori recants a sort of "Way of the Warrior" when he hands his finest sword to the Bride.
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:Guido - Small Red.jpg|right|thumb|Little Red Riding Hood<br>[[:Image:Guido - Small Red.jpg|(added value)]]]]
;CU HANZO
;CU HANZO
;HANZO
;HANZO
:Revenge is never a straight line.
:Revenge is never a straight line.
:It's a forest. And like [in] a forest
::It's a forest.
:And like [in] a forest
::it's easy to lose your way...
::it's easy to lose your way...
:::to get lost...
:::to get lost...
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;FADE TO BLACK.
;FADE TO BLACK.
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