How many films has Quentin Tarantino made? Your respond depends on your personal counsel of the director's sprawling revenge opera, kill Bill. Is the Uma Thurman-led film Tarantino's fourth AND fifth film? Or just his fourth, forced to be split in two by producer Harvey Weinstein instead of subjecting QT to the demanded edits of "Harvey Scissorhands"?
This is a debate that erupted on the most recent episode of ReelBlend, a weekly podcast hosted by myself, Kevin McCarthy and Jake Hamilton. We were debating our favorite movie openings of every time, and swirled our conversation almost Inglourious Basterds and Pulp Fiction. But considering I said to my co-hosts that kill relation was two films -- and that Vol. 2 is significantly worse than Vol. 1 -- their heads exploded. They only see kill relation as one movie, because that's how Tarantino intended it to be shown. For real, listen to their heads explode in this week's episode:
So, we put it to a poll. And ReelBlend viewers largely unquestionably considering me: It's two movies. One story, maybe. But unquestionably two movies.
ReelBlend listener Chris Folk acknowledging that Vol. 2 feels vary from its predecessor.
So, what are the arguments? Those who stand by "Kill relation is one movie" tapering off to the fact that Tarantino filmed kill relation in one shot, and only relented to two Volumes after Harvey Weinstein started pushing for the removal of sequences that he considered critical to the movie's success. Knowing that he didn't desire to cut big chunks out of the overall story, the director allowed them to be split. In fact, Quentin Tarantino has a full cut of the kill relation saga, known as The amass Bloody Affair, which was rumored to make it to DVD and Blu-ray... but hasn't yet. Tarantino screened The amass Bloody Affair at his further Beverly theater in Los Angeles on the occasion of his birthday. as a result there's that.
Those who see kill relation as two movies tapering off to the fact that Vol. 2 exists. Yes, Quentin Tarantino was pressured by Harvey Weinstein to cut the full movie in half, but the director unquestionably to do it. Plus, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 don't seamlessly unite together. Vol. 2 actually has its own launch credits, considering a full sequence of Uma Thurman explaining everything that happened in the first movie. If Vol. 2 essentially was a straight continuation of Vol. 1, these superfluities wouldn't be necessary. And if there was one long cut of kill Bill, QT wouldn't put credits in the middle of his movie.
Ultimately, it doesn't change much. However you perceive kill relation doesn't change the story. But we found it hilarious that vary groups of Tarantino fans can have staunchly vary takes on the insight of the director's film (or films). as a result tell us, in the poll below, where you stand on this incensed topic!