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There’s nearly a three-decade-long gap between Quentin Tarantino’s feature directorial debut,Reservoir Dogs,and his last film,Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.Still, despite featuring very different characters and chapters, there are striking similarities between the two. The same applies to his other eight films.
Nonlinear narratives; loud and lurid characters; and graphic violence are all staples of Tarantino’s movies. The enigmatic filmmaker doesn’t seem to be the one to scale back when it comes to including epic sequences to create his distinct visual style. However, he was compelled to do the same while shootingKill Bill.
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Why Quentin Tarantino Had to Cancel His Plans to Include an Epic Fight Scene in Kill Bill
Kill Billchronicles the vengeful journey of The Bride, a pregnant assassin, who goes into a coma for four years after his ex-boss Bill brutally attacks her. The uber-violent martial arts film, which reunitedUma Thurmanwith herPulp Fictiondirector, is considered one ofQuentin Tarantino‘s most critically acclaimed movies.
WhileKill Billis certainly aTarantino-esquefilm by all accounts, fans were robbed of seeing the auteur’s true vision for the project due to interference from studio executives.
According to a 2003 report inEntertainment Weekly, Tarantino’s shooting ofKill Billfailed to wrap up before its scheduled time. As such, Miramax, which also backedPulp Fiction, gave the director a “drop-dead” completion date.
This warning led to Tarantino scaling down a climactic beach fight between the Bride and Bill (David Carradine). The first chapter ofKill Billends with the Bride slicing off the top of O-Ren Ishii’s head after an intense duel in the snow.
The two-part story ended with Thurman’s character killing Bill – as the title promised – but fans missed out on the 60-year-old’s epic idea. The Bride kills her former boss by using the five-point-palm exploding heart technique.
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How Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction Led to Kill Bill
Reservoir Dogshelped Tarantino show Hollywood bigwigs his talent. But it wasPulp Fictionthat really put him on the map as one of the best filmmakers of his time, and to this day, it remains his most popular work.
Incidentally, the story about the realm of the underworld also led toKill Bill.According to the movie’s DVD documentary (viaIMDb), the idea for the martial arts film began during the shooting ofPulp Fiction, wherein Thurman played Mia Wallace.
The actor and director talked about the kinds of movies that they would like to do, which eventually led to Tarantino mentioning his desire to do a 70’s style kung-fu flick. Interestingly, it was Thurman who came up with the opening shot of the Bride beaten up inKill Bill.
Vishal Singh
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Vishal Singh is a Content Writer at FandomWire. Having spent more than half a decade in the digital media space, Vishal specializes in crafting engaging entertainment- and sports-focused stories. He graduated from university with an honors degree in English Literature.
