Caffeinated Clint
Bit of a “Kill Bill” angle to proceedings today. I’ve just walked out of Volume 1 and have to go to say: it’s a must. The fights, the music, Uma, Sonny…it works a treat. But don’t get me started on having to wait another three months to see the conclusion to it all. It’s a tease and then some. Ok, let’s get this I.V full of crimson dished “Bill” gossip going. Firstly, for my review of “Kill Bill: Volume 1” click here. It’s pretty much a spoiler-free review – from a fan’s slant. And next up, for those who live for the stuff, spoilers, in this case for “Volume 2”, as well as word from Tarantino on his next project.
From E Online :
“Volume 2 opens with a sanguinary rampage by four deadly assassins at a tiny church in Texas, which puts the Bride (Uma Thurman) into a four-year coma. And that’s just the beginning of the fisticuffs. There’s a score to settle. The fight between Hannan and Thurman does not match the carnage at the House of Blue Leaves in Volume 1. How could it? It’s not a 14-minute sequence. But, says Tarantino, "it can match [that scene] in terms of emotion, because we’re really waiting for these two girls to go at it and all of the fineness you’ve seen in the movie, in the Snow Garden fight and everything, just throw that out the window."”
“He calls the showdown "a brutal bitch fight." The action goes down in a Texas trailer park, and the women literall throw each other’s heads into walls. "And they’re so beautiful," Tarantino says, "that it hurts all the more. It’s even more painful."”
“"The fighting is the antithesis of the Snow Garden fight," Hannah says. "It’s not beautiful, Raise the Red Lantern kind of choreographed ballet. It’s a messy, gruesome, gross brawl. Two cats in a bag. It’s horrible."”
“Hannah confirms she’s one vicious bee-yotch. "I don’t want to tell you about our surprises," she says, "but it will make you hate me a lot more."”
“The resurrected Thurman also whets the appetite. "Wait till you see the second half, okay?" she says. "It’s not over. It goes on and on and on. [Tarantino] needs to feel it’s real. He doesn’t want shortcuts. He wants to see it every which way." She describes it as "a spaghetti western with kung fu, anime and samurai overtones."”
“But the girls aren’t the only ones having fun. Remember, Thurman has to get through Hannah, Madsen and, we imagine, Bill’s bodyguards. To that end, Tarantino endured martial-arts training alongside his distaff cast, because in Volume 2, he plays a character named Pai Mei, who, I would guess, meets an untimely end before the final reel”
From : The Hollywood Reporter
You can almost guarantee that Quentin Tarantino’s going to give you a good answer if you ask a question. And when The Hollywood Reporter asked about the status of Tarantino’s World War II epic “Inglorious Bastards”, the mouth was a workin’ overtime.
“I’ve kind of written two more scripts during the six years when I was doing my writing and everything. Now that I’m done with "Kill Bill" and when I’m finished with "Vol. 2," I’ll go over them again. They’re pretty much written, but now I need to fashion it and get ready to make it. The only thing is, I might just do another little smaller movie in between so I don’t just wind up hopping from epic to epic.”
Tarantino says he’s also chosen the song to open the movie. But isn’t ready to reveal that yet. “I know how to say it: I’m going even further with the whole spaghetti Western route — even further than I did with "Kill Bill." "Inglorious Bastards" is truly spaghetti Western, just set in Nazi-occupied France. I’m going to find a place that actually resembles, in one way or another, the Spanish locales they had in spaghetti Westerns — a no man’s land. With American soldiers and French peasants and the French resistance and Nazi occupiers, it was kind of a no man’s land. That will really be my spaghetti Western but with World War II iconography. But the thing is, I won’t be period specific about the movie. I’m not just gonna play a lot of Edith Piaf and Andrews Sisters. I can have rap, and I can do whatever I want. It’s about filling in the viscera.”
And on a lost note. There’s no mention of Pam Grier, but according to Andy’s column at E Online, “Foxy Brown” is set to make a comeback. At present, producers are looking at Halle Berry to play the title role, but someone else has her mind set on the role. “She can’t be Catwoman and Foxy Brown! Share it, now!”, says Vivica A.Fox. And why not? She does kick some royal bootie in her short scene in “Kill Bill”, and after all, her Production company’s called Foxy Brown Productions. I’m with you girl, Halle’s everywhere.
For my review of “Kill Bill : Volume 1” Click here.
