Episode 594 - Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Added 2022-02-17 22:52:31 +0000 UTCOn this month's We Love Movies selection, the gang is tackling BOTH parts of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill saga. First up on this ep, it's all about Vol. 1! How fantastic is the music in this film? Has a QT cast ever been better, or more stacked? And will we ever see a theatrical or disc release of The Whole Bloody Affair? PLUS: Eric takes Arnold's pet donkey, Whiskey hostage and demands Arnie release the extended cut of Conan the Barbarian!
Be sure to check your Patreon feed next week for the release of the second half of our convo, all about Vol. 2! #StayTuned
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 stars Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Julie Dreyfus, Chiaki Kuriyama, Gordon Liu, Michael Parks, and Sonny Chiba as Hattori Hanzo; directed by QT.
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Original cover art by Felipe Sobreiro.
Comments
This is the best movie Tarantino made Not one of the alt history trilogy or django Kill bill 2 is awesome & great but kill bill 1 is tighter and just amazing music & just another if not the 4th masterpiece by Tarry. After that it’s downhill. And i dont get ouatih at all If he can make something even close to kill bill i’d be impressed
Jan
2025-05-05 21:18:03 +0000 UTCI’m behind so playing catch-up here but I had to point out that in Japan the Crazy 88 fight scene was in full color in theaters and the initial DVD release which I still own. Sadly all Blu-Ray editions used the US cut so I just bought the US versions of those. I’ll never accept the B&W was necessary having seen it in color.
Chris Vaughn
2022-03-11 13:22:12 +0000 UTCI've always liked the second movie better, I love Uma in this one but I'm a Lucy Liu hater. I find her bland and lacking in range in most of her performances and I've always felt she takes some of the air out of the interactions between Uma and herself in this one
Smaug
2022-02-21 20:50:13 +0000 UTCAh shoot. Time for some hot, hot foot talk. Les gooooo
Jarod
2022-02-21 18:23:44 +0000 UTCDenial is a hell of a drug
Smaug
2022-02-21 14:19:10 +0000 UTC"Beatrix". Or maybe "Kiddo".
Christopher Preciado
2022-02-20 19:31:04 +0000 UTCThere's live music in the Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
Gary Dennis
2022-02-20 03:33:55 +0000 UTCThere's live music in Hateful 8 - Daisy Domergue singing Jim Jones at Botany Bay...
Alethia St. Joan
2022-02-20 00:55:48 +0000 UTCFeet are very important in many Asian cultures. So there's a reason for all of it in this movie. He may have a fetish, but I don't and I loved what he was going for.
Ray
2022-02-19 18:00:55 +0000 UTCI would love to know what was worth bleeping at 1:09:12 in this episode. WHM episode on QT with a BLEEP EDIT?!?! Truly I expect to learn a new word here
Luke
2022-02-19 17:43:26 +0000 UTCYeah, long hair, too. It's just anime bill.
Christopher Preciado
2022-02-19 14:27:00 +0000 UTCThat's been my headcanon since the jump.
Erin Hardy
2022-02-19 02:45:08 +0000 UTCI saw this with a friend I fancied, my roommate, and another friend. I loved it, but everyone else was appalled and started shitting on the film immediately and the friend I fancied hooked up with my roommate that night.
Erin Hardy
2022-02-19 02:44:11 +0000 UTCI think it's touched upon in the episode - I also love both volumes but the great thing about Vol. 2 is just how quiet it is. After the chaos of the first volume, Vol. 2 plays it more chill. With the exception of the opening flashback, I don't think there are really any scenes in the movie with more than 2 or 3 people in it at one time.
Busiris
2022-02-18 21:53:03 +0000 UTCWhose name are we beeping? I legitimately don’t know or get it.
Wesley Hall
2022-02-18 21:23:39 +0000 UTCFantastic review you guys, made me realize I’ve yet to see part 2 since the year it came out! Regarding the Crazy 88’s name: In Japan, the number eight is also considered lucky, but the reason is a bit different from that in Chinese ethos. The Japanese favor the number because of the shape of the character (八) The symbol broadens gradually, giving an idea of growth linked with prosperity. https://www.88cut.com/single-post/2015/08/12/the-number-8-means-more-than-just-luck
Daniel Cloud
2022-02-18 20:59:36 +0000 UTCDoes anyone else think it was a young Bill who killed O'Rens father? based on the way he held his sword and the rings.
DMAC
2022-02-18 18:18:22 +0000 UTCThe ultimate pop culture post modern masterpiece. I second the sentiments that 1 QT hit the zeitgeist, 2 this was the logical next step after 2000 when culture died, and 3 QT had to (slightly) change his style after this because he threw the whole kitchen sink of homages in this.
John Carter
2022-02-18 18:14:12 +0000 UTCjust the pick-me-up i needed. thanks, gang <3
Hercules
2022-02-18 16:54:13 +0000 UTCWhen this came out I was hanging out with a girl I fancied and a mutual friend of ours. They suggested seeing a movie. I said "how about Kill Bill". I think I sold it as a wacky Kung-Fu movie. I think I lost them at "Pussy Wagon". I know I lost them when limbs starting getting hacked off. In retrospect we should have seen School of Rock.
Matt
2022-02-18 14:35:43 +0000 UTCHad a great laugh at bleeping [BEEEEEEEP]'s name.
Christopher Schuber
2022-02-18 14:16:27 +0000 UTCLove the name bleep!
Joe Barrett
2022-02-18 13:17:55 +0000 UTCFellas: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR cut by QT does screen infrequently at the New Bev. However, it's usually billed as a "mystery screening" & tends to screen at midnight on Fridays and/or Saturdays.
Cody Downs
2022-02-18 06:32:17 +0000 UTCThank you Chris for adding more to this already dense movie.
Alexander Farr
2022-02-18 06:05:46 +0000 UTCIn 'Kill Bill', the actual name of The Bride (Uma Thurman) is bleeped out whenever someone says it, so it's a parody of that.
Z
2022-02-18 05:15:28 +0000 UTCNaive question: why are the guys bleeping out some words?
Simon Law
2022-02-18 03:53:12 +0000 UTCI'm some random dude who's with you on that one. But I also think it's fine that a lot of people feel differently. I also didn't like Hateful Eight much - one and done. I love the rest of his stuff, though.
Dominic Kovell
2022-02-17 23:15:13 +0000 UTCAnd I have a fresh episode to listen to during the ride home from work. Nice!
Felipe Hallenbeck
2022-02-17 23:10:55 +0000 UTCThursday night is lookin uppp🥷
Jamie
2022-02-17 22:58:07 +0000 UTCKill Bill and Jackie Brown were always misses for me. I don't know why, I acknowledge they're good movies...but they just never clicked for me for some reason. Feel free to throw rocks at me because I'm aware that some consider these Tarantino's best.
Michael Daniels
2022-02-17 22:54:43 +0000 UTCThis is a real gift, thank you!! #whm4ever
Jessie Drew (Forks)
2022-02-17 22:54:04 +0000 UTC
