Kill Bill Vol.1: Where Does Homage End and Originality Begin? | Art of the Scene
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- The Crazy 88’s fight in Kill Bill Vol. 1 is one of the greatest fight scenes of all time. In this Art of the Scene, we’re going to look at how Quentin Tarantino used movie homages from Samurai, Kung Fu, and Spaghetti Western Films to make an action scene that simultaneously feels familiar and original at the same time.
This video is not meant to be a complete breakdown of all Kill Bill Vol. 1 homages or Kill Bill influences. If you’re looking for a “Kill Bill every reference”-type video, you should check out the Vanity Fair video “All 58 References in Kill Bill Vol 1”. (there’s a link at the end of the description)
Instead, we’re going to highlight some Kill Bill Vol. 1 references like the double exposure eye close up in Death Rides a Horse or the eye gouge in the 1972 martial arts film Five fingers of Death to talk about how Quentin Tarantino uses Kill Bill references to leverage their inherent ability to communicate narrative to amplify a specific element in this Kill Bill fight scene.
We’re going to dive deep into the moment when The Bride Arrives at the House of Blue Leaves to deconstruct how the Bride (Uma Thurman) calls out O-Ren Ishii (Lucy Liu) using an homage to the 1967 Spaghetti Western Death Rides a Horse.
The video will also dive deeper into the Crazy 88s fight to talk about wh Kill Bill Volume 1 has them sword fighting in black and white. Spoiler, it’s because the MPA wanted to rate it NC-17.
While the Kill Bill movies might be some of the best Tarantino movies, let us know in the comments if you’d like to see Art of the Scene episodes on some of his other Miramax films like, Pulp Fiction, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, or Django Unchained.
For more on the Kill Bill (film series), check the links below:
All 58 References in Kill Bill Vol.1 | Vanity Fair
• All 58 References in K...
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (7/12) Movie CLIP - The Bride Arrives (2003) HD
• Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (7/1...
The Crazy 88s - Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (9/12) Movie CLIP (2003) HD
• The Crazy 88s - Kill B...
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What scene would you like us to cover on the next "Art of the Scene"?
Please do the silly games scene from the second movie in Steve McQueen's Small axe series
Anything Wes Anderson... I'd love to see the construction of some of his stuff. Fantastic Mr fox especially.
Dancing scene in Sátántangó
would love something from my favourite movies: heat, arrival, fight club, blade runner (also 2049)
Since you guys named it the best scene of all time, I'd love to see an episode on the informal processing from The Master.
the good thing about references in qt movies is that if you don't know any of them you can still enjoy the movie just as much. That's the right way to do references
Interesting case-study: the heartstrings-tug opening of Ace Ventura 2 has the pet detective attempting a high-altitude rescue. He's mid-climb on a rockface trying to save a raccoon trapped there after surviving a plane crash. His effort fails when the animal's forepaw slips from his hand and the poor fur-ball plummets.
Maybe you're in the camp that finds this an oddly somber scene for a super-goofy comedy. Maybe you don't know why others in the theater can't help but scoff and snicker. Or maybe you too recognize it all as a lift (haha) from the film Cliffhanger. Starts with a Stallone character failing to save a woman that way. (I might never have known if friends hadn't told me.)
So it leaves any who don't spot the reference in an interesting headspace. :-P
Exactly you do not need to know the reference for them to make sense, or enjoy the scene.
This is my problem with movies set in movements and events like the Cold War, Regan era or the 2008 Recession. You can enjoy stuff like Dawn of the Dead or They Live without knowing much about them, but the creators make these works to be half references and homages to the emotions and feelings of these times, and reviewers only focus on them! It makes younger audiences or people who weren't affected at the time feel like they can't enjoy them to the fullest!
Okay, then name me an example of the wrong way to do a reference? What movie did it wrong??? Exactly you can't name anything, stfu
@@DrVonNostrand Family Guy. Every "spoof" movie. When the reference ends at "look, here's a reference" then its empty and pointless. People won't be listing wrong references because they are unlikely to be memorable.
4:47 I once heard that the exaggerated blood spray in this scene was an accident. It was supposed to look realistic, but they'd set the pressure too high, hence why the blood sprays out like a fire hose. Everyone thought that Kurosawa, ever the perfectionist, would be PISSED, but it turns out he loved it and they kept it the way it was!
I wonder if that inspired the over the top blood fountains in the No More Heroes series.
That scene in Kill Bill is equal parts shocking, badass, and hilarious. Kill Bill was just a fun movie.🙂
4:45 Fun Fact: that was actually a mistake, the blood had way more pressure than they thought and he they ended up liking it.
That's actually amazing
Re-contextualising and directly referencing past media to make a new unique work made up of all those influences is the greatest contribution of the post-modern art movement. It’s that amalgamation of a bunch of previous works and building on top of those through the lens of modern attitudes that makes the best modern art imo! Amazing video essay as always 💙
The beginning of Akira. It is a a scene that perfectly sets up the world, and gives the viewer just enough of a glimpse at what is to come. Plus most of it is done without a word and has amazing sound and visuals the whole time.
Why so much homages
QT : coz it's so much fun Jan...oh hi mark.
Okay, I am convinced. Tarantino is one of the best foot-obsessed directors of all time.
You need to watch Honest Trailers Every Quentin Tarantino Movie. Definitive proof!
Puts "Wiggle your big toe" into a whole new perspective
Future Art of the Scene suggestions:
- Michael killing Solozzo and McClusky in The Godfather
- Mexican standoff in Reservoir Dogs
- Mexican standoff in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
- Steadycam shot in the restaurant in Goodfellas
Hey Peter,
Thanks so much for the suggestions. I have a bit of good news; we've already done the steadicam shot in Goodfellas. It even features an interview with Larry McConkey, the steadicam op on the film. Check it out here: czcams.com/video/JVDC95rprF/video.html
this is why Tarantino is one of my favorite directors he doesn't just borrow shots wholesale but he uses them in a whole new way which makes whatever he is trying to show you interesting whether it is action or otherwise I love all his films and they are all great to see for this reason
remember: punctuation is your friend.
Kill Bill is still my all time favorite tarantino movie
Both halves? :-D
@@alm2187 Yeah, it is only one movie
The walking in the bulky spacesuit with the timer counting down and he falls over and the music is making you feel so damn tense scene in Sunshine.
This is one of my favourite action films ever made next to Terminator 2
The crazy 88 fight is the best scene in the entire movie :)
He's a master of movie, bringing the best to us in his own style
I remember the adrenaline rush and the laughing out loud during this scene when KB came out. Loved some of those references on the spot but they never interrupted the rush of the scene. On the contrary.
Masterful.
the inclusion of the 5,6,7,8's was a real stroke of luck for the band, the story supposedly goes that Tarantino was in one of the many airports of Japan and overheard the band in one of the shops on the concourse. He pops into the shop, talks to the store manager, who was a fan of the band... buys the CD off of her for way above cost, gets in touch with the band's management about the idea of using their music in the movie... that progressed to them being the house band in the iconic scene... turns out that they already had the dresses as part of their stage act... and I have to give kudos to Tarantino for knowing the power of the right song at the right time... here's the song that they played before Yoo Hoo that never made it into the film.
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And after they started touring. I saw them in '04 at an underground party in Brussels. The crowd went mad.
Although I was too young to watch this movie seeing how I was 7 when it came out in theaters so I started watching it a decade later and I loved it.
You did a great job on creating/editing/narrating this video! Thank you for the upload
Don't laugh at me for this, but I would like to see your Art of the Scene treatment on Endgame's final battle. "On your left." As a comic fan since the 70s, I get goosebumps every. single. time I watch that battle. There's a lot there and I don't think it gets the credit it deserves.
Thank you for this video. Kill Bill 1 and 2 are my favorite Tarantino films. You explained everything perfectly.
I've never been into spaghetti westerns, samurai, or Kung Foo movies, but Kill Bill is one of my favorite movies of all time. That's the genius of QT!!!
Please do the Heat (1995) police shootout scene next
9:12 I never noticed this. She literally split a man in half.
Literally just finished watching this film again and you post this within five minutes.
every single movie, ever made after 45' could be deconstructed by references like this
I'll take Tarantino's brilliant homage and tribute fusions over Disney comic book corporate garbage any day. Kill Bill holds up very well because of this and remains a cinema classic. His movies for people who love cinema. Art for the sake of creating art.
So we're pretending that Kill Bill isn't basically a revenge comic book
I highly enjoyed especially the Wolverine and Spider-Man 2 reactions. Love your work Ryan! Definitely amped for the next 2-3 years
This Kill Bill is indeed memorable. Tarantino is the true master and he’s right. Made all us remember those scenes.
Wow. Incredible essay! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Love the scene and this adds to my growing appreciation of the scene and the director.
Really great video
Excellent work
YOU MADE MY DAY!!!
Honestly using the Quincy Jones Ironside opening siren to convey the unbridled, furious need for vengeance is nothing short of genius.
Instead of a frenetic scene like this one, how about the opposite? Something like the opening scene from Once Upon A Time In The West? A brilliant sequence using all aspects of filmmaking to create an amazing impact.
Sound in horror movies is a subject I can always hear more about- It or the conjuring movies abusing it, while Eyes without a Face or Nosferatu can scare without much sound at all.
Art of the scene...its been too long, love it
I always found it funny that the actor that played the yakuza boss(Goro Daimon) that freaks out over O-ren's decapitation shares a name with a video game character
My heart was beating so fast 1st time I saw this money in theaters!
The Kenshin vs Saito fight in the first Rurouni Kenshin live action film!
This is literally the first time I realized that the title "Kill Bill" has two meanings.
Holy shit. Me too.
Swingers phone call scene, the opening to X2, but what I'd love to see is the airplane scene from Superman Returns.
I'd love to hear your break down on some of the iconic scenes from Children of Men
the amount of input Quentin have is just insane.
and the usage of such database in his head is even more absurd
Can you do “Art of the scene” for:
-Tank chase in Indiana Jones the last crusade
-Train fight or stopping the train in Spiderman 2
-Shootout in Heat
-Foot chase in Baulieue 13
-Coin toss in No country for old men
-First Russian roulette scene in The deer hunter
Kill Bill introduced me to Lady Snowblood and they are now both in my top 30 films
Brilliant essay
Art of the scene: The final battle in "Samurai X/Rurouni Kenshin 3: The Legend Ends", please 🙏
Great film style analysis
This video series needs more love. Here's to the algorithm.
Kill Bill is the Ready Player One of obscure Cowboy, kung fu, and samurai movies.
Plssss. Do more bihind the scene video i love it i miss it🥺🥺🥺
Quentin was supposed to combine parts one and two with extra scenes and call it "The Whole Bloody Affair". My guess is it'll never see the light of day.
Correction; it was screened at festivals but a copy for the public is still not within grasp.
I just saw tht(it's on the internet bruh)
Should do a What’s the Difference on Kill Bill between the movies and the script. The script is so wildly different from the final film (in big and small ways) that it basically becomes a different thing after the opening fight with Vivica A. Fox.
*Brilliant*
❤ Thanks.
Adrenaline kick watching this in the cinema.
Kill Bill is the best movie I’ve ever seen.
Too bad video stores are dying. We don’t have nearly the same access to all these movies from streaming services.
Yo ho ho my friend!!! you should visit the bay
@@SuperSerialnumber 2021 and people still don't know how to use torrents
@@dimitreze and get viruses at the same time
@@marc-antoinemarcoux697 you can have a separate device to enjoy torrents and another device for work or just use antivirals.
The first "Witness Me" sequence in Mad Max: Fury Road.
I do believe Tarantino would not say he is paying homage rather straight up stealing it. And I think presenting stolen goods as fresh and original is really his signature film style… in my opinion of course.
Great job... but a few things to add.... QT took a lot from Lady Snowblood...
Lady sword fights\close-up on eyes\blood splatters\etc... BUT He also took references from it's star...
Meiko Kaji.... she is the star\ and sings both of the songs QT uses in Kill Bill... as well as Lady Snowblood...
(you hear one at the end of your video...)... Thanks again..
Art of the Scene: Sherif Ali's Introduction, or How I Learned to Love Desert Heat Lines
People sometimes over analyze movies, looking for mistakes and hidden meanings. This movie is just fun to watch because its almost a cartoon meant to entertain us.
Art of the Scene: Sloth’s Uncovering from Se7en
Actually, The Rza is credited for doing the music for Kill Bill.
I definitely believe because of their shared interests they vibed on that level and we got what we got.
But I believe Rza was truly the driving force behind that aspect of the film
The party scene in The Guest
we need another video for part two
0:09
Walnut Creek? I'm only an hour away from there! :-D
gotta love opponents considerate enough to wait their turn...
“How many references are you putting in Kill Bill?”
Tarantino: “Yes.”
Stupid fucking meme
I remember being sooooo disappointed that the scene was in black and white when I saw it in theaters. I was reading up on it in Fangoria and they talked about how it went down and the props and stunts and effects and so on.
I love that all movies are credited, again and again, in the video, even when there are different scenes from the same movie. I hate when compilations like these show like 40 movies and you have to ask in the comments what movie "that" clip is from.
I do agree with Quentin, movie violence is fun to watch if done right
This fight isn’t actually making reference to Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury, it’s making reference to the Jimmy Wang Yu movie The Chinese Boxer...which Fist of Fury also happens to be pulling from. There’s an old interview Tarantino did for a site called JapAttack where Tarantino is asked about a lot of the references in the movie and Chinese Boxer.
Tarantino also said in one of the podcast he was doing for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood that the switch to black & white wasn’t so he could get an R, and that actually the MPAA told him he could keep it in color if he wanted to. I don’t remember which one, because he was doing a bunch, but it may have been one of the ones for The Ringer site he did...and he did a few Rewatchables back-to-back so there’s a few of those too. There’s no practical reason for it in Kill Bill, it’s purely a stylistic choice born from how tv would censor movies he’d watch as a kid.
That hospital scene though......
🗣 GOAT
As a filmmaker, if you're not going to be every bit as good as Tarantino, then you'd better be yourself.
Fan Request: The art of the repeated scene (with differences) from Westworld season 1. Dolores and Teddy meeting or Maeve’s introduction at the brothel.
I've always been of the opinion that Kill Bill 1 got too caught up in references and seemed more like a fan project in homage to a film series or genre as opposed to Kill Bill 2 which seemed like a far more restrained but confident telling of the story itself. I appreciate the references but they almost seemed like exaggerations of said references and I remember that despite being a love letter to (mainly) Asian cinema it didn't do that great of a job evangelizing to a Western audience just how much awesome they were missing in Asian film.
I agree. I think the homage was well done and fun to watch, but I don't know how the homage itself is creating an original story.
Good topic, team! The line(s) between homage, allusion, parody, ripoff, etc. can get really blurry.
Anything from Boogie Nights would be awesome🤩
reference. Credits. Credits. Credits.
Narrator's oiceover sounds like the voice from HiTop Films
Cool video. Good analysis. One nitpick: it's Ennio (en-yo) Morricone, not Enino.
They say that THAT scene in Sanjuro was actually an accident with the hose.
Unless Tarantino is on record specifically stating that he took that one guy being shown split in half from Ichi the Killer, there are a dozen films (at least) that do this. It existed long before Miike did it in 2001.
Fuck, this scene is so fucking good.
Interesting approach by QT: makes films like Reservoir Dogs, said to copy the plots of foreign films like the one about crooks detecting which among them is the undercover cop. QT is sufficiently open about it to do presentations for those films so you can see for yourself.
Contrast this with the very first time we saw Vader use the Force. He does so to choke an officer before he can finish the phrase "hidden fortress." Is this a message to the audience? Keep our mouths shut if we know the name of the film that told this story first? ;-)
Please do The Red Shoes ballet scene
He needs to release, " The whole Bloody Affair" already.
my favourite tarantino film ❤
Can someone explain how tarantino was able to use the same interpretation of Pai Mei used by the Shaw brothers.
I hate to be that guy, but it’s O-ren Ishi-i (ee she ee), not just Ishi.
And it’s the MPAA, not MPA.
It's acutally not the MPAA anymore. They rebranded in 2019.
The climax scene in
Once upon a time in Hollywood
Please and thank you 🙏!!!
CAN YOU GUYS DO A WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE ON DAY OF THE JACKAL (1973) PLEASE.
I think this scene works without necessarily knowing a single one of his homages.
Art of the Scene for Le Samourai plz
Great pick
The Elevator scene in Drive