Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 35

Alex · 06-07-2006, 02:54 PM

Well good. I'll pay to go see that. Sadly, innerSpaceman will have to pass since he only sees the original theatrical versions of movies and anything else is an abomination (if I'm recalling correctly which I may not be).

Matterhorn Fan · 06-07-2006, 04:22 PM

Is this why the DVD of Kill Bill 1 was so inexpensive?

(I presume #2 was the same price, but I never watched more than 10 minutes of the first, so never bought #2.)

BarTopDancer · 06-07-2006, 05:43 PM

It's movie related and 06-06-06 related.

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innerSpaceman · 06-07-2006, 07:01 PM

I don't see what about Kill Bill combined is an abomination. It sounds as if it's the two movies run back-to-back, with an intermission in between.

This 'Whole-Bloody-Affair" DVD, on the other hand, sounds like changes afoot. I'm still more excited about that than the cinema re-release of movies I could watch right now if I were so inclined. As I've said above, I'm dying to get my hands on the international verion of KB I, and the expanded DVD may have that as one of the options.

We'll just have to wait and see, but I'm hopeful and optimistic and excited.

Thanks for the news, mousepod.

Alex · 06-07-2006, 07:31 PM

When Tarantino said he wants to "cut the whole thing together like one big movie" I took that to mean re-editing it. But maybe he did just mean essentially showing one right after the other. But if so that wouldn't take any worth beyond pulling the end credits off of one and the front credits off of the other and picking some music to play during intermission.

innerSpaceman · 06-07-2006, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

When Tarantino said he wants to "cut the whole thing together like one big movie" I took that to mean re-editing it.

Hmmm, I suppose it could mean that, though I don't see it in the plain English interpretation.

The film is currently presented out of chronological order ... so any number of re-arrangements is possible. But the current scheme of presentation is hardly random, and I daresay one of the brilliant aspects of Kill Bill is the order of events as presented, not to mention the ways and whens of which the audience discovers the true chronology.

Messing with this structure would do considerable harm to the project, and I would imagine any other structure would be one that Tarantino had already considered ... and rejected.

Alex · 06-07-2006, 11:30 PM

I don't know if that is true. When I first saw Kill Bill Vol 2 and saw how it tied in with Vol. 1 I said to Lani that I thought Tarantino had to damage the overall flow to provide standalone parts. So I think recutting them to blend it could be an improvement.

But you're probably right, though I don't know why just reeling them up one after the other would be such an emotional strain that he needed to get away from it all for a while before doing it.

CoasterMatt · 06-07-2006, 07:43 PM

I already saw the two films back to back at the kung fu film festival they held at CityWalk last year

€uroMeinke · 06-07-2006, 11:25 PM

I agree that Wally Shawn makes My Dinner with Andre work - you need his exasperation to really bring out the story. I've loved this film through repeated viewings, but that's usually once every 5-years or so, don't think I could see it any more than that.

Mindwalk, I don't think I made it through and all I remember about it, is the setting was cool and I wanted to wear black turtlenecks.

But I do love dialogue, especially fast-paced witty dialogue and the movies that sport it.

innerSpaceman · 06-08-2006, 07:36 AM

^ hehe, I think the 'strain' was working on the 'Whole-Bloody-Affair' DVD, which may turn out to have a very differently edited version of the two films.

Bah, I just want the international version of KB V.1 ... and maybe if I wish hard enough and believe strongly enough ...

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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I don't see what about Kill Bill combined is an abomination. It sounds as if it's the two movies run back-to-back, with an intermission in between. This 'Whole-Bloody-Affair" DVD, on the other hand, sounds like changes afoot. I'm still more excited about that than the cinema re-release of movies I could watch right now if I were so inclined. As I've said above, I'm dying to get my hands on the international verion of KB I, and the expanded DVD may have that as one of the options. We'll just have to wait and see, but I'm hopeful and optimistic and excited. Thanks for the news, mousepod.
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06-07-2006, 07:31 PM	#5
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	When Tarantino said he wants to "cut the whole thing together like one big movie" I took that to mean re-editing it. But maybe he did just mean essentially showing one right after the other. But if so that wouldn't take any worth beyond pulling the end credits off of one and the front credits off of the other and picking some music to play during intermission.
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06-07-2006, 11:30 PM	#7
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I don't know if that is true. When I first saw Kill Bill Vol 2 and saw how it tied in with Vol. 1 I said to Lani that I thought Tarantino had to damage the overall flow to provide standalone parts. So I think recutting them to blend it could be an improvement. But you're probably right, though I don't know why just reeling them up one after the other would be such an emotional strain that he needed to get away from it all for a while before doing it.
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06-07-2006, 04:22 PM	#2
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	Is this why the DVD of Kill Bill 1 was so inexpensive? (I presume #2 was the same price, but I never watched more than 10 minutes of the first, so never bought #2.)
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	^ hehe, I think the 'strain' was working on the 'Whole-Bloody-Affair' DVD, which may turn out to have a very differently edited version of the two films. Bah, I just want the international version of KB V.1 ... and maybe if I wish hard enough and believe strongly enough ...
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