Jonny P
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- Sep 5, 2002
- Messages
- 649
I am usually partial to the version of the movie that is released theatrically.
There are times when a director is forced to cut certain things from a movie, and sometimes the movie is better for having the cuts.
Some would argue that if the cuts come at the hand of the MPAA that they aren't necessarily "good" cuts. I would argue that it requires the "artist" (in this case, the director) to be more "creative" in the way he/she tells the story.
I had a creative writing teacher in college who said that in most cases "less is more." I would tend to agree that this is true in many cases.
Some have said that the anime sequence (the origins of O-Ren Ishii) and B/W sequences (Uma filleting everyone) in the movie were done because those images would never have made it past the MPAA.
If the O-Ren Ishii origin sequences had been done "live action" they wouldn't have been nearly as artistically creative or interesting.
In the case of things going black-and-white when Uma is fighting -- I thought it was a very clever thing to do. She blinks her eyes and things go "grey." I thought it was an interesting touch and actually enhanced the artistic appeal of the movie.
Tarantino's movies are self-indulgent projects. "Kill Bill" may be the most self-indulgent of the bunch. He throws in everything but the kitchen sink into this film, and I can only imagine what lies in store for Volume 2.
I don't know when they might release a better version of Volume 1 on DVD. It might happen when Volume 2 is released or it might not.
I am still waiting for a version of "Pulp Fiction" that has a commentary track. QT's commentaries are very interesting and incredibly informative (see the "True Romance" commentary).
There are times when a director is forced to cut certain things from a movie, and sometimes the movie is better for having the cuts.
Some would argue that if the cuts come at the hand of the MPAA that they aren't necessarily "good" cuts. I would argue that it requires the "artist" (in this case, the director) to be more "creative" in the way he/she tells the story.
I had a creative writing teacher in college who said that in most cases "less is more." I would tend to agree that this is true in many cases.
Some have said that the anime sequence (the origins of O-Ren Ishii) and B/W sequences (Uma filleting everyone) in the movie were done because those images would never have made it past the MPAA.
If the O-Ren Ishii origin sequences had been done "live action" they wouldn't have been nearly as artistically creative or interesting.
In the case of things going black-and-white when Uma is fighting -- I thought it was a very clever thing to do. She blinks her eyes and things go "grey." I thought it was an interesting touch and actually enhanced the artistic appeal of the movie.
Tarantino's movies are self-indulgent projects. "Kill Bill" may be the most self-indulgent of the bunch. He throws in everything but the kitchen sink into this film, and I can only imagine what lies in store for Volume 2.
I don't know when they might release a better version of Volume 1 on DVD. It might happen when Volume 2 is released or it might not.
I am still waiting for a version of "Pulp Fiction" that has a commentary track. QT's commentaries are very interesting and incredibly informative (see the "True Romance" commentary).
