Kill Bill - part 1

[ToddSchumacher]

A new trailer for Kill Bill is up.

This is the 4th film by Quentin Tarintino. But only Part one of it.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/kill_bill/volume_I/

At the end I think it said part 2 will come out in February.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Muchly looking forward to this. Should be great. Kung-fun action, good dialogue, good people involved... Can't wait.

 

[ForceUser]

This could be a great flick. I can't believe it's only Tarantino's fourth.

 

[Desdichado]

Aye, Kill Bill has all the trappins of a film to warm this old sea dog's heart, it does.

 

[Ranger REG]

Is it me, or are we seeing sequels coming out earlier than normal?

 

[Kai Lord]

Is it me, or are we seeing sequels coming out earlier than normal?

Kill Bill is a special case. Up until a month ago, it was one 3+ hour film. Then Miramax and Tarantino got the bright idea to chop into into two 90 minute "Volumes" and have movie-goers pay separately for each half. Can't say I'm incredibly thrilled with their little stunt.

 

[Dismas]

Kill Bill is a special case. Up until a month ago, it was one 3+ hour film. Then Miramax and Tarantino got the bright idea to chop into into two 90 minute "Volumes" and have movie-goers pay separately for each half. Can't say I'm incredibly thrilled with their little stunt.

As I understood it Miramax initially wanted a single 90 minute film. Tarantino managed to edit it down to 180 minutes and couldn't edit it down anymore. Losts of discussions about artistic integrity later it was split into two movies.

The 1973 Three Musketeers / Four Musketeers moivies were filmed as one movie (and the cast were told they were filming one moive) but was split into and released as two. They had to sue to get the money for making two movies.

 

[Kai Lord]

As I understood it Miramax initially wanted a single 90 minute film. Tarantino managed to edit it down to 180 minutes and couldn't edit it down anymore. Losts of discussions about artistic integrity later it was split into two movies.

Which is, of course, completely ridiculous. If Tarantino was left with 360 minutes of footage that he felt he just couldn't trim, then I could see it. But three hour films have been proven to be marketable and profitable for years now.

Return of the King will be $8-10 but Miramax has the gall to ask $16-20 to see Kill Bill in its entirety? Sure, just make it twice as good as Return of the King. As it stands I'll probably just wait until both Volumes are at the $2 theatre pubs. That's crap I'm just not going to support with my wallet.

 

[Berandor]

I can understand the cutting, even if I don't appreciate it. It is way better, however, than sequels being greenlighted before the first movie has opened, and often without a real script or idea. "Just more of the same", the porducers say, when I want the opposite, something fresh and new (which is possible even in sequel-territory).

grr, pet peeve.

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

How it happened was that Harvey Weinstein promised Quentin Tarantino, in his contract, that Tarantino would be allowed to shoot and release the unexpurgated script. When it came down to editing the film, Miramax realized that he'd made a 3+ hour kung fu movie, and began to get cold feet. As a compromise, and in keeping with the letter of the contract (if not the spirit), Weinstein and Tarantino agreed to divide the movie in half and release it in two chapters. Voila, Tarantino got to keep total creative control and release it under Miramax (his loyalty to the studio he helped put on the map shouldn't be discounted), and Harvey got to double his gross by making people see two movies instead of one AND maintain Miramax's artistic cred by not chopping a 3 hour movie into one 90 minute movie.

Worked out great for them, but I'm still shelling out $20 instead of $10 for a movie I would have gladly sat 3 hours for.