Tuesday, November 04, 2003
So you have two women standing in the snow, one wearing a white kimono, the other in an orange bikers outfit with dark stripes, not unlike that worn by Bruce Lee in Game of Death (and surely no coinsidence)... both are armed with saumurai swords, and a pounding oriental style disco beat sets the mood.What in the world is going on?
Simple... God exists, and his name is Quentin Tarantino.
I consider myself fortunate to have an extensive library of movies, my tastes being varied and often unusual, to the extent that I am familiar with chinese and japanese heroic bloodshed and yukaza movies popularised by the likes of John Woo and Tekashi Kitano, american ultraviolent gangster movies by the likes of Martin Scorsese, and numerous Manga (anime) gorefests.
Now, take all of these, mix together with an absolute killer soundtrack, add a little David Lychesque weirdness, and simmer to perfection.
Tarantino has already proved he has a talent for taking a genre and making it his own... Resevior Dogs is in truth an almost straight copy of Ringo Lam's City On Fire... but this.... this is something entirely different. This is no mere pastiche of a recognised genre... this is a truly valid masterpiece of that genre, while adding its own recognisable twist without diluting the basic content.
Ummm... just for anyone who hasn't figured it out, and as someone who likes to think he knows what he's talking about on such matters... I can honestly say Kill Bill Volume One is an absolute work of art. Easilly the best film released this year... and there've been some VERY good ones.
Labels: movies
Steve 11:41 PM [+]
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