Speaking in 2004 (via EW), Tarantino shared that he initially saw his Kill Bill movies as his “Dollars Trilogy” (a reference to Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western trilogy) and wanted to do one every ten years. However, working on the first two movies was exhausting, and he said he would need “at least fifteen years."
The director still aimed to make Volume 3 as of 2009. He intended it as his ninth film, but that number instead went to the Oscar-winning Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Come 2012, he admitted that a third movie was off the table.
Kill Bill was planned and filmed as a single film. After editing began, the producer, Harvey Weinstein, who was known for pressuring filmmakers to shorten their films, suggested that Tarantino split the film in two. This meant Tarantino did not have to cut scenes, such as the anime sequence.
Volume 2 is the second of two Kill Bill films produced simultaneously; the first, Volume 1, was released six months earlier. They were originally set for a single release, but the film, with a runtime of over four hours, was divided in two.
A given story only has one beginning, middle, and end, but since Kill Bill is chopped into two volumes, Tarantino allowed his imagination to run wild when it came to placing each scene on its four-hour timeline.
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Why is her name censored in Kill Bill?
The Bride's name not being revealed until Kill Bill: Volume 2 also added an element of suspense to the first movie, and it has also been interpreted as Tarantino's way of making the audience part of this element of mystery while also making them detach emotionally from her.
Bill asks if Bud has kept up with his sword play, to which Bud remarks that he pawned his Hanzo sword. This we later find out is a lie, so clearly Bud is only saying this to wound his brother by leading him to believe he sold a priceless gift from his brother for only a couple hundred bucks.
With all that considered, “Kill Bill: Volume 1” still ranks higher on this list because of its mind-boggling action pieces and the essential groundwork it lays for “Kill Bill: Volume 2.” Without it, not even this description makes complete sense.
In reality, Kill Bill was split into two separate releases — Kill Bill: Volume 1 and the sequel Kill Bill: Volume 2, released in 2003 and 2004, respectively. As Kill Bill: Volume 2 is the continuation of the first part of the story, Tarantino is justified in considering the Kill Bill saga as just one film.
A car accident during the filming nearly killed Thurman, raising concerns about negligence and exploitation in the production process. Controversies surrounding Tarantino spitting on and choking Thurman during action scenes add to the troubling reality behind the making of Kill Bill.
The way Kill Bill looks is one thing that immediately jumps out. While Tarantino movies are always stylish and visually pleasing, Kill Bill stands out because of the diversity of its locations, its varied use of color, and the creativity/playfulness of its editing.
The Black Mamba represented her past with the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, and when she is betrayed by Bill (David Carradine) she is reborn as The Bride. It is not until Kill Bill: Volume 2 that Tarantino stops having The Bride's name censored out when her true identity is revealed as Beatrix Kiddo.
Bill being alive and his “death” scene being nothing more than a play-act with Beatrix would hurt The Bride's entire story, as she wouldn't have fulfilled her main plan and she and B.B. would still be in danger, as Bill proved many years ago that he can't be trusted, and he would definitely seek revenge at some point.
The movie often considered Tarantino's most violent is Kill Bill: Volume 1, mostly thanks to the scene where Beatrix Kiddo/The Bride (Uma Thurman) goes after O-Ren Shii (Lucy Liu) and her crew, though interestingly enough, that's not the Tarantino movie with the highest kill-count.
Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, originally distributed as two films in 2003 and 2004, was hailed upon its release as a landmark feminist action film, one that would enable women to take on the agentive, powerful roles typically reserved for male characters in cinema.
Bill was Hattori Hanzo's former student. It's implied that Bill used Hanzo's teachings for dishonorable purposes, causing Hanzo to retire because he didn't want his swords and teachings to be used for murder.
The reason he buried her alive instead of just letting her walk away is because he valued his own life, and he didn't want to die either. So with the flashlight and knife, at least she had some kind of chance. And knowing Beatrix, being buried alive was most likely just a simple obstacle for her.
Budd lies simply to hurt Bill. Obviously Bill and Budd are feuding and Bill must have done something to Budd (seeing as how Bill says, "Can't we just put the past in the past?"). The sword was a huge gift to Budd; to tell Bill that he sold it was just meant to be a crushing blow to his heart.
In Mexico, the Bride tracks Bill to a hotel and discovers that their daughter B.B. is still alive, now four years old. The Bride kills Bill using the five-point-palm exploding heart technique, taught to her by Pai Mai. Beatrix leaves with B.B. to start a new life.
Summary. Quentin Tarantino's next project, The Movie Critic, is confirmed to be his last film as a director, following his plan to retire after directing 10 movies. Tarantino will be shooting The Movie Critic in California, hinting at a possible Hollywood period story similar to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
