That was a really fantastic review of Kill Bill. I, too, couldn't take my eyes off of it, and kept playing the name-that-influence game.
Obviously Taratino found it and watched it. The fight with Go-Go in some respects is directly from Battle Royal.
Yes. Her character doesn't even seem all that much different, though her nifty little slicing-dicing ball and chain was a pretty damn cool weapon. And Tarantino's actually been extremely effusive in his praise to Kinji Fukasaku, the director of Battle Royale. He acknowledges Fukasaku as a heavy influence in his work. (And Battle Royale's not at all difficult to come by if you have the internet. eBay always has the special edition - with much superior captioning to the original and more scenes with plot - for under $20.)
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Date: 2003-11-03 09:31 am (UTC)That was a really fantastic review of Kill Bill. I, too, couldn't take my eyes off of it, and kept playing the name-that-influence game.
Obviously Taratino found it and watched it. The fight with Go-Go in some respects is directly from Battle Royal.
Yes. Her character doesn't even seem all that much different, though her nifty little slicing-dicing ball and chain was a pretty damn cool weapon. And Tarantino's actually been extremely effusive in his praise to Kinji Fukasaku, the director of Battle Royale. He acknowledges Fukasaku as a heavy influence in his work. (And Battle Royale's not at all difficult to come by if you have the internet. eBay always has the special edition - with much superior captioning to the original and more scenes with plot - for under $20.)