“Kill Bill: Vol. 1” Tarantino’s favorite genre movie: Kung Fu movie edition

“Kill Bill: Vol. 1” synopsis

The Bride was once called the strongest female agent in history in the underworld. During her wedding, she is attacked by Bill, her boss when she was an agent, and not only kills her beloved husband and the child she is pregnant with, but also suffers a gruesome lynching herself. When she wakes up from her coma, she decides to take revenge on Bill...

Index

• Video rental store is a film school
• Jimmy Wong, the one and only kung fu star
• “King Boxer/ Trading Places” and “More! Kung Fu”
• god bruce lee
• Lew Chaffee and Wu-Tang Clan
• Many kung fu movie homages
• The appeal of kung fu movies that attracted Tarantino

Video rental store is a film school

Quentin Tarantino did not go to a university film department or film school, but instead worked as a clerk at a video rental store in California called Manhattan Beach Video Archive, and took advantage of his privilege to watch tons of movies. was. There, he studied film, wrote screenplays, and eventually became a director, becoming a regular at Cannes and the Academy Awards.

In particular, the movies that have become his blood and soul are the so-called ``B-grade'' movies. Horror, action, crime, war, western, kung fu, Japanese monster movies, and even porn. There are too many genres that he loves.

“Kill Bill: Vol. 1” preview

Tarantino has created a patchwork of his favorite works, including the series ``Kill Bill: Vol. 1'' (2003) and `` Kill Bill Vol. 2 '' (2004). There are many "original stories" for the first work. Among them, this time I would like to focus on Kung Fu movies.

Jimmy Wong, the one and only kung fu star