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Kill Bill Themes

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The Film “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” is directed by Quentin Tarantino, his fourth major film. In a brief genre classification of the film, it can be defined as a female lead samurai film. However it combines many aspects which bind it together in to a Grindhouse esque, female driven, revenge martial arts epic. In this essay I will look at the themes of revenge and the trope of the female action hero. More specifically I will be analysing and critiquing these themes within the scene named ‘Showdown at the house of the blue leaves’ and its importance as a whole. There is no denying that “Kill Bill: Vol. 1″ is a violent film, but after analyzing the function of the violence there is also no denying that the violence …show more content…

What makes the revenge possible whilst also giving The Bride super-human strength and conditions for the successful achievement of a practically irrational goal, are fighting techniques and strategies that originated in the Far East. Either the action choreography and martial artistry is spectacular and short or the emotional violation and response are compelling. To be “scary” a protagonist must possess either convincing martial skill or convincingly cruel conviction. Having initially characterized “The Bride” as scary, Tarantino argues that the audience ends up liking and admiring her since she is unstoppable. It is an interesting scenario comparing Tarantino's films to either western action films or to the films he chooses to homage in Kill Bill, Asian action films most notably of which are samurai themed pieces. Looking from the perspective of Western cinema, Tarantino bring a different approach to this scene which is hailed and analysed for its originality whilst taking certain values from films he was inspired by. “The sources of inspiration for Kill Bill thus show that the figure of the female warrior has its predecessors in film history” Smelik

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