Critic’s Choice: ‘Kill Bill’ slays on at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Misguided though it may have been to cleave “Kill Bill” in two, the decision yielded more than just a maddening exercise in delayed gratification and ruptured narrative. It separated the individual flavors, genres and tonal extremities of Quentin Tarantino’s sprawling revenge epic into two distinct yin-and-yang halves, capable of being savored in isolation even when screened back-to-back.
“Kill Bill: Vol. 1” is pure kinetic bombardment and nihilistic attitude — playful, unrelenting and largely dialogue-free. “Kill Bill: Vol. 2” is like a soulful palate cleanser, longer on verbiage and richer in emotion. The two are connected less by narrative than by the feverish intensity of Tarantino’s genre-straddling cinephilia.
This Saturday’s Cinespia screening at Hollywood Forever Cemetery may not be “The Whole Bloody Affair,” the unofficial title of a combined single-film version (complete with extended 30-minute anime sequence) that has made the rounds in recent years. But any time there’s a chance to see Uma Thurman shred every enemy in her path, well, all is right in the jungle.
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‘Kill Bill Vol. 1’ and ‘Kill Bill Vol. 2’
Where: Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles
When: July 16, gates open at 7:15 p.m., movie starts at 9 p.m.
Tickets: $18
Info: cinespia.org/event/kill-bill/
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