Kill Bill Vol. 2
2004. Less stylised than Vol. 1, Tarantino dials in his Sergio Leone debt: long ranch standoffs, telephoto closeups, Morricone musical cues throughout.
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4 moments in this segment.
- - Executioners from Shaolin: Lau Kar-leung's 1977 Shaw Brothers film featuring Pai Mei as the villain.. 馃摴 Executioners From Shaolin(1977)-"Priest Pai Mei...again" Lau Kar-leung's 1977 Shaw Brothers film featuring Pai Mei as the villain. Referenced in Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004). Pai Mei is a transplanted Shaw Brothers villain; Gordon Liu (who plays Pai Mei in Kill Bill) was also in the 1977 original Shaolin films.
- - Kill Bill Vol. 2: The Bride is buried alive in a wooden coffin.. 馃摴 Classic Quentin: Kill Bill Vol. 2 "Buried Alive" HD The Bride is buried alive in a wooden coffin. Tarantino has cited multiple 1970s Italian crime/spy films for the buried-alive trope; Kill is the most-cited specific source.
- - Kill Bill Vol. 2: Pai Mei trains the Bride in the five-point palm exploding heart technique.. 馃摴 Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) - The Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique Scene (12/12) | Movieclips Pai Mei trains the Bride in the five-point palm exploding heart technique. Pai Mei is a transplanted Shaw Brothers villain; Gordon Liu (who plays Pai Mei in Kill Bill) was also in the 1977 original Shaolin films.
- - On A Fistful of Dollars. Tarantino on Sergio Leone's 1964 western and what it changed about screen heroes and screen violence. The Leone grammar he describes is worked straight into the ranch standoffs and telephoto closeups of Kill Bill Vol. 2.
