Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair
2025-12-06
Toronto, ON

Feels like a cheat code logging this, but this was indeed the whole bloody affair! There's no doubt to me that this is the way Tarantino meant the film to be seen. Independently, volume 1 is more of an exercise in style, and experimentally draws from a whole host of influences, while volume 2 boils it down to its thematic core. Logically speaking, it makes a lot more sense to evaluate it as a whole, because what either half may appear to lack is offset by what the other offers. And it's just a whole lot more ballsy to feed this to audiences as a four hour action epic.

Watched on 70mm at the Varsity Cineplex. Full house for a matinee screening. This 70mm setup reminded me a lot of the Park Theatre in Vancouver.