A couple of film critics for the Star Tribune discuss Kill Bill's Oscar snub:

C.C.: The shutout of "Kill Bill Vol. 1" is a sad sign of the motion picture academy's stodgy approach to the nomination process. The film was the coolest of the cool last year, made with a craftsmanship and excitement for the possibilities of filmed entertainment that was matched by only a handful of features. For anyone interested in seeing movies that push the limits, it was the film to beat last year. Ignoring it because its creative roots reach down to disreputable low-budget revenge flicks is unforgivable snobbery.

J.S.: To have nominated "Kill Bill" would have reduced the prestige of winning an Oscar to one step above getting the Key to the City of Omaha. The movie was an exercise in excess and self-indulgence. Yes, some of the imagery was impressive -- the first time. But writer/director Quentin Tarantino was operating under the premise that anything worth doing once was worth doing four more times. His biggest accomplishment was convincing the studio that the movie was so brilliant that it couldn't be cut and, thus, had to be released in two installments. I could have cut it down to about half an hour -- including the trailers.

C.C.: Baloney. If "City of God," a Brazilian ghetto crime drama that's at least as bloody and wrenching as "Kill Bill," deserves a best-director nomination, Q.T. was robbed.

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I ran across a mention of Pulp Friction today and it got me wondering if there were other porn films that had parody titles taken from Tarantino's movies. I've only found three so far. Anybody know of others?

Pulp Friction
From Lust Till Dawn
Natural Born Thrillers

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The teaser trailer for Kill Bill Volume 2 is now online in Quicktime format. I like the black & white 1950's era style for it.

UPDATE: Apple now has the teaser at their site as well.

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DVDEmpire has posted the alleged artwork for the Kill Bill V1 DVD. Its basically just art from a European poster.

I suppose this means that the European DVD will just feature art from the USA posters?

The Volume I DVD is also available for pre-order @ Amazon or Amazon UK if you need a Region 2 disk.

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This is probably just Tarantino thinking outloud rather than a serious film idea, but you never know:

"I've thought of prequels and sequels," he said. "I had this great idea where we wait five years and come back not with the Bride as the main character, but Vernita's (Vivica A. Fox) daughter as the main character. It would be fifteen years in the future, and the Bride (Uma Thurman) would be in a wheelchair."

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A mildly humorous (so far) photoshopping of a photo from Kill Bill Volume II is currently happening over at Fark.

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The theatrical release date for Kill Bill Volume 2 has officially been pushed back to April 16th, 2004 in the US. It was originally scneduled for a February release. Rumor is, its worldwide opening may be at the Cannes Film Festival.

UPDATE: FoxNews has Quentin's explanation of the delay:

Tarantino told me that we will not be seeing "Kill Bill: Vol. 2" until April instead of the planned February release. "To make that date I would have had to come back from promoting ['Vol. 1'] and go right back into editing," he said. "I had to take a break."

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Amazon is now taking pre-orders for the Kill Bill DVD with a final release date of April 13th, 2004. The original release date for this disk was in February, but has been pushed back to have better timing for the release of Volume II of the film. Thanks to John for the heads-up on this.

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Not sure quite what to make of this, but there's a Kill Bill DVD on Amazon Marketplace for sale for about $26. The seller has a very high rating and a ton of transactions, so it may be legit.

UPDATE: Amazon has opened pre-orders for the Kill Bill DVD.

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Despite being nominated in 10 categories for the Online Film Critics Society year-end awards, Kill Bill failed to take home even a single award. Lord of the Rings: Return of the King dominated the awards with 9 wins on 11 nominations.

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Since there is an internet quiz for just about everything else, why not a quiz to see Which Kill Bill Character You Are. Its not a particularly clever quiz, but oh well.

Also, I noticed there is an official Russian Kill Bill site.

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Slate has named Kill Bill the 9th best film of 2003.
Up & Coming Magazine names Kill Bill one of 7 best of 2003.
Washington Post puts Kill Bill as 5th best of 2003. Or 2nd, depending on the critic.
Metro Weekly places Kill Bill 9th on its list.
The Toronto Star places Kill Bill as 7th best during 2003.
The Boston Globe puts Kill Bill in 4th.
Ebert ranks Kill Bill in 17th place for 2003, but Roeper puts Kill Bill in 15th place

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For those of you in the UK or Europe, the Region 2 Kill Bill DVD is available for pre-order from Amazon.co.uk. Us folks in the US will have to wait a bit before pre-orders open up for us.

UPDATE: Amazon has opened up pre-orders for the Kill Bill DVD here in the US also.

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