During this scene, the bride is beaten up and buried alive by Bill. In this scene, the main convention of the Thriller is the fear of being buried alive. Taratino plays on claustraphobia and makes the audience feel confined also with the use of the continuous close up making the audience feel uncomfortable.
Tarantino also uses intertextual references in his work In this scene in Kill Bill, he uses the same music as is used for the finalé of The Good, Bad and the Ugly.
The music; 'The Ecstacy of Gold' by Ennio Morricone plays in the finalé of The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and highlights the heroism of main character 'Blondie'. Music helps the audience to feel different emotions and this music makes us feel admiration for Blondie.
This same music is also played in the scene 4 of Kill Bill 2 for exactly the same reason. It is helping us to see how much of a hero the Bride is and showing us that she should have as much admiration for the Bride, as we do for Blondie. Another reason for using the same music for this scene is to show how the roles and views of women have changed from 1966 (the year G,B& the U was released) and 2004. In 1966, the man is still seen as the dominant gender represented by the typical male 'hero'. However, Tarrantino shows how the tables have been turned in 2004 by showing the hero as a woman. She has all the aspects of a male hero; strength, determination and skill and even manages to break out of a coffin after being buried alive. She is a femme fatale character however untraditional, as she is not 'glamourous'.
Your comments on Kill Bill 2 are minimal and seem incomplete. You also need to explain the purpose of the sound intertextual reference to The Good the Bad and the Ugly. You will need to write a great deal more than this when you analyse how director's utilise aspects of the thriller genre in their films.
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ReplyDeletei'm now finishing the intertextual references and am going to finish my questionaire tonight. Also, how can I improve my notes on the thriller genre then?
ReplyDeleteOne could say that in a contemporary sense The Bride is glamorous in that she's tall, good looking, fit, intelligent and determined. These are appealing aspects of The Bride and reflect another intertextual reference to Buffy the Vampire Slayer!
ReplyDeleteYou hve made some perceptive comments about The Bride as a contemporary femme fatale. comments here