Twin Bills: Theresa Duncan on Women and the Man in Two Recent Films“…while Tarantino’s Bride underst
Twin Bills: Theresa Duncan on Women and the Man in Two Recent Films“…while Tarantino’s Bride understands that we had to crawl before we could walk, and walk before we could disembowel our mortal enemies with supercool samurai moves. “That’s the world that this movie takes place in,” the director says. “EVERYBODY has a samurai sword.” Like many of his generation, Tarantino was not socialized to see the father as the center of the family–or of the culture. With his democratic vision of a samurai sword for every man, woman, and child, Tarantino abolishes established hierarchies on which elitism, superiority, and exclusion are built. If “Bill” represents a decaying social order, then Coppola’s Charlotte comes to praise Bill, and Tarantino’s Bride to bury him. Kill Bill is not your father’s action movie.“Theresa Duncan "Twin Bills: Theresa Duncan on Women and the Man in Two Recent Films” Artforum, Feb. 2004.~~Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 16:32:58.“Theresa Duncan article ‘Twin Bills’ on Tarantino and Coppola being reprinted with Artforum’s esteemed permission in the new volume of Gale’s Best American Literary Criticism.”After all that: $205 and all the glory I can handle….Best, TD~Email from Theresa.-Image: Kill Bill movie poster 2003, Quentin Tarantino director. -- source link
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