Subversive art! Grandieur filmmaking!

Rating: 10/10 (13 October 2003)

I've seen Kill Bill twice so far and there's no doubt that we are in front of the best film of the year and one of the most exciting piece of cinema to come in a long time.
Just as it happened with Pulp Fiction, the movie will go down on history and it's destined to become a cult classic in a blink of an eye.
Being said that, that it is a cult film, it will no doubt polarize audiences in a very violent way, just as it happened with such bold works of art as Magnolia, Dancer In The Dark or even Pulp Fiction. Art should be subversive. Kill Bill is.
What's the most amazing thing about Kill Bill? To me, it is Tarantino's extraordinary ability to "steal" from every possible genre and make them his very own.
Let's face it, this could be material for a B movie or worst, but through Tarantino's vision, Robert Richardson's masterful cinematography, the sharp dialogue, Uma's one of a kind performance and the epic soundtrack that makes you feel like you're watching a Sergio Leone / Ennio Morricone film on acid, Kill Bill feels like the most original, extravagant and hyper cool movie we always wanted to see.
Kill Bill it's already there, in my top ten list of all time, along with Rosemary's Baby, The Godfather, Dancer In The Dark, Pulp Fiction, Vertigo, and all the movies that, for being such strong works of art, you either love them or hate them, but you can not be gray about it. And Tarantino is not mediocre.