How Kill Bill Was Secretly Tarantino's Bruce Lee Revenge Film

[@dasamont8274]

My favorite fun fact about Bruce Lee is that he was too fast for the cameras when they filmed The Green Hornet. So he had to slow his movements down physically, and then they had to slow him down in post as well

[@PirataMundoTV]

They also had to do the same for Wesley Snipes in Blade and Demolition Man

[@tdgz8941]

Yea most people dont try to punch there fastest when there acting. Always thought this story was weird as hell lol.

[@brennan4159]

@@tdgz8941 yeah really this story is just an example of his inexperience in film at the time.

[@j.murphy4884]

That's really not that impressive with late 1960s film cameras lol.

[@sliderx1897]

It was also frequently done for Jet Li

[@ab-mi9vf]

small nitpick: kill bill is not a duology, tarantino wrote and shot it as one film but it was released as two because it was too long and he was pressured to shorten it. instead of cutting content he just made it into two films

[@phoenix21studios]

You’re correct. You’d think the guy would research what he is talking about

[@phoenix21studios]

@lopez according to what standard?

[@phoenix21studios]

@lopez "regardless of reason" you said.

[@phoenix21studios]

@lopez you have no idea what you are talking about.

[@DiabloTommaso]

Still it s a duology. Maybe he should have mentioned the fact you are pointing out... but it s a small nitpick

[@APR944]

I’ve always wondered about a Volume 3. You have Elle Driver who has lost both eyes but not dead (her other senses could be heightened and more vengeful), Vernita Green’s daughter Nakia who witnessed her mom’s slaying (if you still feel raw about it I’ll be waiting) Beatrix and her daughter. I think there’s so much alone there to build and incredible story.

[@mirellalastar]

But I don't want Uma to work with QT again after what he had done to her. And she's in her 50's, I don't think she can do these fights anymore.

[@didi6272]

Don't forget Sofie. There is a theory that Sofie was left all of Bill's money.

[@didi6272]

@@mirellalastar I think she forgave him and she could totally do all the fights and if not, there is a stunt double for that.

[@shantodas8184]

@@mirellalastar what did QT do to her? sorry my ignorance

[@Duncan_Idaho_Potato]

@@shantodas8184 Two things. 1: On the set of Kill Bill, QT insisted that Uma perform a driving stunt that she did not want to do. She reluctantly performed the stunt and was permanently injured as a result. 2: Uma was sexually assaulted by executive producer Harvey Weinstein. When she told QT about the assault, he made excuses for Weinstein. There aren't a lot of details available beyond that, but what @Didi said is also true; Uma Thurman has said that she forgives QT and is open to working with him again in the future.

[@isaiahvoss]

What's funny is why Quentin Tarantino was questioned in 2003 about using violence in his films are "Because it's so much fun Jan" but his love for film history is how his films are connected. In order to make a great movie, you have to use poetry between the lines through the characters that are being represented with old ideas turned into modernized versions of these characters.

[@Gonk]

He's just the master of remixed old ideas into his projects it's his super power and I love it.

[@hamoiq908]

@@Gonk watched a documentary he really was just a film nerd who wanted to act but couldn’t so he made films

[@chrisbach1533]

Cool quote Isaiah! And for ppl who dont get it, he said "fun Jan". Junfan is Lee s real first name, Bruce was only an alias name.

[@isaiahvoss]

@@chrisbach1533 it was actually from an interview in 2003 when he did Kill Bill Vol. 1. He was questioned by the amount of violence he uses in his movies and he got pissed off by saying that quote during the interview to shut down the interviewer that was interviewing Quentin at the time.

[@EH45896]

now we know its so much jun fan

[@dmzhan2]

Fun fact, since Django and reusing actors were mentioned. The slave owner that lost the slaver fight in Quentin's version was the OG actor for the original 1966 Django movie. The interaction when Jamie's Django spelled his name with the D being silent in which the other man replies, "I know." It serves as a passing of the torch while simultaneously serves as a poc character fighting back against the oppression that was upon them.

[@theronraam23]

He's even wearing the original costume, which warrants a compliment from Django

[@JarlStaubhold]

Franco Nero

[@ronniedio7013]

Frano Nero. Acting legend. He cost another minority a job as a ninja in enter the ninja

[@mike1967sam]

1:53 My friend no disrespect intended but it seems you know as much about Bruce Lee as I do about building space shuttles. Bruce did NOT die while shooting Game of Death. Bruce was shooting all the main fight scenes in Game of Death and concluded them when he was contacted to shoot Enter The Dragon. Bruce finished Enter the Dragon and 3 weeks before Enter the Dragon hit the theaters Bruce died.

[@phoenix21studios]

It’s a pretty poor video

[@torachan23]

I love how without getting confirmation from the person they're talking about, KZbinrs make these declarative statements about what someone else's motives and goals were when all they have to go on is speculation and drawing parallels based on their imagination.

[@JamieSwitzer]

Yeah really. If Tarantino made Kill Bill about Bruce Lee's life and career, then why wouldn't he have made the film more directly about him then? Why bury it underneath all subtext and references? This video implies that it's all about him, then why didn't Tarantino simply make a film about Bruce Lee then? Yes there's a bunch of connections to Bruce Lee, but it's not an autobiography.

[@katokianimation]

Made up bs based on fictional story on the internet 2000's we called it fan fiction 2010's we called it theory 2020's now it is just called fact...

[@voiceoverandmocapguy]

Everyone's a film critic on KZbin. Take a buzz word and make a video about. Profit

[@Mantrahiroshima]

Not only is it this idiotic video creator it’s like 80% of the commenters too claiming tarantino and bruce lee knew each other personally among many other complete falsehoods. So many fucking idiots here spreading lies it’s crazy.

[@bhodili-3396]

This Video Is Worthless Clickbait.

[@metrostephen53]

QTs says the exact opposite of this thesis, in his own words, on Joe Rogans podcast. I don't remember his exact words, but it basically boils down to him saying that Bruce Lee was either lying or trying to claim credit/discrimination after the fact regarding the idea that Kung Fu was stolen from him. And I believe Lee's widow pushed that story.. I may be misremembering, but it's worth a listen.

[@chrisbach1533]

Not exactly. Lee himself never mentioned Kung Fu was stolen from him. He had his own project named The Warrior but it was never filmed until recently. Lee s lying widow claimed later Hollywood stole it. His widow Cadwell is a pathological liar and if you ask me she was maybe even responsible for his death. Their marriage was done and the divorce very close. Lee was busy with many other women during their marriage, and it came slowly to an end. Then he died and she and her lover the LA lawyer Adrian Marshall build the Lee Estate.

[@sampson3121]

Writers, Director, Studio executives and close friends all say it was his idea. Even in death he is having his work stolen. Stop being sooo white.

[@voiceoverandmocapguy]

Exactly, how the hell this video was written, approved, and edited baffles me. He used the iconic Bruce Lee outfit to make a cheap reference. QT likes action and kung fu. But theres nothing more to it than that.

[@simonriley983]

Author: "I chose the color of the curtains randomly, there is no deeper meaning" Ppl who do literary analysis: Riiiiiightttt

[@sampson3121]

@@voiceoverandmocapguy That and the whole fighting sequences lol. One fighter in a dojo fighting 10+ fighters? Yeah, that's all Bruce Lee.

[@Faenwolf]

David Carradine was not the first choice for the role of Bill… before him there were Warren Beatty, Kevin Costner, Jack Nicholson, Kurt Russell, Mickey Rourke, and Burt Reynolds… still the final outcome was for the best. Carradine was great in that role.

[@YouAwakeYet]

Never knew this......but I can't picture anyone else other than Carradine

[@trinaisspeakin4539]

I actually couldn’t see anyone else in that role. I always thought it was homage to his Kung Fu character.

[@kingcrustytut7544]

crazy how channels just make shit up

[@_khooman_chronicles_]

I don't understand how this essay claims that Kill Bill is all about Bruce Lee's life, yet fails to explain how he has shown in a bad light in "Once upon a time in Hollywood".

[@devforfun5618]

well, i heard some similar stories about Bruce Lee, like when he scared Burt Ward from Batman and Robin when they made a crossover, i believe his family is right that he was a nice and polite guy, and i also believe that he would sometimes play a cocky guy to impress american movie executives, the main reason of that scene was to show how tough Cliff was, and what better way than by putting him against Bruce Lee ?

[@transmogrification245]

The way Bruce Lee was handled is sad in once upon a time. His speed was just simply ignored.

[@adriangonzalez3600]

@@transmogrification245 The only reason why Cliff is able to "win round 2" is because Young Bruce Lee is cocky enough to try and win with the same move twice in a row. I think it's heavily implied that Bruce Lee will "win round 3", at least in my book. The fight is based off a true story where a Young Bruce Lee wasn't literally pulling his punches with other stuntmen, and he gets into a fight with Gene LaBell who is a trained martial artist himself and able to grapple/pin Bruce Lee in a fight. Lastly, the movie ends with a Bruce Lee that has moved past their "young cocky phase" when shown training with others and is becoming the legend that we know them to be.

[@thevideocommenter3061]

@@adriangonzalez3600 Tarantino did originally wanted Bruce Lee to lose round 3 as well. Brad Pitt went "come on man, it's Bruce Lee" and Tarantino had to favor him.

[@danielrc14]

Video essays are a such a bad genre of videos in general, I don't know why I keep falling for this shit and clicking on the videos.

[@tecpaocelotl]

I was surprised how many people didn't know about the bruce lee reference. I wore my yellow and black tracksuit and someone referenced Kill Bill. I was confused but remembered the Bride wore a similar outfit.

[@caseypearce3601]

Tarantino was NOT trying to avenge Lee’s legacy regarding “Kung Fu.” QT regards the story of ABC stealing the show idea from Lee as a rumor, and in fact thoroughly debunks it. He thinks it’s bullshit. He has stated very specifically as such. He loves David Carradine. And Kung Fu. And Lee. He’s admitted to not feeling as much reverence to Lee as the general public, and he thinks “enter the dragon” was “a piece of shit.” But obviously he loves Lee and most of his movies. But this whole avenging racism motive you’re describing here is rejected by the mouth of QT himself.

[@omniframe8612]

Thank YOU!!! This video is 🗑 trash.

[@mooncaketin]

David, not Keith, Carradine

[@caseypearce3601]

@@mooncaketin oh whoops…wrong brother lol. Gonna correct that

[@chrisheimva4857]

This video lost me the moment it said "Pulp Fiction wasn't making a statement on the movie genres it's taking after" which made me sincerely wonder if the guy actually understands PF. I feel like the whole movie is driving home the point that the criminal lifestyle is unglamorous and will always end badly. Every story in PF is about people being given second chances to start their life over and leave their dangerous lives behind. Guess what happened to Vincent when he ignored the "sign from God", he got killed. Plus let's not forget how the extensive sequence were Jules and Vincent have to dispose a body. PF is very much subverting the idea of criminals being cool rebels who lead glamorous lives.

[@andrewjenkins1343]

Not to mention Tarantino wrote Bill's part for Warren Beatty, who declined.

[@jajboi]

While I agree that Tarantino was influenced and inspired by Bruce Lee and his films, Kill Bill's narrative has a lot more in common with the narrative of 'Lady Snowblood' (not 'Princess Snowblood' as you called it). The green hornet theme, the costume design, and the attacking of the feet (which was a nice inclusion) is directly linked to Bruce Lee and his filmography. However, the narrative of a vengeful woman hunting down those who have wronged her off of a list, killing them one by one before ending with a battle in the snow (Kill Bill's narrative) is identical to Lady Snowblood, not Bruce Lee's life or films.

[@kemisomolefhi5638]

The only reference to Lady Snowblood is through Lucy Liu's character. She's the only one in the movie who completely mirrors that character, she has her own revenge sequence and even ends up dying in the snow just like in Lady Snowblood. The entire film is about Bruce Lee, and Asian cinema specifically. Gordon Liu plays Pai Mei here, Pai Mei was a well established villain in Chinese cinema and on six occasions across six or more different films he fights and is sometimes defeated by characters all played by Gordon Liu in the climax. Gordon Liu has basically faced Pai Mei like six times and Tarantino completely turned the tables and turned him into his own worst nightmare. It's beautifully symmetrical if you've actually seen the Asian movies referenced here, one other film they keep coming back to with the Japanese references is Shogun assassin or the Lone Wolf and Cub series. They pay this off in the last sequence of Kill Bill 2 when the bride is watching it with her daughter, Ogami currently holds the record for the deadliest character in cinematic history and in Kill Bill the Bride supposedly faces 88 swordsmen only to cut them all down. Ogami in Lone Wolf and Cub White Heaven in Hell kills 150 in a single sequence. It's all Asian cinema with a touch of old spaghetti western cinematography, which Bruce was a huge fan of.

[@DIOBrando-ij2bp]

​@@kemisomolefhi5638 That’s not even kind of true. O-Ren Ishii is just the character who is the most overt reference to a character in Lady Snowblood. But the whole movie of Lady Snowblood is to Kill Bill what The Hidden Fortress is to Star Wars. There’s other references too, like the shot of the Deadly Viper Squad looking down at the Bride in the church, and Bud’s character is similar to one in Lady Snowblood too. Kill Bill isn’t even specifically about Asian cinema. Tarantino is pulling from Asian cinema, but he’s also pulling from Italian movies, (both westerns and horror films) and exploitation and revenge films in general.

[@kemisomolefhi5638]

@@DIOBrando-ij2bp Ok

[@tvsonicserbia5140]

@@kemisomolefhi5638 Kill Bill Vol 1. is almost beat by beat Lady Snowblood, even the part with Vivica Vox's daughter is in Lady Snowblood with a daughter of one of the assassin's who kills Lady Snowblood in the end. And she acts towards her in a very similar manner as The Bride when they first meet. Also the Crazy 88 wear masks because a similar scene in lady snowblood takes place during a masked party.

[@tvsonicserbia5140]

It can be translated as Princess Snowblood too

[@zerotoux]

I really appreciate this episode! Thank you for sharing the story of Bruce Lee

[@ltlbuddha]

If Kill Bill was a loving homage to Bruce Lee, how does on explain the scene in Once Upon a Time? Serious question, because the two don't reconcile without a massive change in POV. I'd argue that Kill Bill is more about Tarrantino than Lee. As in several other of his films, Tarrantino solves history. These are his fantasies about the world in which he is the (not so) secret hero. I like most of his work, this isn't coming from a place of hate, just a realistic one

[@craigshields8806]

I never got why people (other than Bruce's daughter) where so upset with Once Upon a Time. That scene was more about the ability and legend of Cliff Booth than it was about Bruce. I mean if you were going to show how badass a dude was in 1969 Hollywood, who better to have him go up against then Bruce Lee? Also, Bruce did talk a lot of sh*t. And that's ok. No need to canonize someone just because they are dead. Why couldn't he be a bit of an a-hole too like the rest of society. Lol We all got flaws.

[@ryand4533]

@@craigshields8806 Because he was a real life super hero to hundreds of millions of people. Yes we all have flaws but that doesn’t mean we are all assholes🤦‍♂️ Also QT is a low key racist and I’m sure many people get that from his work.

[@craigshields8806]

@@ryand4533 Yeah, but he's not a super hero. He was a man like the rest of us. Maybe stop putting people on pedestals. Also, I can't see QT racist. He does make fun of racism in this country quite a bit in his films but a racist isn't going to feature a film with a female black lead. Everybody you don't like is not a racist.

[@ryand4533]

@@craigshields8806 Why wouldn’t a racist feature a female black lead?? He’s making money on her it’s business 🤦‍♂️ People have lost touch with reality when it comes to racism. Many house slaves were treated humanely compared to their counter parts in the fields. Even had sex with some of them. If a slave owner has sex with one of his slave is he no longer racist?

[@craigshields8806]

@@ryand4533 Thanks white guy for explaining racism to me. Lol GTFOH

[@theriffwriter2194]

This video clarifies so much for me. I was always perplexed by Carradine's casting in Kill Bill. Solely, at least for me, he always epitomized Hollywood's rigid racism due to him taking Lee's role. From Inglorious Bastards to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Tarantino often uses cinema to right wrongs. Now I finally get it!

[@ciscodisco3590]

This video is more of a fan theory than an essay

[@jas_bataille]

Ah you finally get it!!! :D Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is depicting Hollywood form the point of views of racist bigot producers, NOT Tarantino's point of view. It's supposed to make you feel this way because it's about how effed up Hollywood really is. Pulp Fiction put the traditional American hero in the role of the vilain and the traditional villains in the role of heroes. Kill Bill kill the "Catwoman" trope of a woman with deadly skills who ultimately is still a fragile creature unable to kill, which is sexism with extra-steps. Inglorious Bastards shows us how ultimately, war is just a terrible thing and that, in the end, extremists on both sides are pretty much as psychopathic as one another (although it was satisfying to witness the Nazis's demise of course!). Tarantino spent his career doing this and I've been saying this for y e a r s...! Matter of fact I want to start a KZbin channel about cinema and the first video would be specifically about that. Thank you I'm not the only who gets it lol

[@sadetwizelve]

DUDE,TARANTINO CONFIRMED NONE OF THIS! TARANTINO IS JUST A BIG COPYCAT,HE WASN'T TRYING TO MAKE IT ABOUT BRUCE. QUENTIN JUST COPIES SHOTS AND LOOKS HE LIKES...THAT'S IT.

[@chinneths1]

Caradine wasn't his first choice.

[@chinneths1]

Ridiculous, Caradine wasn't even his first choice for the part! LOL!

[@grapeshot]

My favorite part of Kill Bill vol 1 is the fight between the Bride and Go-Go. Also I've had a crush on Go-Go since Battle Royale.

[@lvl5charmander]

wtf

[@grapeshot]

@@lvl5charmander it is what it is.

[@learnedeldersofteemo8917]

@@grapeshot ahh battle royale must have been 10 years since I watched that last, thanks for the reminder I will dig out the dvd tonight!

[@deathbymazda]

But do you wish to penetrate her?

[@ggMwaniki]

Great fight but O-Ren vs the bride was top for me,. The music, the setting, the choreography, dialogue. Everything was on point

[@Ed-qy1bg]

When I pull down on my subscriptions tab and Nerdstalgic pops up… it’s like a reward.

[@RuslanKD]

Wow huge fan of Lee and Kill Bill, you articulated masterfully what i instinctively felt decades ago 🤯

[@keyboardevangelist]

Brother!. Should a christian be enjoying such movies😅🤣🤣

[@keyboardevangelist]

I love your channel..

[@IvanValance]

so you were stupid decades ago too

[@iainronald4217]

If you want to see an awesome show that is almost Bruce Lee's vision for The Warrior, check out the HBO show Warrior starring Andrew Koji, it's exactly the plot described but also feels like Gangs of New York from a Chinese viewpoint. It's just also one of the best shows I've watched.

[@Bobbytheman98]

HBO’s warrior is the show that Bruce lee wrote. It was brought to life by his daughter but changed to fit modern television.

[@gagank.b.6412]

@@Bobbytheman98 damn

[@JohnSiddique]

Did not know this existed- will be checking out today. Thank you. I actually loved Kung Fu when. I was 8 when it came out… would have been amazing if Bruce had been the lead

[@thediaz07]

Oh F$ck I want to watch it. It's airing rn???

[@iainronald4217]

@@thediaz07 It’s streaming

[@GhostofBelleIsle]

Bruce Lee's project "The Warrior" (originally "Ah Sahm") was something entirely separate from Kung Fu, and pitched after Kung Fu was already in development. The concept for Kung Fu was developed by two guys called Ed Spielman and Howard Friedlander, independent of Bruce. So this idea that Bruce walked into ABC, pitched his story, then they went behind his back and stole it is not what happened at all. ABC/Warner Bros offered Bruce a deal for the project but according to Linda he wanted to wait to see how "Big Boss" did at the box office to strengthen his negotiating position. By then it was too late, the shows were too similar and Kung Fu was farther along in development so they went with it, plus he was contractually obligated to do one more movie back home, "Fist of Fury". Both Paramount and Warner Bros. were courting Bruce for a TV development deal. I got all this from Matthew Polly's biography. I love Bruce Lee. I've loved his movies since I was a kid, but the guy wasn't some god. He wasn't always the perfect, humble, always wise, infallible hero people make him out to be. People criticized Tarantino for portraying Lee as cocky and arrogant, well he auditioned for the role in Kung Fu (to play a calm Shaolin monk, who only uses violence as a last resort) by kicking in the door and waving nunchuks at the guy and telling him to feel his muscles, so...

[@rumination2399]

Dunno if that’s true but it’s at least as credible as this video which acts like only one theme drove the film, which I very much doubt.

[@SynthApprentice]

But, regardless of whether or not that's all true, none of that really matters to the creation of Kill Bill if Quentin doesn't agree with that story.

[@duannadin]

Yea, but racism! Bruce was did a lot of movies with race not being an issue until Kung fu. Evidence of racism? Casting a white man! I wish I could read the minds of people back in time. Geez

[@killahcro5664]

Sure random white man. You are talking like you were in the room. You are just a fool regurgitating stories told by the exact kind of racist people that denied Bruce Lee's massive talent. The fact that you spout your BS with so much confidence is embarrassing. Polly is a huge fan of the Kung Fu series. But you think a HUGE fans of a series would give a unbiases account, huh?

[@dextergarner1286]

🙄Whatever let’s you sleep at night.

[@r.b.1170]

I've enjoyed a couple of your videos, but this one I don't agree with. I wanted more clarification and reasoning on Bruce Lee's portrayal in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. You say Tarantino respects Bruce Lee with Kill Bill, yet you don't address Tarantino's recent response to Bruce Lee's family. He claims knowing more about Lee than them and that his portrayal/mockery in the movie was justified. This video just seems biased, and not enough research was done.

[@nUmBskulLL]

Bro. The Hollywood scene was clearly comedic in tone. Watch it again and try to keep in mind the idea that Tarantino is trying to use it to build up Pitts character, not to take down lees

[@RafaelReyesJr]

@@nUmBskulLL Didn't QT defend his protrayal of events as a historical fact? I thought I saw that in an interview once. I think it was even brought up on an espisdeo of Joe Rogan.

[@LuxArt1000]

@@nUmBskulLL so, that doesn’t make it any less disrespectful.

[@nUmBskulLL]

@@LuxArt1000 fair play. I actually thought it was kinda funny. And I am a Bruce Lee fan.

[@fiztaqt2343]

Who else has noticed that critics and analysts of all kinds of media have a habit of assuming their theories to be a matter of fact? I've seen enough interviews of bands being like "it's cool that critics think we were making a profound statement, but we were just thinking of whatever BS we could to get the record done" and stuff like that, to make it clear that a theory can fit the work perfectly, and even so that doesn't automatically tell us it was the artist's intention. Ideas like this are awesome as musings, but perhaps should be left at that... Which is fine...😎

[@hugostiglitz9864]

He gave his Bruce Lee character a samurai sword. Doesn't sound like something Bruce would approve of.

[@esbeng.s.a9761]

If I dont remember wrong Terrotine said on Joe Rogan spotify, that it might have been Bruce who stole the idea, as he had interview the person who made it. Also Bruce ordiction to play the main charactor but didn't get the roll as nobody knew who he was

[@wonkygustav4457]

Tarantino was incredibly jealous of Bruce Lee and I’m not surprised, he is a legend!

[@phoenix21studios]

……

[@From-North-Jersey]

Are you insane? why would a Caucasian writer director with a palm d'ore be jealous of an asian chopsockey movie star who's movies are poorly edited and foley-ed by deaf people? Apples and dragon fruit comparison there chief. You could say Tarantino was a bigger fan of the men in asian cinema who worked harder than bruce lee and never got as famous despite never having coasted, phoning it in, or resting on their famous laurels even once. You say "bruce lee" like you are an authority, Quintin counters with "Sonny Chiba" you ask "Who?" Quintin smiles

[@wonkygustav4457]

@@From-North-Jersey lol he’s jealous because Bruce Lee is more famous than him lol

[@From-North-Jersey]

@@wonkygustav4457 Quinten has made 9 movies that are beloved. Lee made one didn't suck. Chopsockey kunk fu movies are not real movies they are just for kids.

[@wonkygustav4457]

@@From-North-Jersey you sound as jealous as Tarantino lol Bruce is a legend, Tarantino is not.

[@jcbvortex22]

It’s like Kill Bill is an entire collection of Easter eggs called a movie

[@maxhydekyle2425]

"Let's make a Kung Fu show!" "Okay well I've got some great Asian actors lined up fo-" "Asian actors?! What do you think we're making? Chicken fried rice?"

[@robd1329]

...lets hire Joseph Gordon Levitt!

[@From-North-Jersey]

no, roast pork egg fu yung.

[@AsonFrio]

Great video! I was really hoping you would touch upon why he then tarnished (?) the legacy of Bruce Lee in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It makes no sense to me that he would respect Bruce Lee’s personal narrative enough to write a posthumous revenge story, then later characterize him as a hack of sorts?

[@mrblonde432]

I think he more wanted to show how much of a badass Cliff Booth is that he could hold his own with Bruce Lee. This makes him taking out the Manson Family much more plausible.

[@uneddieucated]

Wasn't the whole sequence with Bruce a daydream of Cliff's? It cuts back to Cliff on the roof fixing the tv antenna sort of chuckling, I just assumed he was bored and sort of rationalizing why he shouldn't go and try to get work on the show.

[@kingcrustytut7544]

He didnt tarnish his legacy, he showed reality. A man who was in war, and larger than bruce, would beat the dog shit out of him. The guy is a trained killer, Bruce never had a real fight in his life he only trained and did movies.

[@kingcrustytut7544]

@@uneddieucated Not how quentin said it was, Quentin said Cliff beat him because the movie is based in reality, and a veteran with the skills Cliff had, and being significantly larger than Bruce, would clearly beat him in a fight.

[@Stathio]

@@kingcrustytut7544 Bruce Lee grew up getting into street fights , and eventually created his own damn martial art by studying every possible type of combat and combing learnings from all of them. You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. That whole Bruce Lee scene in Hollywood really didn't make a bit of sense and kinda made it hard for me to buy into the rest of the movie, personally. Felt like a real low-point for Tarantino, honestly, as much as I love the guy and what he creates.

[@jezlock13]

The Yellow track suit, though from Bruce's Game of Death was actually an homage to the Bruce Lee lookalikes that came after his death. QT is a fan of Shaw Brothers and exploitation Kung Fu and isn't a fan of Lee in general. Uma represented QT's favorite Lee lookalikes while the Crazy 88s dressed in Kato/Green Hornet masks are meant to be the Lee purists. It's actually his way of saying FU to the Lee fandom since he prefers other Kung Fu stars. QT never was a fan of Lee.

[@4starmanny1]

Yes interested. Is that why Uma has FU written on the bottom of her shoes when she enters the House of Blue Leaves in that underneath glass floor shot? What are tarantino's fav brucesploitation movies?

[@asa-punkatsouthvinland7145]

Makes sense because in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood he clearly didn't make Bruce look good. If Tarantino was a B Lee fan he would have not done him like that I'd think.

[@iamkinley123]

Bruce was very arrogant to the point of being an a hole. QT didn't make him look bad. He made him look authentic to who he was. At least in some peoples eyes. And he did get manhandled by that wrestling stuntman (cant place his name) not like the movie portrayed though.

[@GoldenbellTraining]

@@iamkinley123 There's no truth to the Gene Lebell story.

[@GoldenbellTraining]

Interesting idea about it being Brucesploitation vs Bruce's legacy. I may have heard that somewhere else 🤔🙂

[@albertvalenzuela2282]

I agree with everything you said, which I found odd when he portrayed Lee in a negative light in “once upon a time in Hollywood”. He asked about it on JRE, he actually had a negative opinion on Lee, which I found really surprising.

[@GoldenbellTraining]

Had a negative opinion of Lee, and proceeded to say everything he doesn't know about Bruce. I had fun watching Tarantino put his entire foot in his mouth 😂

[@JohnWilliams-wl9px]

There another comment that says Kill Bill isn’t about Bruce Lee at all because tartanio hated the man. Instead it’s about the Hong Kong film industry which Quentin is a vocal critic for how terrible the behind the scenes it is. Mostly alluding to casting couche.

[@JohnWilliams-wl9px]

@dsnyoutube yep

[@nth7273]

Goldenbell Training channel has a good take on it being about how Bruce Lee imitators were better than him per QT's opinion.

[@helenomstreken7577]

Interesting take, especially considering tarantinos harsh words about Lee on Joe Rogans podcast not that long ago.

[@robertpaulson8790]

Kill Bill is actually the pilot episode of the TV show that Mia Wallace filmed in Pulp Fiction.

[@ClipCoyote]

This is a fun thought exercise but Tarrantino has said himself that Carradine was far from his first choice for Bill. The other ties are very real though. The outsider or underdog archetype and the ties to the movies he loved growing up. I would call it more of a love letter like all of his other movies especially Jackie Brown.

[@richardtseng9535]

I really enjoyed your essay but I don't fully agree with your thesis. I don't think one can deny that, when it comes to Asians, Tarantino is at least a little racist. Also, he really loathes Bruce Lee. Just because he's friends with a few exceptions and hired a bunch of Asians in one or two movies doesn't change things (more on this later). When it comes to his more famous movies, the Tarantino "formula" is to take a schlock genre and rewrite history with it, putting the historically downtrodden or oppressed victim in the lead and using all the film tricks and homages he can muster to build them up. Django Unchained takes African American slaves, embodied in Jamie Foxx's character, and makes them self-liberators. Inglorious Basterds takes Jews of American descent and has them kill Hitler. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood takes the unsung heroes of cinema, the stuntman, and has them kill the Manson Family. Even Pulp Fiction is largely about Butch, the blue-collar boxer paid to take a dive, triumphing over the traditional heroes of gangster cinema. So why oh why, when it comes to the entire Asian martial arts action genre with its roots embedded in Bruce Lee's legacy, a legacy without which there would be no Sonny Chiba Street Fighter, did he put a white woman with virtually no martial arts experience in the lead? Can you imagine him doing anything like this to his other great cinema loves, blaxploitation, Nazi war movies, noir films, or Westerns? Here's what I think: Tarantino's gone on record declaring that he disliked how Bruce treated stuntmen. He's also no great fan of the HK film industry despite loving their movies (he suggested that casting couch culture is far worse there, hinting that producers like Raymond Chow were worse to women than his early patron, Harvey Weinstein). To create a movie that uses Bruce Lee's film legacy to build up a white woman he calls "the Bride" in order to have her kill 88 Kato lookalikes and the star of Kung Fu, David Carradine, suggests to me that he isn't honoring Bruce at all, but appropriating it to rewrite history and empower the person he sees as the true victim. In my final reading, Kill Bill isn't a Bruce Lee Revenge Film, it's a Linda Lee-Caldwell Revenge Film.

[@a_lost_sketchbook]

This should be top comment. Also adding that Bruce Lee was a real person whose image shouldn't be altered for the sake of creating a movie. Tarantino did not consult the Lee family at all during the filming of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood which Bruce Lee's daughter speaks out about.

[@infinitejest441]

Absolutely.

[@3rdworldgwaming467]

Tarantino is a racist & prejudiced prick at heart. As a filmmaker....what he did by writing in that scene with Bruce Lee in Once upon a time in Hollywood is attack Lee's legacy.

[@michaelbrownlee9497]

What you say is what you see. Its pretty much satanism, in reality no one has objected to a movie about a crime so horrendous it couldnt be real. A pregnant lady at her home with friends was slaughtered....and that is something that is omitted from the film. You see Bruce Lee being victimized. Crazy stuff.

[@3rdworldgwaming467]

@@michaelbrownlee9497 I didn't watch the film, so I don't know about any murder.... I know about the Bruce Lee portrayal in the movie cos it got quite popular in the news n the internet in general,especially after Lee's family came n spoke about it publicly as an attack on Bruce's legacy. R u just ranting in the comments cos ur disgruntled about something thts important to u personally or r u just ranting on us based off ur assumptions that we know what you know yet are only complaining about how Bruce Lee was portrayed in the film?.... Maybe u need to consider not being so judgemental to others n also not be enforcing with ur line of thought onto others with they shud n shud not be concerned with.

[@codyclark2780]

Wow, this just became the gateway to check out a lot of these classics… minus Bruce Lee movies. Always loved Bruce Lee growing up.

[@JJ.McCorley]

It's so rare to watch as video essay about a film that I know well and actually find have new perspectives addressed, the jumpsuit nod is obvious, but I didn't know how influenced by Lee's work it was

[@6ancerpi9]

Bruce Lee was a proud American who was born in California. He taught martial-arts while attending University of Washington. He met his wife Linda Emery, who was a blonde with green eyes when she became a student of his. Linda Emery became Linda Lee when they got married, and had a son and daughter. During their tenth year of marriage, Bruce Lee died from a rare brain swelling, but Linda kept her late-husband's name as her middle name when she got remarried after many years as a widow. Unfortunately their son, a rising Hollywood star Brandon Lee, accidently got shot during the making of The Crow, and passed away as a young adult. Bruce Lee, not only introduced Mixed Martial Arts aka MMA to the world, he completely changed the perspective of Hollywood action films into how we see it today. Before then, John Wayne's cowboy films were considered as an action film. China felt betrayed by all these things that Bruce Lee brought to America, especially teaching martial-arts to the Americans, but later realized how great of a man he was. These are few of the reasons why Americans respect and love Bruce Lee, aka Father of Mixed Martial Arts.

[@Aster_Risk]

This is such a creepy comment.

[@user-ii2rf8cs8j]

Damn dope vid. Definitely deserves way more than 3.7k likes

[@salt-emoji]

Ok. I grew up on Kung Fu. My dad adamantly hates kill Bill and tea Tarantino for "belittling the source material" which i personaly never understood even when he'd go off on a tirade. After watching these in my 20s, Tarantino is a weird dude. And potentially gross, but he makes good movies 👍

[@ChristopherFreeman0032]

as a huge kung fu the legend continues fan, that very funny

[@InteleVision-Vic]

@@ChristopherFreeman0032 Kung Fu The Legend Continues had No Flashbacks and No Philosophy. It's totally NOT what Kung Fu was about. Kung Fu was Deep.

[@ChristopherFreeman0032]

@@InteleVision-Vic I half agree ... it was not as good with the Philosophy as the original but as a kid in the 90s. the parts it did have hit me very hard. Ill go watch back and watch the original.

[@InteleVision-Vic]

@@ChristopherFreeman0032 Wow! Cool man! I hope you like it. It had a Big Impact on me as a Kid and helped form who I am now. It's quite the Experience. Enjoy!

[@lonestoner8297]

I always thought it was kinda funny how there are sooooo many Bruce Lee references in the Kill Bill movies and the fact that the main character was going through their revenge quest against a series of boss fights that are straight out of a Bruce Lee film annnnd the main bad guy being David Carridiene getting his come up ins was so satisfying. I knew I wasn't the only person seeing the dots lining up lol.

[@Gonk]

Kill Beatrix better be made, he promised he would make it and then unpromised and then repromised LOL. Enough is enough Tarantino make the damn movie :)

[@kjmiller1959]

.... And this is weird because the slander against Lee in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood now makes even less sense to me.

[@weneedcriticalthinking]

That's what i was thinking, also Tarantino' has gone full on zionst too, not cool when a ka-poofing is going on in Palestine.

[@vicmaverick5740]

Respectfully, while the core thesis of this argument is genuinely incredibly fascinating ( and merits like, a forty minute video deep dive) as it stands this is a pretty under-baked video analysis. While you've stumbled onto a brilliant layer of Kill Bill, using this as a keystone to potentially understand more of Tarantino's unique auteur perspective is rushed through, with much of the video being the stating and restating of a core point. The video itself, editing wise, is crackerjack, but I feel there's more to this story that would improve your argument immensely, if explored. Further develop this, I truly do think you're onto something big. P.S. How does Beatrice being the likely villain of the canceled threequel impact your argument? What does that film look like/mean given the subtext you've uncovered?

[@lanciferian]

For real, this is Gametheory levels of extrapolation being stated as fact. Absolutely zero direct sources to substantiate the claim

[@noisekeeper]

So many half baked video essays like this plague youtube.

[@miketwice]

I didnt think it was so secret....once i saw the yellow suit i thought it was very obvious

[@BangladeshMandalore]

I heard Quentin saying in some interview that he doesn’t look into his movies’ subtexts as he makes them, so I wonder if the idea you are talking about is more of an accident than a goal.

[@TheGreatResist]

For a moment I thought Nerdrotic turned into a Social Justice Warrior. But they're different people, I suppose.

[@jamesedward3619]

But David Carradine wasn't even Tarantino's first pick for Bill. Originally he wanted Kevin Costner. I'm not sure, knowing that, that your thesis really comes to fruition here.

[@mirellalastar]

Oh my god, can you imagine Costner as a leader of assassins as well as a love interest for Uma Thurman? I can't see him doing the superman monologue at the end of Kill Bill II. That would sound ridiculous in his mouth.

[@jamesedward3619]

@@mirellalastar Oh, it would have been awful. When Costner delivers his lines it always sounds like he's just doing a first read through of the script.

[@Brandon_Moves_You]

If that was what it was about, he'd have casted Tony Jaa or someone in the lead role, not Uma. However, I love KB, I'm just knocking the theory here.

[@hervegeorges]

There is one thing which I love in QT s films : his close ups, the colors and his shooting style. I think he really understands that media. You can tell when you see a QT film.

[@AlexWaltz21]

Correction. Tarantino's Django does reference the old Django. There is a scene where Drjango meets someone at the bar and says "The D is silent." to witch the other person responds "I know." The other person is the same actor from the old Django.

[@everyoneash]

But they still didn't hire an Asian actress to be the leading role....and Lucy lu was right there.

[@antoinettelopes]

Are you kidding? Yes she was right there. But she had to be the LEAD to make you happy? He came up with the concept WITH UMA THURMAN. It was their movie together. The majority of the cast was Asian but somehow it's still racist I guess. Ok.

[@everyoneash]

@@antoinettelopes i disagree with racist...if that's your belief I won't argue but I only meant funny or ironic. Thanks for the reply though

[@pdzombie1906]

Silly me, I thought Kill Bill was about a horrible woman who takes her unborn child away from his father just because she suddenly thinks she's better than him or his crew of assasins, despite being an assasin herself; later killing two of them in front of their children, cutting the head of another, and leaving blind the last in a completly hysterical and unjustified revenge... And all of this time the movie was a tribute to an actor who Tarantino portrais as a bully and an imbecil just to make a badass of his original character... I sure don't know anything about cinema!!!

[@eelstrength1514]

Have you listened to the episode of Joe Rogan with Tarantino? Not super sure your interpretation here is correct…

[@oscarulloa5067]

Gordon Liu would say in interview that Bruce was just an Actor. I think Tarantino secretly hates Bruce

[@TranqBase]

Condemning the racism of Kung Fu while also casting a white woman to play the character based on Bruce Lee is really odd. Great video, the connections never occured to me but it would be nice to get to an era of cinema where "diversity" didn't mean casting white women to play roles. Lucy Liu absolutely killed her role as O-Ren Ishi, imagine a world where she played the Bride? Would've been pretty badass to me.

[@antoinettelopes]

That would have been cool. Lucy plays the Bride and Uma plays O-Ren Ishii the half-Chinese, half-Japanese leader of the yakuza.

[@deletedwaffles]

@@antoinettelopes That's not going to work, then there will be videos made about why Uma is playing an Asian character.

[@josephdavis4956]

Fun fact: that scene from 'Once Upon a Time In Hollywod' where Brad fights Bruce Lee. That entire scene was merely a daydream that Brad's character was having while working on the roof.

[@Emy-fv5ny]

Really? So that never happened?

[@darkwingdave79]

Fun Fact: Kill Bill: Vol 3 will NEVER happen. Why? Kill Bill: Vol 1 & Vol 2 is ONE film, just split up in two films to avoid too much editing. Another thing, it wouldn't be called Kill Bill because Bill IS DEAD!!!! If anything, if there would be a continuous follow-up, the obvious & appropriate title would be: Kill The Bride.

[@michaelf.537]

Zombie bill. It would be sick!

[@MJfanforlife-777]

I also think the bride is a blonde xena warrior princess too ❤❤❤❤

[@JoseJose-ih4zi]

Agreed that Bruce Lee films (as many others) have influenced Tarantino’s work but paid tribute to Bruce? I don’t think so. If you have listened/seen the latest Tarantino interviews about Bruce and his family you’ll noticed he is not paying any tribute but portraying him as the bully he was apparently on set. But, I could have get this wrong.

[@atomicatdog]

Cause screen time or even a roll in one of his movies is not tribute enough.

[@PR7-82]

Why do commenters on KZbin confuse role with roll. Bad spelling errors have become a trend

[@TheGreatSatan_]

And now $5 milkshakes are pretty normal

[@AyeSunny22]

David wasn’t originally in mind for Bill though, just a good coincidence 😂

[@kifacorea]

How ironic qt later made bruce look like a punk to the effect that even Lee's daughter publicly criticized the appropriator.

[@charlemagnetheFranks]

I didn't read any of the comments yet but I did want to say the Uma Thurman suffered a lot of Damages during this movie. This definitely drained her of a lot of her dedication to the movie industry.

[@HonkeyKong54]

Nah more like she hit the wall in Hollywood and was desperate for someone to talk about her

[@abdelali9279]

I was thinking of an article I saw today where Capcom says they no longer plan to use the character of Fei Long in Street Fighrer, an obvious Bruce Lee lookalike and _homage_ because Lee's family stated they won't condone the use of Lee´s image for comedical and parody reasons and here we are talking about Tarantino and Bruce Lee and I'm not opening that can of worms I just found it to be an interesting coincidence.

[@cookingwitchefzayy8830]

I love Quentin Tarantino films I truly do but his obsession with always making Bruce Lee look bad has always been werid to me like dude he died over 50 years let him rest

[@codypower4298]

What do you mean always?

[@gabe_ed]

Hey, you should watch the video you're commenting on. Just a thought I had.

[@cookingwitchefzayy8830]

@@gabe_ed watch once upon a time in Hollywood and listen to him on the joe Rogan podcast just a thought......

[@curtisjackson4090]

@@cookingwitchefzayy8830 this.... As you stated, Tarantino isn't actually the biggest Bruce Lee fan

[@Saulgoodmane]

Not only that he finds random reasons to use the N word with liberty in his films and it just doesn’t sit right with me, certain scenes and movies I get it and it works but in Pulp Fiction “dead n storage” scene was unrealistic then he gives that same character a black wife lol. I enjoy his movies but I don’t care to meet the man I prefer Christopher and Jonathan Nolan

[@maxprice1118]

Wonderful video. Haven’t watch any of your stuff before. Thank you very much.

[@dstinnettmusic]

I always had trouble articulating why Kill Bill is such a good movie. Thank you :)

[@gppg1799]

What a refreshing and beautifully written video essay.

[@sid6856]

Man this is such a far fetch comparison but whatever makes you happy bro. 😂

[@shawn_in_toronto]

I knew some of the Bruce Lee inspirations in Kill Bill but should've picked up on more of these. That's an awesome homage.

[@kylecook7187]

I truly don't think QT meant any disrespect to Bruce, I think he just thought it would be fun to have that scene. Kill Bill clearly makes it plain that he loves that era of cinema.

[@semperperatus11]

Listen to him on JRE he explains everything

[@davidcarty7584]

🤦‍♂️ stop the cap that guy seriously has a bizzaro hatred for Bruce Lee you can tell by how he talks about him in interviews and he continues to spread lies and half truths about Bruce Lee trying to make Bruce look like a arrogant jerk.

[@Lancaster22]

Lol the yellow jumpsuit is the only reason for this video

[@tilnit]

Would love to see you make some sort of an insight into Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, since I believe it has even more references - not only to 60s Hollywood movies, but also to real life history in that specific place and time. Regardless, it just goes to show that Tarantino is and always will be on another level of directors and he definitely belongs in the-greatest-of-all-time category.

[@jst25]

I don't think a modern filmgoer has any shot at all of overcoming the feelings of "this is how it really happened" when they watch a film. The size and scope of most films feels larger than life, and modern technology allows just about anything to be portrayed on the screen. As they say, seeing is believing, so I don't think a human can watch a well-made film and not, subconsciously, feel like what they are watching is the Truth, no matter how objective they try to be. I feel like Once Upon A Time, Django, and Inglorious Bastards form a trilogy where the linking idea is that History, as told by film, is often ridiculous. Rather than try to tell a "true" story that reinforces traditional stereotypes and power dynamics, Tarantino instead tells a "historical" story where Jews get to burn Nazis, slaves get to slaughter slave owners, and Sharon Tate gets to live while the Manson family dies.

[@lfcunityisstrength9221]

No.

[@dxfifa]

That movie was fucking pointless garbage

[@maadaawg2914]

hes a f***ing thief , not great in a SLITEST !!!

[@Rally351]

Tarantino has gone on record (on JRE no less) that The Warrior Ripoff controversy is completely overblown and has venomously attacked Bruce Lee’s widow over pushing that narrative. This essay, sorry this one misses the mark.

[@ArcanePath360]

5:23 How quick was that roundhouse??? Never noticed before because he makes it look so effortless, but watching it over and over it's the way he set it up to be deceptive that is genius. A roundhouse you normally see coming a mile off, because it is easy to read so is never really used. This one comes out of nowhere and looks very difficult to block with insane speed. It's simple stuff like this that makes him such a legend.

[@peteyesco]

Great catch.

[@detectivecolonel874]

That isn't a roundhouse and to say it's never used is false

[@InteleVision-Vic]

That is a Spinning Back Kick. But Bruce did have a Roundhouse that was as fast as a Boxer's Jab. He used his front lead foot. Snap!

[@detectivecolonel874]

@@InteleVision-Vic Spinning hook kick, but you were closer than the first guy! The difference is that the hook kick travels in an arc and a back kick travels in a line.

[@ArcanePath360]

@@detectivecolonel874 Sure

[@RitvijTiwari]

That's a REALLY good interpretation. Puts it in a whole new light.

[@gozololuzbacio2394]

I dont know, id be absolutely convinced. But the way he mocked bruce lee in once upon a time in hollywood makes me doubt this (it was kind of hilarious but cmon, it was relentless). It couldve been done in good faith i guess, tarantino’s sense of humor is this way but man i wouldve not liked that if i was bruce lee lol

[@ThatFanBoyGuy]

"Who do you think you are, Bruce Lee? You can't just in there fist flying!" ~Mallow, Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

[@bulldogfront666]

Kill Bill will be and always has been my favorite Tarantino movie. And one of my favorite movies of all time. This context actually really makes sense as to why it feels so much more impactful than his other work (which I also love). Let’s all hope and pray for a part 3 and let’s hope it’s great.

[@laion_uy]

Love your videos man! Keep up the good work

[@thoyo]

So why did he make him look so bad in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?

[@cookingwitchefzayy8830]

I believe he wants to prove that Bruce Lee was a bad person

[@dreadelectric7745]

Exactly…….

[@ibn9000]

My thoughts exactly

[@From-North-Jersey]

Because lee used to actually hit US stuntmen during takes so they had to take it without fighting back or protesting. Eventually they had to bring in "Judo Gene" LaBell to play a bad guy in one episode of the green hornet to teach Lee some on set manners. LaBell was a world heavyweight champion Judoka, a stuntman, a pro wrestler, a body guard, a bouncer, and an amateur boxer. He was almost three times lees size and manhandled him like lee was a misbehaving child, politely apologizing every time he smashed Lee "Accidentially".

[@From-North-Jersey]

LaBell was technically the first MMA fighter using a little of each fighting style to perfect a way of fighting that works in the street.

[@pandaparadise6603]

This is a neat connection, but David wasn't the first choice to play Bill.

[@brianthomason5022]

I never really knew this but this is so cool no wonder why I love the movie so much and can't wait for number three

[@Chendoart]

Damn, I clicked on the thumbnail like " what does Tarantino have against Bruce Lee? 🤣🤣 I get it now

[@voiceoverandmocapguy]

Tarantino doesn't respect or even like Bruce Lee. The costume reference in Kill Bill is just a quick and cheap one done for the visuals. Sorry my guy.

[@TequilaToothpick]

Clearly he does. That's why he paid tribute to him in Kill Bill.

[@servHis221]

That final irony of David C playing Bill...with regards to this whole story line...wow...brilliant.

[@Sarahmint]

The great irony of this art is incredible appropriation. It's impossible to build or create this homage without

[@nickrericha2491]

Exactly why the notion of "appropriation" is stupid.

[@antoinettelopes]

You know back when this movie came out people weren't constantly getting butthurt about "appropriation". Most people didn't even use that word.

[@omarwanace23_45]

2:50 where is that clip from?

[@BwAaS]

I Love to think of Tarantino as being an absolute genius of filmmaking. So I tend to believe whatever theory I hear about his films, But I will admit it all seems a bit far fetched.

[@YODAJJ]

Tarantino’s very brave to make fun of a dead man who can’t respond

[@pMiguelSc]

I actually liked how Bruce Lee was portrayed in Once upon a time in Hollywood. From all his interviews and from how many people, who knew him, talk about him, I can imagine him being a little cocky like that

[@joeparrigen4982]

I don't think he would have talked shit about Muhammad Ali.

[@ericmack001]

And yet he really disrespects Bruce Lee in Once upon a time in Hollywood! I hate the guy for disrespecting Bruce Lee. I will never watch another one of his movies. Bruce Lee was amazing, he was a legend. He did a lot for martial arts. Enter the dragon is a classic!

[@BurtSampson]

I really liked that fight scene in "Once Upon a Time" because you know Tarantino considers Bruce Lee to be the GOAT. And so to make sure everyone knew how much of a bad ass Brad Pitt's character was in that movie, he has him and Bruce fight it out. I don't think he could bring himself to let Brad's character win the fight, but instead, made it so the audience had to accept that Brad's character really might be enough of a badass to beat Bruce, and ended it in a way where the audience gets to think "maybe that character really is more of a badass than Bruce." At the very least, he's on the same level.

[@Hazel007]

So enjoyed wish it had been longer!

[@omniframe8612]

Quentin Tarantino is incorrectly referenced as this progressive modern day pop auteur who mastered the art of genre bending cinema. Films such as Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and Django Unchained have been used as examples of Tarantino's affinity for multi genre film making. ( Django is problematic, more on that later) In fact many people look at Tarantino as an Americam film maker who has helped reinvigorate Asian action cinema in the mainstream with films like Kill Bill vol 1 and 2. ( So I guess Wesley Snipes and the Blade films don't mean shit hmmmmm) For me, a person who has studied Asian martial arts cinema for over 25 years, Tarantino films such as Kill Bill vol 1 and 2 are problematic. In the case of Kill Bill the 4th film from director and Cinephile Quentin Tarantino these films seemed like a celebration of Asian martial arts cinema, but the truth is...they are not. The image of Uma Thurman a white actress with no martial arts training dressed in Bruce Lee's Yellow jump suit from the disrespectful unfinished exploitative film Game of Death is not homage...it's deconstruction. The Kill Bill films are known for it's references to films like Lady Snowblood and Fist of the White Lotus but the references are merely used as cinematic subterfuge to hide the fact that Quentin Tarantino doesn't want to homage Asian cinema, he wants to destroy it. If you look at Tarantino's body of work you might notice a particular genre of film that he favors and it isn't multi cultural genres like blaxploitation and Asian cinema. The recurring genre aesthetic of Quentin Tarantino is the Spaghetti Western. What is the Spaghetti Western? The Spaghetti Western is a sub genre of Cowboy films that focuses on cantankerous gun slinging white men. The term Spaghetti western is a tongue and cheek reference to the irony of Italian film makers produced western cowboy movies. (Sergio Leonne is the most popular director of these films)...do you see where I'm going with this? If you look at Tarantino's body of work you'll notice all of his protagonist are cantankerous gun totting hyper violent white men ( Vincent and Vic Vega, Butch Coolidge, Cliff Booth etc) Tarantino's characters are more John Wayne and Clint Eastwood than Bruce Lee. So when you look at Kill Bill vol 1 and 2 pay attention to who are the primary victims of violence...Asian people. O-ren Ishi ( a clear reference to Yuki Kashima the protagonist of Lady Snowblood) The crazy 88s who are a reference to Bruce Lee as Kato from the Green Hornet, Pei Mei who features prominently throughout Hong Kong martial arts movies all of these characters are killed violently by white women, specifically Beatrix Kiddo and Elle Driver.

[@smallndmighty]

Mate this was a fantastic video essay, thanks man

[@Anthonycheesman2024]

Tarantino had more nice things to say about Harvey Weinstein than Bruce lee think about that lol.

[@TrevorPhillips2024]

Fuck u talkin about ?

[@magna-cartus]

Thank you for this awesome explanatory video.

[@synsam12345]

But if this was the reason... Shouldn't the character Uma plays have been played by an asian actress instead? Like Lucy Liu?

[@libraryofpapel]

Yah thought it was a bit of a push to conclude Asian empowerment when it was played by a blond lady. Plenty of Asian talent was assembled to realise the film, actors as well as back stage, but not the star.

[@d.t.5390]

I would love to know what your research and production process is like. Your videos rock!