A still from Kill Bill (2003), Miramax.
Vista Theater, the iconic Hollywood theater owned by Oscar-winning director Quentin Tarantino, is screening an extended version of Kill Bill this summer!
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, the 258-minute director’s cut of the iconic action films, is set to play on the big screen and in 35mm from July 18 through July 28th.
The four-and-a-half-hour “unrated epic” originally played at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006, complete with French subtitles and an intermission, and is the version Tarantino originally intended for audiences. The film was cut down into two movies, hence Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 in the original film’s titles.
What’s different in this version of the film?
According to The Quentin Tarantino Archives, The Whole Bloody Affair has notable differences from the original films, including shots seen only in Kill Bill‘s Japanese release, edited cliffhangers and tags, and additional anime sequences.
“We’ve actually added some things to it,” said Tarantino back in 2009. “We did a whole little chapter that I wrote and designed for the animated sequence, that we never did, because we figured, back when it was gonna be one big movie, it was going to be too long, so we didn’t do it. So when we were talking about re-releasing it, they asked is there anything you can put in, and I said no I put everything in there, but… there’s one sequence that we wouldn’t even have to shoot! So we got together with Production IG and did it, and it’s really cool. So it’s this little seven-minute sequence, it’s really cool, it’s in the O-Ren chapter.”
Advance tickets on sale now at the theater and online, and are $21 with fees.
📍Where: Vista Theater, 4473 Sunset Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90027
📆 When: July 18 – 28, with 12:30 pm and 7:30 pm screenings