Kill Bill as “post-VCR film”

Oct 21, ’03 1:40 PM
Author Josh Greenberg Categories Media
Via Dave: Chris Hyde argues that Kill Bill wouldn't have been possible without the "influence of the late 20th century's technologies on the cosmopolitanism of film audiences":
"The effects of the VCR on post-1980 cinema are many and varied, and it is hardly in Tarantino's oeuvre alone that the invisible influence of videotape can be seen. But it's also no surprise to find that the director toiled as a clerk in a video store during some of his formative years, and all of his work contains referential asides that make it patently obvious that his style has been heavily influenced by what he has seen."
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