‘Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair’ will finally hit screens.
Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino has worked with Lionsgate on the new version.
The combined movie experience lands in December.
It has taken more than 20 years, but the two ‘Kill Bill’ movies made by writer/director Quentin Tarantino are finally landing in theaters the way the filmmaker intended –– as one big film called ‘Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair’.
While the combined version has been seen on home entertainment formats and the occasional speciality screening, this is its first wide theatrical release, via Lionsgate, which will include a seven-minute animated segment not included in the prior cinema outings of Volume 1 and Volume 2 back in 2003 and 2004.
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This was what Tarantino had to say about the new opportunity:
“I wrote and directed it as one movie—and I’m so glad to give the fans the chance to see it as one movie. The best way to see ‘Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair’ is at a movie theater in Glorious 70mm or 35mm. Blood and guts on a big screen in all its glory!”
Uma Thurman stars as The Bride, left for dead after her former boss and lover, Bill, ambushes her wedding rehearsal, shooting her in the head and stealing her unborn child.
To exact her vengeance, she must first hunt down the four remaining members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad before confronting Bill himself. With its operatic scope, relentless action, and iconic style, ‘The Whole Bloody Affair’ stands as one of cinema’s definitive revenge sagas — rarely shown in its complete form and now presented with a classic intermission.
What else is happening in Tarantino’s movie world?
Brad Pitt as Cliff Booth in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.’ Photo: Sony Pictures.
While the filmmaker is still making decisions about his cinematic future –– he scrapped one planned movie, ‘The Movie Critic’ and is considering other options including stage work and novels –– his cinematic universe rolls on.
Michael Madsen in ‘The Killing Jar’. Photo: New Films International.
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Michael Madsen has died at the age of 67.
He was known for appearing in cult movies, often as a tough guy.
Madsen became one of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino’s go-to actors.
Michael Madsen, who became a cult icon for his roles in Quentin Tarantino’s early movies, died on July 2nd, according to a statement from his family.
Known for his intense screen presence, rugged charm, and signature slow-burn delivery, Madsen built a career out of playing men who were dangerous, broken, and sometimes heartbreakingly human.
In Tarantino’s 1992 debut ‘Reservoir Dogs’, Madsen gave one of his most infamous performances as Mr. Blonde, the sadistic ex-con whose brutal dance scene — set to “Stuck in the Middle with You” — became one of the most talked-about moments in indie film history.
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But behind the onscreen menace, those close to him saw a sensitive soul. As his family wrote in his obituary:
“He walked the line between myth and man, never pretending to be anything other than who he was. He will be remembered for his passion, his poetry, and his deep love for his family. The world is a little less dangerous — and a little less beautiful — without him.”
(L to R) Michael Madsen and Alec Baldwin in ‘The Getaway’. Photo: Universal Pictures.
Born on September 25, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois, Michael Søren Madsen grew up in a creative household. His mother, Elaine, was a poet and filmmaker, and his sister, Virginia Madsen, would go on to become an Oscar-nominated actor herself.
After high school, Madsen initially worked as a mechanic and served time in a juvenile detention facility; real-life experiences that would inform the grit and authenticity he brought to so many of his roles.
He eventually turned to acting, studying at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago under John Malkovich. That foundation helped shape an actor capable of conveying equal parts threat and tenderness.
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Cast of ‘Reservoir Dogs’. Photo: Miramax Films.
Madsen’s early film career began in the 1980s with roles in movies such as ‘WarGames’ and ‘The Natural,’ but his breakthrough came in the early 1990s.
The ‘Reservoir Dogs’ role of Mr. Blonde (which he famously won over fellow actor James Woods) launched him into a new echelon of character actors and cemented his association with Tarantino, who would later cast him as the grizzled assassin Budd in ‘Kill Bill’.
Over the years, Madsen amassed a diverse filmography of more than 200 credits. His work spanned genres and budgets — from big studio projects such as ‘Donnie Brasco,’ ‘Thelma & Louise,’ and ‘Sin City,’ to gritty B-movie thrillers and straight-to-video crime dramas.
He played gangsters, hitmen, cowboys, cops, and outlaws with equal conviction.
Michael Madsen in ‘The Killing Jar’. Photo: New Films International.
Beyond acting, Madsen was also a published poet, authoring several collections of verse. His writing often reflected on love, fatherhood, addiction, and redemption.
Though his personal life included struggles – most notably with substance abuse and the loss of his son Hudson – Madsen remained a prolific artist and fiercely loyal friend.
In his later years, he appeared in indie films and lent his voice to video games like ‘Grand Theft Auto III.’ He was also a frequent presence at film festivals, where he was celebrated for his contributions to American cinema.
He is survived by his wife DeAnna and four children.
Michael Madsen and Bruce Dern star in ‘The Hateful Eight’.
Quentin Tarantino accepts the Oscar® for original screenplay for “Django Unchained” during the live ABC Telecast of The Oscars® from the Dolby® Theatre, in Hollywood, CA, Sunday, February 24, 2013.
We always know we have to wait between Quentin Tarantino movies as he considers ideas, noodles with scripts and figures out who he might call up to star.
Tarantino, as reported by the trade magazine, has written a script called ‘The Movie Critic’ and is aiming to start making it in the fall.
He isn’t letting slip as to what it’ll be about, but sources report that it’ll focus on a female lead character in 1970s Los Angeles.
While there is no confirmation on this front, THR is speculating that it could be inspired by Pauline Kael, one of the most famous writers in film criticism, who was also known for her essays and novels, not to mention the clashes she had with editors and filmmakers. She also had a brief stint as a consultant at Paramount in the 1970s, which is surely a rich potential source of drama.
Quentin Tarantino on the set of ‘Django Unchained.’
What else do we know about the film?
Thus far, we know very little. At this early stage, Tarantino doesn’t have a deal at a studio for the movie, but he could well opt to return to Sony, for whom he made ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ and handed him an intriguing deal that means the rights to the movie eventually revert to the director.
We’d guess most studios would want to be in business with the filmmaker, especially if he goes through with his claim that he’ll only make 10 movies. The cachet of releasing Quentin Tarantino’s final movie is enticing –– and he also tends to attract big name actors, who go on to win awards, such as Brad Pitt with ‘Hollywood’.
(L to R) Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt star in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.’
Will this really be Quentin Tarantino’s final movie?
Besides the filmmaker himself, no-one really knows at this point. But he has spoken in the past about wanting to quit before getting stale and picked 10 films as a good number to have directed.
He said this to Playboy in 2012:
“I want to stop at a certain point. Directors don’t get better as they get older. Usually the worst films in their filmography are those last four at the end. I am all about my filmography, and one bad film f***s up three good ones. I don’t want that bad, out-of-touch comedy in my filmography, the movie that makes people think, ‘Oh man, he still thinks it’s 20 years ago.’ When directors get out-of-date, it’s not pretty.”
‘The Movie Critic’ would represent his 10th movie as director, but anything could happen –– we’ve seen filmmakers say they’re retiring before, only to return (stand up, Steven Soderbergh), but with Tarantino it has always sounded more final.
And that’s not to say he won’t stop creating work –– he’s got plans for TV series and books even if he does lay down his movie megaphone.
(L to R) Henry Golding and Uma Thurman join Netflix’s ‘The Old Guard 2.’
Debuting in the pandemic-rocked summer of 2020, action movie ‘The Old Guard’ was a bit hit for Netflix, with the streaming service reporting audiences watching it for more than 186 hours during the first month the film was out.
A sequel was quickly commissioned, and thanks to Netflix’s Geeked Week news releases, we now know that Uma Thurman and Henry Golding will be part of the cast.
Gina Prince-Bythewood’s original movie, based on the graphic novel series created by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández, follows Andromache of Scythia, (AKA “Andy”, played by Charlize Theron), who has been around since the 8th century BCE. Along with her immortal companions, she’s making amends for past violence and trying to make the world better, her team acting as secret superheroes who occasionally get their hands dirty. Their presence is revealed just as a potential new immortal (KiKi Layne’s Nile) comes on the scene and ultimately ends up joining the team.
At the end of the first film, Andy lost her immortality and discovered that her old friend Quynh (Veronica Ngo), believed to be lost forever, was back and, as you might understand, a little miffed at having spent centuries locked in a chest at the bottom of the ocean, with a potential conflict brewing against Andy. And then there’s Booker (Matthias Schoenaerts), who had had enough of do-gooding and turned against the rest.
How Thurman and Golding fit into the story as it moves forward isn’t yet known, though if you wanted, you could hunt through the graphic novels for clues. Rucka has once more written the script, but with Prince-Bythewood busy, ‘Lovecraft Country’s Victoria Mahoney is taking on directing duties this time around.
Thurman and Golding both have action credentials, even if they’ve been known for other genres. ‘Kill Bill’ cemented Thurman as someone who knows how to swing a sword and kick plenty of butt, and she’s occasionally had the chance to demonstrate those skills since. The world of ‘The Old Guard’ certainly feels like a good fit for her, and if all involved has thought this through, the chance to see a Theron vs. Thurman smackdown would not go amiss.
Golding, meanwhile, broke out in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’, but trained hard for last year’s ‘G.I. Joe’ spin-off ‘Snake Eyes’ and while the movie itself didn’t really impress fans, it wasn’t for lack of Golding’s effort.
The ‘Old Guard’ follow-up should be shooting soon, so if you see Charlize Theron on a street kicking ass, it’s not just her morning workout routine.
Netflix has yet to reveal when the new movie might hit its servers, but we can imagine the company will want to launch the sequel in 2023.
Uma Thurman in 2003’s ‘Kill Bill: Volume 1.’
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Sad news coming out of Hollywood on Thursday, as it was announced that legendary writer and director Peter Bogdanovich has passed away at the age of 82. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker’s daughter, Antonia Bogdanovich told The Hollywood Reporter that he died shortly after midnight on January 6th from natural causes.
Peter Bogdanovich began his career as a film journalist in the 1960s, before working with director Roger Corman on 1966’s ‘The Wild Angels.’ Bogdanovich would go on to direct his first film, ‘Targets’ in 1968. But it was the 1971 classic, ‘The Last Picture Show’ that would make the filmmaker a household name. The movie would be nominated for 8 Academy Awards including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Bogdanovich, winning both Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress for Ben Johnson and Cloris Leachman, respectively. The Library of Congress selected the movie for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1998 for being “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant.”
The film would also spark an infamous love affair between Bogdanovich and his lead actress Cybill Shepherd, which would eventually be spoofed in the 1984 movie ‘Irreconcilable Differences,’ with Ryan O’Neal and Sharon Stone representing Bogdanovich and Shepherd, respectively. But that was not the first time that Bogdanovich’s real life was depicted on the big screen, as Bob Fosse’s ‘Star 80’ was centered on the murder of Bogdanovich’s then girlfriend, Playboy model Dorothy Stratten, played by Mariel Hemingway in the film.
After the success of ‘The Last Picture Show,’ Bogdanovich made ‘What’s Up, Doc?’ starring Barbara Streisand and Ryan O’Neal. He followed it up with the Oscar-nominated ‘Paper Moon,’ also starring O’Neal and his real-life daughter Tatum O’Neal, who would go on to be the youngest Best Supporting Actress winner in Oscar history.
Bogdanovich was also an author, having penned over a dozen books about filmmaking including “The Cinema of Alfred Hitchcock” and “This Is Orson Welles.” In addition, Bogdanovich was also an actor and made countless film and television appearances including in ‘Kill Bill: Volume 1,’ ‘It Chapter Two,’ ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘The Good Wife.’ But he will probably be best known for his role as Jennifer Melfi’s psychiatrist, Dr. Elliot Kupferberg on ‘The Sopranos.’ His most recent project as an actor was appearing in 2019’s ‘The Other Side of the Wind,’ which was an unfinished film by his friend, director Orson Welles that was originally shot between 1970 and 1976.
Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro tweeted his thoughts about Bogdanovich’s passing. “Peter Bogdanovich passed away. He was a dear friend and a champion of Cinema,” del Toro said. “He birthed masterpieces as a director and was a most genial human. He single-handedly interviewed and enshrined the lives and work of more classic filmmakers than almost anyone else in his generation.”
15 years ago, Quentin Tarantino delivered what many consider to be one of the finest martial arts movies of all time in “Kill Bill: Vol. 1.” It is also considered one of Tarantino’s best.
It’s a movie that’s certainly held up over the years. From the movie’s unusual influences to a bit of Tarantino universe connectivity, here are some fun facts you might not know about “Kill Bill.”
1. The film’s original tagline was “In 2003, Uma Thurman Will Kill Bill,”: which technically became untrue after the film was split into two parts and the second half was pushed back to 2004.
2. The Bride’s distinctive yellow and black outfit was designed as an homage to Bruce Lee‘s iconic costume in 1979’s “Game of Death.”
3. While the shift to black and white footage during the final battle is a stylistic homage to classic martial arts films, it was also necessary in order for the film to achieve an R-rating in the US. The Japanese version of “Kill Bill” doesn’t include that color change.
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4. Originally, the Gogo Yubari character was written as twin assassins named Gogo and Yuki.
5. The sunglasses The Bride takes from Buck should be familiar to Tarantino fans. They were previously worn by Christian Slater in 1993’s “True Romance.”
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6. The tune whistled by Daryl Hannah‘s Elle is the theme music from 1968’s “Twisted Nerve.”
7. The sequence where The Bride slices a baseball in half was achieved naturally, with no visual effects or trickery. However, it was stuntwoman Zoe Bell, not Uma Thurman, who actually achieved the feat.
8. Apart from his hands, David Carradine‘s Bill is never actually shown on camera during the entire film. We only hear his voice and don’t see his face until “Vol. 2.”
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9. Tarantino (above, right) has a small cameo in the film as one of the Crazy 88 members killed by The Bride in the climax.
10. David Carradine revealed that it was Bill himself who killed O-Ren Ishii’s father in the animated flashback scene.
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11. Elle’s codename “California Mountain Kingsnake” is the only one not named after a venomous snake. That’s intentional, reflecting her failed attempt to poison The Bride in the hospital.
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12. Exactly four minutes and 59 seconds pass between O-Ren’s threat of “You won’t last five minutes,” and the end of her fight with The Bride.
13. Between “Kill Bill” and its sequel, over 450 gallons of fake blood were used during production.
It’s been 25 years since “True Romance” hit theaters and showed moviegoers what a winning combination director Tony Scott and then-relatively new screenwriter Quentin Tarantino could be.
To celebrate the anniversary of this underrated but seminal ’90s crime movie, here are some interesting facts you might not have known about “True Romance.”
1. Though neither actor was ultimately cast, Quentin Tarantino has said he envisioned Robert Carradine and Joan Cusack playing the roles of Clarence and Alabama when he wrote the screenplay.
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2.Brad Pitt‘s stoner character, Floyd, wound up serving as a major inspiration for the two main characters in 2008’s “Pineapple Express.”
3. Actor Dennis Hopper voiced his concerns about being injured by Christopher Walken‘s prop gun at the end of the infamous “Sicilian Scene.” Despite director Tony Scott’s assurances, Hopper was indeed wounded when the gun went off and struck his forehead.
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4. During the shooting of the “Sicilian Scene,” the film’s most iconic, Tony Scott and his crew had lit the set to first shoot Walken’s half of the scene. Walken — mindful of the time it would take to re-light the set — asked the director (nay, “implored” him, in the words of his character, according to Tarantino) if he could please shoot Hopper’s side first. 90 mins later, Scott re-lit the set and shot Hopper first. “That’s an actor’s director,” Tarantino said on a 2012 podcast.
5. While Tarantino didn’t direct this film, he’s confirmed that it does indeed take place in the same shared universe as his other projects. Saul Rubinek‘s character, Lee Donowitz, is the grandson of Eli Roth‘s Sgt. Donny Donowitz (below, left) from 2009’s “Inglourious Basterds.”
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6.Patricia Arquette‘s own son, Enzo, plays the role of Elvis in the film’s final scene.
7. During a key emotional scene for her character, Arquette reportedly struggled with finding the performance necessary to nail the scene. She, according to Tarantino via the aforementioned 2012 podcast, asked Tony Scott for “The Pursuader” — which meant asking the director to slap her until she got into the emotional headspace necessary for her performance. If true, this is — at best — a highly questionable and problematic practice.
8. Originally, Tarantino wrote the film to end with Clarence being killed and Alabama becoming a criminal. She would have wound up joining forces with the Mr. White character from “Reservoir Dogs,” hence why White references a woman named Alabama in that film.
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9. Scott reshot the ending so that Clarance lived, later telling Tarantino — who did not originally like the choice — that he couldn’t kill “those kids” because the director (like the audience) fell in love with them.
10.Michael Rapaport had a rough time filming the roller coaster scene, as he suffers from acute motion sickness and the scene took two days to complete.
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11. Clarence’s ever-present sunglasses make a return appearance in 2003’s “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” They’re the same pair The Bride takes from Buck as she escapes the hospital.
12. Tarantino sold the screenplay for a mere $50,000, which was the minimum amount permitted by the WGA at the time. He used part of that money to purchase the Chevelle Malibu driven by John Travolta‘s character in 1994’s “Pulp Fiction.”
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13. In a 2011 interview with AFI, Gary Oldman named Drexl Spivey as one of his two favorite film roles. The other was Lee Harvey Oswald from 1991’s “JFK.”
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14. One scene in the film features the Soundgarden song “Outshined.” While initially intended as a placeholder track, test audiences responded strongly to its inclusion. Unfortunately, that meant a significant amount of the film’s budget had to be devoted to securing the licensing rights.
Harvey Weinstein‘s lawyer threatened possible “legal action” against Uma Thurman for her sexual assault allegations, while director Quentin Tarantino gave a lengthy interview to Deadline on his alleged “Kill Bill” behavior.
Uma Thurman said she needed time to collect herself before sharing her own experiences with producer Harvey Weinstein. Thurman worked with Weinstein and QT on “Pulp Fiction” and the “Kill Bill” movies, and she shared disturbing experiences with both men.
“I used the word ‘anger’ but I was more worried about crying, to tell you the truth,” she says now. “I was not a groundbreaker on a story I knew to be true. So what you really saw was a person buying time.” https://t.co/I1ZZWZ9mL5
Uma Thurman’s then-warning to Harvey Weinstein: “If you do what you did to me to other people you will lose your career, your reputation and your family, I promise you.” https://t.co/fqHqGrLYjg
Uma Thurman tells her story. Among many other painful things, she feels responsible for the young women who would walk alone into a room with Harvey Weinstein https://t.co/p6IOsMIEu6pic.twitter.com/41pu8VEkmx
She also shared stories about working with Tarantino on the set of “Kill Bill” — saying the director spat in her face, strangled her, and made her do a car stunt against her will. That car stunt led to a major injury. (She released footage from that stunt with her New York Times story.)
After Thurman’s story came out, Weinstein shared a couple of statements — one from his lawyer threatening possible legal action against Thurman.
Harvey Weinstein issues statement responding to Uma Thurman’s allegations: ‘Her claims about being physically assaulted are untrue. And this is the first time we have heard those details.’ pic.twitter.com/EYpKyxINfj
“While the threat of legal action is a typical response for many of the men accused of sexual misconduct in recent months, an actual lawsuit could put the producer himself into court and under rules of discovery.”
See you in court? Is that really what Weinstein would want? It’s ironic, since he should’ve been in court decades ago for all of his alleged misbehavior. Deadline posted the photos Weinstein’s lawyer shared, showing Weinstein with Thurman, Tarantino, and others.
Actress Jessica Chastain and director Judd Apatow were among the many stars and fans to respond to Thurman’s stories.
Weinstein’s behavior has been well documented, and he’s in heaps of hot water from his many, many accusers. But what about Tarantino? His alleged behavior ended up being a big topic of discussion.
Tarantino also ignored Daryl Hannah’s complaints when she was harassed by Harvey Weinstein.They kicked her off the press tour.Nobody helped her. And now Tarantino is going to make a movie about Polanski. Why is someone financing this? This is why Weinstein wasn’t stopped. $$$$ https://t.co/WlSVFEoVN4
I keep imagining Tarantino spitting in Uma’s face and strangling her with a chain for KILL BILL. How many images of women in media do we celebrate that showcase abuse? When did this become normalized ‘entertainment’?
I’m so furious after reading this. To almost kill an actress in a stunt…for no other reason but an egomaniac director flaunting power. Meantime, 1st ADs, stunt choreographers, the teamster who warned Uma…they all would have suffered career ending consequences had she died https://t.co/jRyffJk8Wo
There were calls for Quentin Tarantino to address what happened, so he did just that in a Q&A with Deadline.
It’s very long, but he basically took ownership of the car stunt gone wrong, while not seeing the problem with the spitting. He also explained the choking situation, and said Uma basically told him he should’ve just said his piece to the New York Times so this didn’t become about him.
DEADLINE: What about the description of you choking Uma with the chain…
TARANTINO: In the case of the choking, when Gogo [Chiaki Kuryama] throws her chain ball at the bride, and the chain wraps around her neck. And then she’s getting choked by it. Frankly, I wasn’t sure how we were going to shoot that scene. Wrap a chain around the neck, you’ve got to see choking. I was assuming that when we did it, we would have maybe a pole behind Uma that the chain would be wrapped around so it wouldn’t be seen by the camera, at least for the wide shot. But then it was Uma’s suggestion. To just wrap the thing around her neck, and choke her. Not forever, not for a long time. But it’s not going to look right. I can act all strangle-ey, but if you want my face to get red and the tears to come to my eye, then you kind of need to choke me.
I was the one on the other end of the chain and we kind of only did it for the close ups. And we pulled it off. Now, that was her idea. Consequently, I realize…that is a real thing. When I did Inglourious Basterds, and I went to Diane [Kruger], and I said, look, I’ve got to strangle you. If it’s just a guy with his hands on your neck, not putting any kind of pressure and you’re just doing this wiggling death rattle, it looks like a normal movie strangulation. It looks movie-ish. But you’re not going to get the blood vessels bulging, or the eyes filling it with tears, and you’re not going to get the sense of panic that happens when your air is cut off. What I would like to do, with your permission, is just…commit to choking you, with my hands, in a closeup. We do it for 30 seconds or so, and then I stop. If we need to do it a second time, we will. After that, that’s it. Are you down to committing to it so we can get a really good look. It’ll be twice, and only for this amount of time, and the stunt guy was monitoring the whole thing.
Diane said, yeah sure. She even said on film in an interview, it was a strange request but by that point I trusted Quentin so much that, sure. We did our two times, and then like Uma with the spitting thing, Diane said, okay, if you need to do it once more, you can. That was an issue of me asking the actress, can we do this to get a realistic effect. And she agreed with it, she knew it would look good and she trusted me to do it. I would ask a guy the same thing. In fact, I would probably be more insistent with a guy.
DEADLINE: You spoke with Uma after this article appeared. Where do you come out at the end of this. Do you feel that the two of you are okay, now?
TARANTINO: We’ve been okay. Uma was in turmoil about the uprising against me this whole weekend. She blames me for not talking to Maureen Dowd, saying it’s your own damn fault. She never meant this to roll over onto me. We’ve been talking about it ad nauseum and I feel bad because she has been doing a Broadway play, at the same time. The whole weekend, we’ve been talking. The uproar that happened against me, she was not prepared for. We have a long complicated history. We have been dealing with it for 22 years. We’re both one of the closest people in each other’s lives. So it was rather shocking to read this article, where the headline is about Uma’s anger, and lumping me into her anger about Harvey. As much detail as they went into, no one seemed to care about the Harvey stuff.
[…] Me and Uma had our issues about the crash. She blamed me for the crash and she had a right to blame me for the crash. I didn’t mean to do it. I talked her into getting in the car, I assured her the road was safe. And it wasn’t. The car might even have been dubious too even if I didn’t know that then. We had our issues about it.
We weren’t estranged. But we were over each other for a couple of years. Oddly enough, when The New York Times did a series on famous director and their collaborator series. One was me and Uma. I remember being backstage, me with my people and Uma with hers. We were pleasant but not like the close friends we had been. We weren’t chummy like we’d been after this cooling off, this estrangement. Guess who should be the monitor of this New York Times piece. Larissa MacFarquhar, the New Yorker reporter who’d been on the Kill Bill set that fateful day. This was half a year after Kill Bill 2 had come out. We go up on stage, we’re going to do the show, and at some point doing that piece, me and Uma started talking in that back and forth verbiage, in a way we hadn’t in a long time. She started making fun of me, teasing me, and next thing I knew we were talking like Quentin and Uma again. The audience enjoyed our banter, and we kind of found each other again. We found each other on the stage and we had a big dinner with our friends and it was really cool.
Some time, shortly after that, we had a big dinner in the Soho House in New York and there we dealt with all the car stuff, and all the resentments she had toward me. The things she felt I could have done better in protecting her in that movie. And we hashed it all out, put it behind her and we’ve been fantastic friends ever since.
Two days after her NY Times interview, Uma Thurman posted part of the crash video on Instagram, and further shared that she isn’t upset with QT the way she’s upset with Harvey and these other guys:
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