I've thought a lot about which would be my favourite choice of film to archive. So many of my favourite films are brilliant examples of appropriation from 'Star Wars' to 'Indiana Jones'; but I have decided to choose a more recent text as a perfect example of Appropriation-'Kill Bill'. This is an interesting example because the film appropriates from many different films from many different genres. From 'Executioners from Shaolin' to 'Death Rides a Horse'. From Martial Arts to Westerns (seemingly poles apart,). Yet in Kill Bill, many of the genre conventions, cinematic techniques, choreography, props, costumes, mise-en-scene and characters are appropriated affectionately and brilliantly. With so many appropriations, part of the fun from 'Kill Bill' comes from finding out what the appropriation is and from which text is the appropriation referencing and paying homage to.
-Ben Dillon
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