MOVIE NEWS – Quentin Tarantino finally settled the argument on whether Kill Bill is one or two movie.

In 2003 we saw the release of Kill Bill Vol. 1, and even though Kill Bill Vol. 2 was released in 2004 and Tarantino fans have argued ever since then if they are two separate movies or only one long one. Tarantino is currently out on the publicity tour for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which hits theatres this Friday. The project is his tenth project and could very well be his last movie, claims the director.

In fact, the subject of Kill Bill: Vol. 3 has come up a few times over the last few weeks since Quentin Tarantino told the press he has chatted to Uma Thurman about possibly getting together to make it after all of these years. Even though the director is talking about it as a likelihood at the moment, in a new interview with Tarantino CinemaBlend asked about the Kill Bill one or two movie argument. Tarantino of course knew from the beginning what the plan was, but he wasn’t truly clear about revealing it over the years.

“Technically we released it as two movies, and there is a closing and an opening credits (on each movie), but I made it as one movie and I wrote it as one movie, (so it’s one movie),” he told CinemaBlend

There we have it. Kill Bill is one movie consisting of two volumes. Quentin Tarantino had it as one long movie up until the editing process, which is when he received some good advice about maybe chopping it up. The result took some time and moved around some scenes, but in the end, it was the best idea. Tarantino explains.

“Now it works really good that way. Frankly, the truth of the matter is, I don’t think it would’ve been as popular as a four-hour movie. I literally had a guy say that to me. It was one of those weird diamond bullet moments where you can’t unhear it. He said, ‘Quentin, here’s the thing. My uncle would love this movie, but he wouldn’t love it at four hours.'”

Four hours is a long time to spend in a movie theatre, but there are a lot of fans who would love to see Quentin Tarantino’s original cut of the singular Kill Bill in theatres. Back in 2011, the director screened Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, which is his original cut, at Cannes and it was supposed to be released to the masses afterwards. The DVD box art was created and Amazon had a page up for it. However, it has yet to see the light of day except for the lucky attendees of the sold-out Cannes screenings.

While Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair likely won’t be coming out any time soon, there is a glimmer of hope for Kill Bill 3 at the moment. Quentin Tarantino will more than likely go back and reassess his comments about not doing any more movies after everything winds down for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. For now, we’ll just have to wait and see.

Source: CinemaBlend