Tarantino announces his next project - a Mandarin kung-fu flick!

Sounds too gimmick-y for my liking. And surely it should be in Cantonese not Mandarin?

Mike_Sunda

I won't sue you Quentin. I'll just ignore your crap films. Cosmic peasant.

Dibber

I think the power has gone to QT's head. Kill Bill Vol. 1 was lots of fun but it doesn't even come close to Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs. "I enjoyed shooting all the Japanese stuff in Kill Bill, so much so that this whole film will be entirely in Mandarin." That makes a lot of sense you enjoy Japanese so you film in Mandarin. Mike surely that depends if he'll set it in Hong Kong. An English dubbed version sounds awful, still it could be interesting. What's "Inglorious Bastards" about?

bradavon

bradavon I think Inglorious Bastards is a dirty dozen type film.

spogga5

Brad - I meant that since Tarantino seems to want to emulate all those old kung fu movies, saying he'll have out of sync dubs, e.t.c., I'm surprised he doesn't want it in Cantonese, as that was what the large majority were filmed in.

Mike_Sunda

Maybe shooting two Kill Bill movies has spoiled me but fuck it – sue me!" I dont think you should be posting swear words up like that. You should put a star into the vowels of the word...

scary-crow

My heart sank when I read this. I admire Tarantino's talent, but I wish he'd grow up. I was hoping he'd do something "much smaller" in the sense of being more restrained, after the self indulgent mess (with excellent bits) of Kill Bill. Maybe if he had a big flop the studios would rein him in a bit. To be honest, I don't think the action scenes in Kill Bill were all that brilliantly directed. Maybe it'll work better this time, but I doubt he can do a straight martial arts film - he'll be too tempted to throw in every stupid idea that pops into his head. Finally, maybe it's in Mandarin rather than Cantonese because he's going back to the 60s King Hu style movies?

Phil Q

I meant that since Tarantino seems to want to emulate all those old kung fu movies, saying he'll have out of sync dubs, e.t.c., I'm surprised he doesn't want it in Cantonese, as that was what the large majority were filmed in. Cantonese only rose to prominence in HK films during the late 70's and Tarantino has always struck me as more of a fan of the Shaw Bros films from the early to late 70's, most of which were Mandarin. Certainly he was influenced by a lot of older Shaw Bros titles throughout Kill Bill ie: Chinese Boxer, Five Fingers of Death, etc. I'd expect he'll be drawing inspiration from the likes of King Hu, Wang Yu, Chang Cheh and Lau Kar Leung.

Matt Shingleton

Quote: Maybe shooting two Kill Bill movies has spoiled me but fuck it – sue me!" I dont think you should be posting swear words up like that. You should put a star into the vowels of the word... What, like you did? :p I don't see what possible difference it makes anyway. We all know the word, and asterisking one letter (or even most of them) isn't going to alter matters. Anyhoo, I must say that this news of Tarantino doing a kung-fu flick sounds pretty decent. I loved the two KILL BILL films and have no objections to seeing him return to similar territory. The idea of INGLORIOUS BASTARDS never sounded particularly appealling to me. Bring it on, Quentin! :)

Michael Mackenzie

I dont think you should be posting swear words up like that. Censorship infringes my right to freedom of speech.

Richard Booth

"I'd expect he'll be drawing inspiration from the likes of..." i.e. Stealing from. :) Please folks, dont give this idiot anymore of your hard earned money. Spend it on some actual Shaw Brothers dvds instead of QT's cheap and shallow copies.

sweetmate

scary-crow, see the posting rules below: "While minimal swearing in context is tolerated, excessive swearing will result in your comment being removed." If you don't like those nasty, adult words then ship on out my friend, the rest of us can take it. :p Oh, and I particularly liked the way that you duplicated the word that offended you too! Nice move! :D

Lex Luthor

I agree with Phil Q. Reservoir Dogs was as good as it gets--a perfect film. Really astonishing. Pulp Fiction did not have the tautness of RD but was nevertheless very entertaining and a great piece of work...By the time QT got to Kill Bill, cartoon-land had set in. Kind of interesting, given the fact that Rolling Thunder put out one of the great modern classics of Chinese film on DVD--Wong Kar-Wai's Chungking Express, which is phenomenal. Who knows? Maybe Tarantino, ultimately, will become an anime auteur. Gosh, I can't wait. Ulp.

LGwriter49