tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38035217.post4312865962823497952..comments2023-10-25T04:58:06.517-04:00Comments on The Projection Booth: Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof: The Full Cutrob humanickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03393593631883026810noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38035217.post-56978781467562509222007-09-24T15:22:00.000-04:002007-09-24T15:22:00.000-04:00It was pointed out at The House Next Door that the...It was pointed out at The House Next Door that the first group of women are "rooted" (local Austin girls) and the second group are "rootless" (visiting Hollywood workers). It doesn't seem like a mistake that Mike himself is apparently "rootless"--a traveler, wanderer, lone wolf--and it is women of a similar nomadic lifestyle who finally do him in. I don't think this is a statement of the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38035217.post-35970046412895378642007-09-24T15:07:00.000-04:002007-09-24T15:07:00.000-04:00josh:I have a memory of Tarantino providing--in so...josh:<BR/><BR/>I have a memory of Tarantino providing--in some media appearance--a cryptic explanation of the abrupt shift in tone and technical characteristics halfway through the film. He mentioned that during the grindhouse heyday, some exploitation films actually were cobbled together from footage originally filmed for separate features. The combination of repeatedly utilized Z-list Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38035217.post-86345565946988871122007-09-21T03:05:00.000-04:002007-09-21T03:05:00.000-04:00Great analysis about the differences between the t...Great analysis about the differences between the two versions. I agree with you: the added moments in the stand-alone version are (almost) all very nice, and they do add something to the movie, but the film was leaner and meaner in its Grindhouse incarnation, and being prefaced by Planet Terror made sure you watched DP in exactly the right mood. I actually liked the foot-fetish being made all Hedwighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17910606263248113264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38035217.post-66148436785628233642007-09-20T17:05:00.000-04:002007-09-20T17:05:00.000-04:00Interesting comments josh, about a film I haven't ...Interesting comments josh, about a film I haven't seen yet (it's out in the UK this weekend) but it sounds a lot to me like the tonal differences between the two halves of the film could be deliberate.Indy Dattahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762816919775891197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38035217.post-52632858987036522592007-09-20T10:45:00.000-04:002007-09-20T10:45:00.000-04:00Rob, I'm gonna have to go with the theatrical cut ...Rob, <BR/><BR/>I'm gonna have to go with the theatrical cut of Death Proof as my preferred choice. Granted, I did like the addition of the lapdance scene - though it's absence in "Grindhouse" proved better from a comic stance, recreating the low-rent grindhouse experience, and for pacing purposes. But it's inclusion did add a sense of humanity and vulnerability to Buttefly. I also thought it Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584264284325885767noreply@blogger.com