On the Town: Serious Quentin Tarantino fans turned out in force for the Irish première of Kill Bill Volume 2 in Dublin this week. They were looking forward to an orgy of limb-chopping, eye-gouging and sword-slashing.
"We're big Kung Fu and Tarantino fans," said Dave Pyro and Benjamin Loose, band members of The Republic of Loose. "It looks amazing."
Gráinne Humphreys, assistant director of the Irish Film Institute and big Tarantino fan said: "It's great to see a woman kicking ass," referring to the vengeful killing machine that is the character played by Uma Thurman. Singer Jack L, took a break from recording to attend the film's gala screening in the Savoy Cinema. RTÉ broadcaster Myles Dungan gave the film a seven to eight out of 10.
"The Japanese animation is very cool," said Ray Senior, of ShowBizIreland.com and his friend, interior designer Melissa Nelson, agreed.
Susan Morrell and Alan Brennan, both doing a masters in screenwriting at the Dún Laoghaire Institue of Art, Design and Technology, said Tarantino's work is "witty and exhilarating. It's got a cartoonish sense about it".
After the film, David Carradine, who plays the title's eponymous villain, Bill, strode up to the microphone. As the audience applauded, the actor's voice cracked and he began to cry. "I can't believe I'm crying," he said, explaining he's an emotional person who even cries at "sentimental phone numbers". "I guess I should thank Quentin Tarantino for taking a hold of me like an old bottle of champagne covered with dust and shaking me up a little bit so that I kind of exploded."