![]() Hank Azaria's Moe impression seems dead on, but I cannot process it as anything other than an impression of a pre-existing Moe. It is mentally impossible for me to shake the feeling that the actors here are lip-synching, trying to trick me into thinking they have the voices of characters I know from the Simpsons. I get this especially when I see live action interview with the voice actors of the Simpsons. Once you hear the second thing, it seems like the second thing must have been the first thing even though you know better. This sort of like an effect Harold Bloom calls apophrades, the return of the dead: "the uncanny effect is that the new poem's achievement makes it seem to us, not as though the precursor were writing it, but as though the later poet himself had written the precursor's characteristic work." That is going too far maybe, but the idea is there. It is bizarre to hear the music in White Lightning, as it seems sampled from Kill Bill. Burt Reynolds was thanked in the closing credits because of that. The RZA used music from White Lightning in Kill Bill. Then there are things like this, where the connection is not arguable. ![]() Then there are the more specific shots where he seems to be more clearly invoking another film, like the opening of Citizen Kane. That may just be one of those things that a lot of movies do. Tarantino may not be taking that from a particular movie. First there are those genre cues, like the Tokyo of tiny buildings. Kill Bill links fall into three categories. He chases him but Reynolds tricks him into that lake. Eventually the sheriff figures out Reynolds is against him and catches up with him in the second scene I have here, which is near the end of the film. Turning rat goes against everything he believes in, but this is the only way he can get revenge. That does not work and so he agrees to go undercover and take down this corrupt sheriff who is bootlegging. So like Dukes of Hazard if Dukes of Hazard was trying to be a drama.īurt Reynolds is in jail at the start of the movie and, when he learns his brother is dead, he attempts a break out in the first clip I have shown. But in this movie, the sheriff drowns in that lake, proper revenge for drowning Burt Reynolds brother in the swap in the opening credits. White Lightning has a very Dukes of Hazard feel - Burt Reynolds is a southern troublemaker who is really good at racing cars around small towns, and there is an overweight sheriff (played by Ned Beaty) who chases him around and whom he eventually tricks into driving his car into a lake. White Lightning is a Burt Reynolds movie, where he plays "Gator" McKlusky, a character I knew only from the end of the eighth episode of Archer where he insists that he looks just like him. He alludes, as Milton does in Paradise Lost, to re-think, to interpret, and ultimately to conquer. My theory is that Tarantino does more than swipe. This sample reflects that mind state.I continue to blog about Kill Bill's relationship to the films that influenced it. You kill everyone - young and old!" RZA: "Seven of Wu's nine members all served hard prison time. 4Shaolin finger jab! 5We're watching your whole group around the clock. ![]() First I'll tell you about their styles, the poison clan techniques, the five main styles. I'm afraid they did, in the past." 3There's something that I would like you to do. 2but still for many men just to hear of the name fills them with hate and loathing.But why? They've never harmed anyone. Ninja (aka Ninja Hunter) Year: 1983įilm Time: 500:3:58 Film: The Iron Monkey Year: 1977Īlbum: The W Year: 2000 Song Time: 00:07 Sample: " 1I must tell you that the Clan is a danger to the public. We brought new light to these movies - and the listener." 36 of these can be fatal, the remainder paralyzing." RZA:"These lines are so obscure, I knew people didn’t know them. In fact it involves strenuous breath control and of all techniques it's the most difficult. Film Time: 00:00:32 Film: Invincible Armour Year: 1977Īlbum: Wu-Tang Forever Year: 1997 Song Time: 04:31 Sample: "One is invulnerable.
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