The highlights of Kill Bill I

·Quentin Tarantino postponed the filming date of the film because of Uma Thurman's pregnancy.

·The script and the role of "The Bride" were director Quentin Tarantino's 30th birthday gift to Uma Thurman.

·The yellow dress worn by Uma Thurman in the film is an obvious homage to the one worn by Bruce Lee in the 1978 film "Game Of Death". In fact, many of the props in this film are tributes to Bruce Lee.

·Most of the film's Asian scenes were shot at the Beijing Film Studio studio, including a large number of Japanese interior scenes.

·Special effects artist Christopher Allen Nelson said that 450 gallons of fake blood were used in the production of the two "Kill Bill" movies.

·The word "fuck" appears only 17 times in the film. This is Quentin Tarantino's first film in which the word "fuck" appears less than 100 times.

·Quentin Tarantino said in an interview that all the music in the film was from other films and came from his collection of film soundtracks.

·Okinawa is considered one of the least likely places to eat delicious sushi, so the sushi restaurants there are also good hiding places.

·In a scene in a restaurant, the "Bride" killed 57 people in one go.

·Approximately $60,000 of the film's budget was used to manufacture the sword and its accessories.

·It took a year to write and adjust the script. Whenever Tarantino encountered confusion, he would stop and watch Kung Fu movies. Usually there was a Hong Kong movie a day, sometimes two or three a day, and There were Japanese samurai movies and cartoons, and images of these movies filled Tarantino’s mind to the point where he had no idea what Hollywood movies were like at the time.

·The producers had wanted Warren Beatty to play Bill, but Warren Beatty declined the invitation and recommended David Carradine.

·In order to give the film the feel of a Chinese martial arts film in the 1970s, Quentin Tarantino made a list of films for director of photography Robert Richardson, hoping that he would Master this visual style as quickly as possible. In addition, Tarantino also prohibited the use of digital special effects and firecrackers, and insisted on using Chinese condoms filled with fake blood to create the blood splatter effect, which was Chang Cheh's usual method.

·Kevin Costner refused to play Bill in the film because he wanted to direct and star in "Terra".

·The famous long shot in the film was rehearsed for 6 hours. After it was shot in one go, there were rumors that the staff operating the camera stabilizer fainted from exhaustion.

·This film is the first film to be rated R after the implementation of Canada's new film classification system.

·Chiaki Kuriyama accidentally hit Tarantino who was standing next to the camera during filming.

·In order for Robert Richardson to serve as the film's director of photography, Tarantino sent the script and a bouquet of roses to Richardson's home on Valentine's Day in 2002.

·Tarantino initially hoped that a Japanese actor would play the role of O-Ren Ishii in the film. Later, after watching "Western Dragon", he decided to ask Lucy Liu to play the role.

·Tarantino and Uma Thurman started planning this film during the filming of "Pulp Fiction". The two talked about the type of film they most wanted to make, and Tarantino said that he most wanted to make it. To make a 1970s-style kung fu movie, Thurman proposed the opening sequence in a wedding dress.

·According to Uma Thurman, Tarantino once made her watch "Dashing", "Coffy" and "Into the Wild".

·The first draft of the script is 220 pages long.

·When the bride arrived at Tokyo Airport, she walked past an advertisement for Red Apple cigarettes, a brand created by Tarantino and featured in "Pulp Fiction."