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Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (8/12) Movie CLIP - Losing the Other Eye (2004) HD

This is both my favourite and most feared of scenes in Kill Bill: Vol. 2. It's one of my favourites partly because of the humour and how Elle Driver delivers her lines. But mostly because of the pure squeamishness of her losing her eye for the second time. I want to look but I know I've got to look away at the same time to save from losing my mind at the intensity of the scenario. 

[nocheezeplease]

A love of lies.

1. AMIRA'S HOUSE.DAY.

It is 2005 and today is just like any other day for Amira Scott. Her husband of 3 years, Ivan, is traveling to Shanghai on business. 

(camera zooms into photo’s plastered over the refrigerator showing their intimate relationship. Ivans’ itinerary revealing his flight number is hanging as well.)

They own a company together, and have become business partners, best friends, and have vowed to love each other for life. Amira is listening to the news as she is cooking, as an alert flashes regarding a plane crash in the mid- Atlantic. She drops the chopping knife. It is Ivan's flight that has gone down.

2.FUNERAL. DAY.

It is a week after Ivan's plane that was en route to Shanghai, plummeted over the Atlantic. Amira made arrangements for the funeral, and is standing around the casket, surrounded by Ivan's loved ones. 

Charlie is standing next to Amira, arms around her shoulders, and rubbing her back.

Amira picks at her bandaged fingers. 

CHARLIE

(placing hands on the small of Amira's back)

I promised Ivan, that if it was the last thing I ever did,I would keep you safe. I am going to keep that promise-- forever. 

Amira wipes tears from her face, and throws a flower onto his casket.

AMIRA

Rest in peace, my love.

(interlaces her fingers with Charlie's)

Charlie and Amira slowly back away from the empty casket. They both take one glance back, and push this image into the very backs of their minds. 

3. CHARLIE'S HOUSE.NIGHT.

Months have gone by, and Charlie and Amira have started forming a relationship. Since the day of the funeral, they have been inseparable. Amira is only happy when she is in Charlie's presence. She has become very quiet, sensitive, and sticks close to home at all times. 

Charlie is conflicted, but knows that if he leaves Amira, she will crumble. The only way to protect her, is by loving her. 

In the background, the television is on the news station, and a news reporter rumbles to life with breaking news. 

The remains of flight 182 have been found. All of the passengers were uncovered, except for one man, by the name of Ivan Scott.

Charlie is in the living room, roughing around with his Rottweiler when he hears the television come to life. He stops dead in his tracks.

Amira walks in from the kitchen.

AMIRA

Hey lover, guess what I am thinking we do tonight??

(Charlie is unresponsive,and Amira notices his pale white face)

Babe... whats going on! You look like you have seen a ghost!

Just as Amira says this, she whips around, and see's her husband's face on the television. MISSING PERSON is flashing under his name, next to pictures of the uncovered plane.

Amira gasps, runs to the bathroom, and vomits. 

4.AMIRA'S CAR. DAY.

Amira has become increasingly anxious and restless as the days go on since the uncovering of flight 182. She has not been eating, and Charlie is worried for her health.

Today is a good day for her. She is driving home from a long day furniture shopping with Charlie, at ease listening to John Lennon on the radio.

(She sways to the music)

Charlie bites his nails nervously, and wonders if he should tell Amira about the letter Ivan handed him before he departed for Shanghai. It has been bothering him for weeks, but he hasn't had the courage to speak up to fragile Amira.

(flashes back to months before to this happening at the airport)

CHARLIE

Amir....

(his voice trails off)

Amira flashes her gleaming smile in his direction. The light hits her brown locks, bringing forth the hints of golden strands in her hair.

Charlie doesn't want to finish his sentence. He does not hide his emotions well and Amira knows he is uneasy with something.

AMIRA 

Why have you been so weird all week! 

(she frowns, and lowers her voice)

You know I have been trying to push everything into the back of my mind. He is gone. He has been gone, and is never coming back. I don't care what anyone says. 

CHARLIE

(A tear forms in the corner of Charlie's eye)

There is something you need to know.

5.ABANDONED WAREHOUSE ON ROUTE 66. NIGHT.

Charlie has taken Amira to the place that Ivan told Charlie to take his wife to, in the letter he handed him at the airport prior to his departure. 

(camera close up to the letter, in Ivan’s distinctive script, to the part which reads, “Bring her to this place.”)

There are 4 fingerprint security locks on the door. Charlie places his hand on the scanner and the door pops open. 

Amira stops suddenly and jolts up.

AMIRA

I refuse to go any further Charlie. You tell me what the rest of that letter said!! 

Charlie whips around, takes out the crumpled letter and shows Amira the blood-stained finger print insignia on the bottom.

CHARLIE

Ivan swore on his life that the day you found out about this place, would be over his death bed.

Charlie grabs Amira's hand, leads her into a chain-linked elevator, and steps into the darkness.

6.CREEPY ELEVATOR. NIGHT.

Amira is overcome with the scent of cigars and hard liquor as the elevator travels to the highest floor. She shields her eyes from the smokiness. It hits the highest level on the number pad, but continues on.

AMIRA

How long will we be in this thing? What are we, going in the sky or something? 

Suddenly, the scent changed into deep roses, and a hint of rosemary. Amira sniffs the air, felt herself become dizzy, and suddenly started getting increasingly warmer. She felt her cheeks flush, and took off her sweater. 

CHARLIE

More like Cloud 9......

Amira looks at Charlie with bulging eyes. (Written text on screen). Was it the Cloud 9? She had only heard rumors. Faint stories. Scary stories even. Only time will tell what her story would be.

Fade out.

[felixismyalterego]

Exegesis: Chiyoe, 'Perseverance and Possibilities'

I decided to create my digitale based around my Great-grandmother, mostly because I don’t feel like I’ve lived long enough to have fantastic tales to share. The theme of this story was, as suggested in the title, ‘perseverance and possibilities’.  I wanted to show that, through the perseverance of my great-grandmother in her life, it has enabled the possibility of a large family, spanning many generations and permitting my very own existence.  I used Japan as a backdrop to the story, and tried to include the most impacting events in her long life.

I knew that Chiyoe had had a long life (spanning 98 years!) and I knew a few things I wanted to mention in the story; however, it wasn’t until I actually sifted through the photographs that my extended family kindly gathered for me did a story emerge. I chose to begin the story with a picture of me in a Japanese outfit to illustrate how I am connected to the content. I decided to take a picture of the pictures and present them with additional background (all Japanese-themed) mostly because scanning the older pictures (which were taken in the 1920’s!) could destroy them, and I obviously wanted to avoid that.  I found I actually enjoyed the meta-feel of a ‘picture in a picture’; I felt it further established the feel of me looking back into my ancestry, without directly reliving it.

There were no baby photos of my great-grandmother that we could find; despite the disappointment, I found that the first image of her (when she was a teenager) much better reflected the tone of the piece. Her childhood is not where the story began; it began through her marriage and subsequent re-establishment to Australia. I chose to keep some images completely still, whilst others slowly panned from different directions across the screen. This was to maintain interest in the image; some images were kept onscreen for quite a long time, others were noticeably shorter. Some images emphasised the narrative more clearly than others did.

Initially, I wanted to use a traditional Japanese song ‘Sakura’ as the background music; however, this song is one of my favourite songs, and this story (as mentioned in the introduction) was not necessarily mine. Thus, I chose an instrumental version of Chiyoe’s favourite song, ‘Kushimoto Bushi’; this song (like my great-grandmother) originated from Kushimoto, and it fit surprisingly well in the editing process, when merging the images with the sound.

In conclusion, I think the story sheds some light on one of my personal interests; Japan. Although others may not find it particularly enthralling or emotional, it felt like an appropriate topic to create such a tale. She was an amazing person, and it is in the ordinary that I find her life extraordinary; her ability to maintain stability when in moments of her life, it seemed like complete chaos.

[nocheezeplease]

One of my favorites. A 90’s classic.  I love watching movies about this era. So carefree, and with some of the top actors in the roots of their careers. 

[nocheezeplease]

One of my favorites. A 90's classic.  I love watching movies about this era. So carefree, and with some of the top actors in the roots of their careers. 

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