This weekend’s release of “Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair” reminds me of when Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill: Vol. 1” came out in October of 2003, and I joked in my review that it was the first time the deleted scenes you’d see on a DVD were released before the actual movie. Splitting films in half to maximize profits wasn’t common practice back then. Like a lot of awful things in Hollywood, it started with Miramax studio boss Harvey Weinstein, who was looking for a way to recoup costs when Tarantino’s massive martial arts epic came in over budget and way overlong. Cutting “Kill Bill” into two movies not only gave Miramax two bites at the box office apple, it also saved Weinstein from the kind of bad press he’d gotten the previous year during a public wrestling match with Martin Scorsese over the running time of “Gangs of New York.” (The mogul’s reputation for editing room interference had earned him the nickname “Harvey Scissorhands.”)
Meet and Greet with Dr. Afshan Hashmi is broadcast live Tuesdays at 3PM PT on K4HD Radio - Hollywood Talk Radio (www.k4hd.com) part of Talk 4 Radio (www.talk4radio.com) on the Talk 4 Media Network (www.talk4media.com) Meet and Greet with Dr. Afshan Hashmi TV Show is viewed on Talk 4 TV (www.talk4tv.com)
Meet and Greet with Dr. Afshan Hashmi Podcast is also available on Talk 4 Media (www.talk4media.com) Talk 4 Podcasting (www.talk4podcasting.com) iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, Pandora, Spotify, Audible, and over 100 other podcast outlets.
