Kirill Sokolov
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
influenced Why Don't You Just Die! (2018)
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Hell hath no fury like a struggling actress, at least as it’s played in the vibrant and violent directorial debut of Russia’s Kirill Sokolov with his enigmatically titled Why Don’t You Just Die! It’s also a genre hybrid which channels the usual tropes of how money is the root of all evil and how blood is not really thicker than water in its send-up of 90s American stalwarts such as Quentin Tarantino (whose Kill Bill gets a direct reference) and Roger Avary.
Inspired by films such as “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly,” “Evil Dead 2,” “Oldboy,” and “Kill Bill” Volumes 1 and 2, Sokolov discovered that he had both a love and a talent for dark comedy, a genre which has yet to gain popularity in Russia.
Why Don’t You Just Die: Take the visual style of Guy Ritchie’s early films ( Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , Snatch ) add a pinch of Danny Boyle’s Shallow Grave , throw in the blood geysers and over-the-top violence from Kill Bill -era Tarantino, put it all in a blender and the resulting cinematic milkshake would resemble Why Don’t You Just Die , the new film from writer/director Kirill Sokolov.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
Directed by Sergio Leone
influenced Why Don't You Just Die! (2018)
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Writer/director Kirill Sokolov is open about his fondness for directors Sergio Leone ( The Good, The Bad and the Ugly ), Martin Scorsese ( The Departed ), Park Chan-wook ( The Handmaiden ), and Quentin Tarantino ( Pulp Fiction ), and it’s completely visible through every inch of his feature debut Why Don’t You Just Die! .
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
Directed by Guy Ritchie
influenced Why Don't You Just Die! (2018)
Visuals
Why Don’t You Just Die: Take the visual style of Guy Ritchie’s early films ( Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels , Snatch ) add a pinch of Danny Boyle’s Shallow Grave , throw in the blood geysers and over-the-top violence from Kill Bill -era Tarantino, put it all in a blender and the resulting cinematic milkshake would resemble Why Don’t You Just Die , the new film from writer/director Kirill Sokolov.
The Hateful Eight (2015)
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
influenced Why Don't You Just Die! (2018)
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This is a film that has a few things in common with Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight”.
Por supuesto, toda esta trama nos hace pensar en Tarantino y sus westerns contenidos en una habitación ( Reservoir Dogs y The Hateful Eight en particular), nos hacen pensar en el descarnado Sam Peckinpah y en el grandilocuente Sergio Leone, nos hacen pensar en la violencia cruda de Park Chan-Wook y en la edición maniaca de las dos primeras películas de Guy Ritchie (las únicas de ese director venido a menos que, en mi opinión, merecen todas las alabanzas).
Lensed by Dmitriy Ulyukaev (Vasily Sigarev’s Land of Oz , 2015), Sokolov rides a fine balance between something like Hardcore Henry (2015) and Polanski’s Death and the Maiden (1994) – only the moment of truth is as nihilistic rather than cathartic.
However, both actors are caught up in the slick, slippery fabric of the narrative, and each player fulfills their small corner of the ensemble requirements, including Elena Shevchenko’s daffy mother, Evgeniya Kregzhde’s Pamela Smart-inspired girlfriend and the painstaking police partner played by Mikhail Gorevoy (who has been a bit player in several US productions, including Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies , 2015).