Does he look like a bitch? a.k.a. She's got the look a.k.a. Get the picture? a.k.a. Back to the suture Identification and interpretation in Kill Bill

Abstract

In my essay I examine how the identificatory process of a spectator watching a cult film is altered when the film in question has a female protagonist and a high level of self-reflexivity (and other typically post-modern traits, such as pastiche and referentiality). I compare and combine different theoreticians who analyze these phenomena in order to see how the convergence of the elements create new, unforeseen effects that so far have not been explained. Identification and self-reflexivity have been studied seperately, but I show that when combined, they sometimes produce new effects, and even though the result does not always differ fundamentally from when one watches a 'traditional' film, the process through which this result is attained is sometimes altered.