Kill Bill colour changes to Black and White?

Question

In the movie Kill Bill, why does the colour keep shifting from standard colour to black and white? Is it to keep the gross levels down?

Answer 1

Hi there! Perhaps you've already found this in a deep dive on this question on the internet, but I've always thought of it as an homage to early film of similar styles, as well as a slight shift in perspective that the allows audience to continue to appreciate and focus on the story elements as well as framing rather than merely on blood shed and violence. Violence and blood have a way of pulling focus that may get in the way of storytelling if they take the audience away from the purpose of why they are there. The result is that they can trivialize the moments that led to the violence, and/or trivialize whatever comes after. If they seem out of step with the rest of the film, or gratuitous in any way, that can detract from everything else. Those are my thoughts on that in regard to that particular film. All the best!