In Kill Bill Vol.2 Tarantino uses a soundtrack which is featured in the film, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. The use of intertextual references helps gives the audience a clue as to what might happen later on in the film or a warning of what’s to come. Tarantino’s use of intertextuality is to pay credit to the director, Sergio Leone, because he helped inspire Tarantino and also he is praising Leone’s music choice.
The purpose of this intertextual reference is to show the Bride in Kill Bill Vol.2 as the good who will eventually defeat the bad, Bill and then the ugly, whom is Bud. As an audience we make an assumption that the Bride will sooner or later kill Bill, hence the name of the film.
Tarantino used this reference to portray the Bride as an iconic hero. The bride is shown to have similarities with the Good from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, the link between the two is that the good is named, Blondie and the Bride in Kill Bill (Uma Thurman) has blonde hair. The Bride and Blondie are extremely cunning and determined to not be defeated, which indicates to us, as an audience that she will never give up- like Blondie.
In the finale of The Good The Bad and The Ugly, the Good kills the Bad which we can relate back to Kill Bill Vol.2 and the idea that the Bride will find Bill and hopefully kill him. Bud, who plays the ugly ends up digging in the finale of The Good The Bad and The Ugly, likewise does Bill in Kill Bill, however instead of digging for money he digs to kill the Bride.
Another intertextual reference used in Kill Bill, motivated by The Good the Bad and the Ugly is the landscaping. Both scenes are set in an isolated desert, and also briefly shows the grave yard, whereas in Kill Bill Vol. 2 the Bride is captured by Bill’s brother in a very isolated area then later buried in a grave yard.
As well as seeing the intertextuality within the two films, we can also see the change in attitudes towards woman. Traditionally the male plays the hero in an action thriller, whereas in Kill Bill we see the Bride being the ultimate hero.
Your post indicates satisfactory understanding of the purpose of Tarantino's use of inter textuality in the run up to the burial scene in Kill Bill 2. Also note that The Bride is wearning cowboy boots, similar to those Blondie wears in The Good the Bad and the Ugly, thus another inter textual reference is made to Sergio Leone's western classic.
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