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Quentin Tarantino,
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: Miramax
: Independent, Crime, Gangsters
: 154 min.
: English, French
: Spanish
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Outrageously violent, time-twisting, and in love with language, Pulp Fiction was widely considered the most influential American movie of the 1990s. Director and co-screenwriter Quentin Tarantino synthesized such seemingly disparate traditions as the syncopated language of David Mamet; the serious violence of American gangster movies, crime movies, and films noirs mixed up with the wacky violence of cartoons, video games, and Japanese animation; and the fragmented story-telling structures of such experimental classics as Citizen Kane, Rashomon, and La jetée. The Oscar-winning script by Tarantino and Roger Avary intertwines three stories, featuring Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta, in the role that single-handedly reignited his career, as hit men who have philosophical interchanges on such topics as the French names for American fast food products; Bruce Willis as a boxer out of a 1940s B-movie; and such other stalwarts as Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, Ving Rhames, and Uma Thurman, whose dance sequence with Travolta proved an instant classic. ~ Leo Charney, All Movie Guide
This disc contains the collector's edition of the "Pulp Fiction" DVD. In addition to the feature presentation, it contains the following goodies:
Sneak Peeks
Feature Film Scene Selections
Soundtrack Selections
DVD-ROM features (Screenplay Viewer, Trivia Game, Enhanced Playback, Open Mic Commentary [Online Feature])
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| not so violent
by alexjb
October 16, 2006 - 4:30 PM PDT
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tho i'd be really surprised if there are folks on GC not familiar with pulp fiction, i thought i'd clarify a couple of things:
1. it's not *that* violent. no major shoot-outs like Heat or reservoir dogs; nothing at all to compare with natural born killers. a couple of people get shot, and there are oe or two other scenes with a violent or explicit tone, but this is not a heavy violence or even heavy action film.
2. great dialogue. my friends often quote lines from this film, many years later. the performaces are all super tight, the characters memorable and well-developed despite the absolutely minimal use of backstory or "establishing scenes".
3. unusual storytelling. one of the hallmarks of this film is the non-linear storytelling approach. multiple plot lines which converge at different points, sometimes obvious, sometimes not. it's not all that uncommon now, but this film is still a great example of how to make it work.
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| What's in the briefcase?
by BrodiesGirl
July 10, 2003 - 10:54 AM PDT
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7 out of 8 members found this review helpful
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This movie left a HUGE impression on me. Pulp Fiction was released when I was at the ripe old age of thirteen. See, I was WAY into movies by this point in my life, and I had seen many movies to bulk up my history of film knowledge. I had read so much about Pulp Fiction and what an "important" movie it was. I kept thinking about this as I was seated uncomfortably between my parents in the darkened theater, counting the number of "F"-words in the opening scene. After I reached more than 25, I stopped counting. I knew that this was going to be a very interesting time.
I had not seen anything like this movie before. It literally blew my mind. About an hour or so into the movie, I was pulled out of the theater by my mother and taken to see the awful Junior. Remember? Arnold Schwartzenegger gets pregnant? Yeah. You can imagine the hatred I had for that movie after being taken out of Pulp Ficiton. Coupled with the fact that I saw Natural Born Killers in the theater a few months prior (but only with Dad, not Mom), I was very angry. The Pulp Fiction mystique grew to mammoth proportions in my head.
When I was finally able watch Pulp Fiction (basically when it came to video) it didn't let me down. Fast-paced, extravagently violent, unusual but memorable soundtrack, excellent cast. There isn't really a quest or driving force, it is just a story about several characters in a messed up timeline. Tarantino excels at how the story is told and how we are able to see the story, which makes all the difference in the world. Yeah, he's a rip-off artist, blah blah blah. He still made a kick ass movie that is incredibly entertaining with solid performances by the likes of Uma Thurman, the one and only Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Tim Roth, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Rosanna Arquette and Eric Stoltz. Definitely a modern classic that helped define a huge part of 90's film.
Bottom Line: Incredibly violent and profane (but in a good way), entertaining, well-written and well-acted, and a cornerstone of 90's cinema. |
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