Film Review : ' Royale With Cheese '

The classical Hollywood narrative is one of simplicity, linear continuity, and comprehensive storytelling, something typical American audiences were used to for most of films history. Quentin Tarantino, however, is not one to abide by the rules of cinema. The arguably auteur director reconfigures this narrative style with his 1994 classic Pulp Fiction. This film not only presented itself as a completely new and innovative take on what a film could be, but also created a foundation for which many films since have built their narratives from.

Film is my passion. I thoroughly enjoy watching and analyzing movies - finding the pros and cons. In film there are many different pieces that have to go together in order to make a movie work including: cinematography, the actual image and how it is displayed; sound, the score, sound effects and overall how clear it is to understand what actors are saying; the editing, how all the individual clips are put together; and dialogue and story, what the actors are saying and what the movie is about. A bad movie probably has done most of these poorly. A good movie may be lacking in one of these departments. A great movie has all bases covered, however, there are exceptions on this depending on personal preference. Some movies might end up being controversial. Some may love it. Same may hate it. But one must still appreciate a movie for all the hard work and effort that has been poured into it. My favourite example of a polarizing movie is Jared Hess’ 2004 movie Napoleon Dynamite.

The movie begins with the narrations of Clyde Barrow and goes into detail about his childhood and how he first got started with criminal activity. Bonnie and Clyde took place during the Great Depression in the 1930’s, therefore Barrow’s family lived in poverty and had little money. Clyde had an older brother known as Marvin “Buck” Barrow, and tells the story about how they first begun their crime sting by stealing chickens. During times of the Great Depression, money, food, and basic everyday items needed to live were hard to get. At a young age, Clyde begun following in the footsteps of his older brother Buck, and begun to commit acts of crime in order to get what they needed and wanted. (FIX!!!!!)

Pulp Fiction is a black comedy, and crime movie that was written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. The movie features graphic violence, drugs, and a mysterious briefcase. Pulp Fiction tells several stories in a nonlinear way, meaning that the narratives are not told in a chronological order and do not follow the rules of space and time. The usage of a nonlinear format in Pulp Fiction was quite compelling as it did not follow the typical cause-effect sequence in any scene, instead Tarantino chose to open the movie with a non-typical effect rather than a cause.

The movie begins with a shot of a cemetery of unmarked crosses. From the beginning, the audience is clued in that this isn’t going to be a simple film. Herzog does an outstanding job dragging out the transitions between scenes, whether it be the sun setting on a highway, or fields of corn shaking gently in the breeze, to create a bleak ambiance that carries out throughout the film. It gives time for the audience to analyze the new information they’ve been given to add onto their own judgements. When the audience first gets to view the original crime scene where the bodies of two young men were discarded, only the sound of insects and other nightlife can be heard, creating an unsettling effect that only adds to the gruesome

Lukas Hamlescher Dr. Neuendorf COM 320 Preliminary Draft Wes Anderson is a staple in the independent film community. He writes, directs, and produces most of his films. He takes time to develop stories unique to him and from each other. Nonetheless, all of Anderson?s films have an undeniable familiarity between them as he imprints his style on everything he creates. However, if he did not have inspiration or influences for his films, his creativity and artistic flair may not have a proper way to be displayed.

Simple. Or it would be if the film did not bungle its buildup. It starts at murder and

I was a little late on the Kill Bill train and did not watch the movie until last year. As soon as the film started, I knew that it was going to be extremely intense. The same goes for Pulp Fiction. These two films directed by Quentin Tarantino were very different from all the other films that I’ve seen in my life. The mise en scene, dialogue, and music, were all different factors that intrigued me. I watched Pulp Fiction after watching Kill Bill and at first I thought that Pulp Fiction was an odd spin off to Kill Bill or that it took place in the same kind of universe because the worlds are so similar, the characters are just as intense, and the amount of violence was just as common. These are just a few things that make Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill similar. In this essay I will be discussing more similarities and slight differences between the two films.

Reseviour dogs screenplay was written by Tarantino, the film was well received by critics at the Sundance Film Festival the dialogue driven hiest film flashed out his tone and style as a director (Biography.com2015). A Year later he released pulp fiction written and directed by himself. This film bought him out of the cult film status and into celebrity Status. Many awards were given to the film, with a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film festival (Biography.com2015). Pulp fiction launched him into everything from Cameos on smaller productions and directing episodes for TV shows like ER.

At the beginning of the movie we are shown an opening sequence introducing the main characters in the movie. We are briefly introduced to each character’s situation and the goals they are trying to achieve but we soon

The narrative form exhibited in the opening sequence seems simple at first glance, but actually conveys a multitude of

Quentin Tarantino is an excellent director of many hit films. Movies such as Pulp Fiction, Inglorious Bastards, and

One style is gleeful and based on the fantasy of a slave rising up against his tormentors, the other is gruelling and demands the audience recognise and respect the history that the film is engaging with. Tarantino has his cake and devours it.

The story itself is complicated, but through repetition, numbers of details are provided. For instance, the first scene on the train, the main character, Steven, wakes up, but does not know where he is, and when he runs to the bathroom to see his own reflection, he sees another person's reflection. At this point, the audiences finally get some ideas of what is going on and recognizes what is happening, but then the next scene shows the train exploding. This is the surprising and confusing opening that draw the audience attention, but because the audience were provided with no specific information in the beginning of the movie, they were confused too, which create a suspenseful feeling. However, later on in the movie, every time the 8 minutes were repeated, the audience were given more information about what is actually going on in the movie.

The film Pulp Fiction was an immediate box office success when it was released in 1994 and it was also well received by the critics, and celebrated for the way it appeared to capture exactly a certain pre-millennial angst and dislocation in Western capitalist societies. The term post-modernist, often used to refer to art and architecture, was applied to this film. The pulp fiction refers to popular novels which are bought in large numbers by less well educated people and enjoyed for their entertainment value. The implication is that the film concerns topics of interest to this low culture, but as this essay will show, in fact, the title is ironic and the film is a very intellectual presentation of issues at the heart of contemporary