Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction is a fusion of Alfred Hitchcock and Jean-Luc Godard because he creates a style different from conventional movies of the 1980s. Godard and Hitchcock are known for their outlandish, but revolutionary plays on storytelling. Tarantino does not abide by any rules in his film.
The film has three different stories that are intertwined to create one film. Tarantino borrows this technique from Hitchcock. Bates Motel displays the story of Marion- dies in the first 40 minutes-, Norman Bates, and Marion’s sister and husband. Somehow, both filmmakers are able to make things work that most filmmakers would fail at. The use of episodic like films is prevalent in Hitchcock’s film who originally worked on television shows. The curiosity
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.
From the outset, Hitchcock introduces an initial theme of good versus evil during the opening credits. The title scene could be seen as a reflection of the personality of Norman Bates as the credits themselves are presented as fragmented titles which come together as one on the screen but then
Pulp Fiction by Quinton Tarantino falls into the genre of a Gangster film but has elements of other genres as well like Film Noir and Black Comedy. Pulp Fiction has a balance of drama and comedy along with hard to watch scenes like rape, violence, gore and heavy drug use. Tarantino’s style of movie making help make Pulp Fiction the classic it is today. The mise-en-scene, cinematography and other elements of movie, including sound effects and round characters leave us intrigued as well as content with the story structure as well as its ending.
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.
I was never a movie guy up until I watched Pulp Fiction two years ago. I have only watched it like four to five time due to how long it is. Amazing movie still. The next movie on the list is director Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. Like Pulp Fiction it is also pretty long movie, but because both movies were directed and acted wonderfully those three hours go by fast.Pulp Fiction is directed by Quentin Tarantino as well as another critically acclaimed movie Reservoir Dogs, that I have yet to see. Pulp Fiction takes place mostly in California where most of the movie two hitmen go retrieve a briefcase for their boss, shooting almost everyone they come into contact with. Aside from that, the beginning of the movie starts with diner heist if you believe it or not. This movie is has drug use, gunshots, brain matter, and diner heists, all the ingredients for a crime genre film . On the other side of the spectrum Pulp Fiction is listed a drama genre as well. Quentin adds drama brilliantly in one short scene where John Travolta character Vincent has to keep his boss’s wife named Mia, company while away. After Vincent and Mia, finish their dinner at a car themed restaurant go back to Mia’s place and Mia begins to to OD on Vincent’s heroin after snorting it like coke.
Pulp Fiction is a 1994 comedy, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Pulp Fiction describes the life of two hitmen, Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson), and the challenges they face with their boss, his wife, a struggling boxer, and a pair of armed robbers. This suspense-filled movie displays many use of drugs, the main one being heroin. The film accurately portrayed the effects that could happen to your body when having an overdose on heroin and showed many ways the drugs could be used within your body. However, one thing the film didn’t accurately portray was the adrenaline shot used to counteract the heroin overdose.
The various elements of “Pulp Fiction”, its story, style of filming as well as other factors combine to make the film a masterpiece of modern cinema and a breakout hit in a world of corporate and focus group dominated Hollywood.
1. Parents in the early twentieth century were warned that detective magazines could warp children's minds.
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
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.
Pastiche used in film is generally incorporated to create a nostalgic tone. However this is not the case with ‘Pulp Fiction’ as the strategy is used to pay homage and show appreciation towards 1950’s pulp fiction texts and influential films. Tarantino alludes to various aspects, techniques and scenes from other Hollywood movies into his own. Tarantino stated, “I always hope that if one million people see my movie, they see one million different movies” . Elements from Hollywood movies such as weapons, costumes, camera angles, themes and famous scenes are injected into ‘Pulp Fiction’. His film blurs the line between cinematic styles and genres. Intertextuality is a significant factor within Tarantino’s work, as by reinventing the old he is able to preserve originality and create a sense of dimension within his work. Tarantino refers to ‘Pulp Fiction’ not as a movie but as multiple movies. An example of pastiche within the film is present in the scene in which Marcellus Wallace coincidentally recognises Butch in his car while walking across the street. This action mimics the scene from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” where Marion’s boss recognises her as he crosses at traffic lights. Through this pastiche Tarantino is able to show his appreciation and influence of Hitchcock’s infamous films while also applying the scene in a postmodern context. Another occurrence of pastiche appears in Butches weapon of choice; a baseball bat and chainsaw. These weapons of choice pay homage to the films ‘Walking Tall’ and ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’
Film Director Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” first debuted on October 14, 1994, when people first viewed this iconic film they thought it would be the best Tarantino film or the worst one. No matter which way the crowd was swayed this film was for a sure a memorable one, anywhere from Samuel L. Jackson’s misquoted bible verse to the famous dancing scene with John Travolta and Uma Thurman. These scenes are what made this film unique and so appealing to the public. Breaking records of being the first independent film to gross over 200 million dollars “Pulp Fiction” is no doubt the most outstanding film created by Quentin Tarantino.
One of the early scenes in "Pulp Fiction" features two hit-men discussing what a Big Mac is called in other countries. Their dialogue is witty and entertaining, and it's also disarming, because it makes these two thugs seem all too normal. If you didn't know better, you might assume these were regular guys having chit-chat on their way to work. Other than the comic payoff at the end of the scene, in which they use parts of this conversation to taunt their victims, their talk has no relevance to anything in the film, or to anything else, for that matter. Yet without such scenes, "Pulp Fiction" wouldn't be "Pulp Fiction." I get the sense that Tarantino put into the film whatever struck his fancy, and somehow the final product is not only coherent but wonderfully textured.
The movies that Tarantino makes are not just violent, but have a great storyline, which he writes. His most famous movies include: Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, From Dusk Till Dawn, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2, and the newest one, Inglourious Basterds (IMDb). Other, less famous ones are: Jackie Brown and Grindhouse (a double-feature consisting of Planet Terror, and Death Proof) (IMDb). To this day, people still talk about how great of a movie Pulp Fiction is. These movies are well known for their graphic violence, and sometimes profanity.
Pulp fiction is a movie filled with drugs, violence, gambling, and pop iconography, describing how real-life society is going towards the “death of god” era; a life without morals. A lot of movie critics would say that Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent (John Travolta) possess no ethical values, no sense of morality. They also say that the movie does not convey a message. The movie does convey a message; Quentin Tarantino just masks it behind the street-savvy talk and murdering of persons who “wronged the boss.”