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Quentin Tarantino is well known and often criticized for his depiction of violence in his films. Although at times graphic, Tarantino’s violence holds a purpose. This paper will look at two films, Jackie Brown and Pulp Fiction, and their depiction of violence and the aesthetics used. It will also look at classic film conventions and ultraviolence aesthetics used by Tarantino. Quentin Tarantino’s depiction of violence in Pulp Fiction becomes bloodier and more graphic as the film continues. Early

The film Jackie Brown by Quentin Tarantino portrayed several unique characters and scenes which reflected key concepts of gender in contemporary society such as the concepts of masculinity and femininity. The current paper will initially engage in an analysis on several unique scenes which reflected the different types of masculinity portrayed by different male characters such as Max Chery, Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara. Subsequently, the current paper will attempt to analyze representations of different

Tarantino’s Depiction of Violence Quentin Tarantino is well known and often criticized for his depiction of violence in his films. Although at times graphic, Tarantino’s violence holds a purpose. This paper will look at two films, Jackie Brown and Pulp Fiction, and their depiction of violence and the aesthetics used. It will also look at classic film conventions and ultraviolence aesthetics used by Tarantino. Finally, the paper will determine what aesthetics Tarantino carries over in each film.

specifically the new wave of black female action heroes like Taraji P. Henson, who plays a kick-ass hit woman who's dressed to kill in Proud Mary. Throughout the 1970s, she played the lead in several other Blaxploitation films produced by AIP like Foxy Brown (1974), Sheba Baby, and Friday Foster (which were both released in 1975.) In the late 1970s, the

Pam Grier: The Baddest One-Chick Hit Squad Pamela Suzette Grier was born on May 26TH, 1949 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to Sylvia Samuels, a nurse, and Clarence Ransom Grier, a mechanic and Technical Sergeant in the US Air Force. She moved frequently throughout her childhood due to her father’s military career, but the family eventually settled in Denver, where she attended both secondary school and college. In order to raise money for tuition for her sophomore year, Grier entered several beauty

Drug Uses Media Analysis 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

Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino has been a sensation since its release and has received numerous awards, including one for its original screenplay. The screenplay can be designated to several genres, mainly due to its intertwined plot sequence and events, but the genre Pulp Fiction conforms most to is gangster crime. The main characters of Pulp Fiction are gangsters who commit crimes and face struggle and conflict which they have to overcome. This induces obscure events, including murder and rape

wrong. Two prime examples of the anti-hero can be found in Quentin Tarantino’s 1997 film, Jackie Brown, and Robert Rossen’s 1961 film, The Hustler. Both protagonists from these films thrive off of money, and are willing to take extreme risks to get it. Although the film’s characters share a common love for money, they differ in technical style, as well as the representation of minorities. Jackie Brown, a determined and sneaky middle-aged flight attendant, gets caught smuggling money from Mexico

state level barred African Americans from classrooms, bathrooms, theaters, juries, and legislature. Despite all these barriers there were people who decided to change the way white folks treated African Americans. People such as a Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and Jim Brown made history through the game. The Civil Rights is taught to K-12 grade students through all sorts of literature, however most books were based on male athletes in the civil rights other than female athletes that stand out such

New York Yankees which ended up being his last time in the Major Leagues. Rickey decided to attend Michigan Law school in 1911 and was able to graduate. He could not stay away from baseball long though, because he accepted a job with the St. Louis Browns as the President, field manager, and General Manager for many years. Branch needed to help