![]() In 2008, Entertainment Weekly named it the best film since 1983 and it has appeared on many critics' lists of the greatest films ever made. The cast was also widely praised, with Travolta, Thurman, and Jackson earning particular acclaim. It is often considered a cultural watershed, influencing films and other media that adopted elements of its style. The self-reflexivity, unconventional structure, and extensive homage and pastiche have led critics to describe it as a touchstone of postmodern film. Pulp Fiction is widely regarded as Tarantino's magnum opus, with particular praise for its screenwriting. Its development, marketing, distribution, and profitability had a sweeping effect on independent cinema. It was nominated for seven awards at the 67th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won Best Original Screenplay it earned Travolta, Jackson, and Thurman Academy Award nominations and boosted their careers. ![]() Pulp Fiction won the Palme d'Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival and was a major critical and commercial success. TriStar Pictures reportedly turned down the script as "too demented." Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein was enthralled, however, and the film became the first that Miramax fully financed. The film is also self-referential from its opening moments, beginning with a title card that gives two dictionary definitions of "pulp." Considerable screen time is devoted to monologues and casual conversations with eclectic dialogue revealing each character's perspectives on several subjects, and the film features an ironic combination of humor and strong violence. Its plot occurs out of chronological order. Tarantino wrote Pulp Fiction in 19, incorporating scenes that Avary originally wrote for True Romance (1993). The title refers to the pulp magazines and hardboiled crime novels popular during the mid-20th century, known for their graphic violence and punchy dialogue. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, and Uma Thurman. It tells four intertwining tales of crime and violence in Los Angeles, California. It's a quite natural reaction, though, in my opinion.Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino from a story he conceived with Roger Avary. ![]() I will also try to avoid getting as disturbed as the first time I watched that scene, but I probably will. What was your view on that scene the first time you watched it? Some people are more sentimental than others when it comes to disturbing scenes like this one, so I'd really like to hear your experiences of that scene.įun fact: I will try to watch the whole movie again tomorrow, as I have not seen everything yet. I didn't understand the context a few years ago, but when I saw the gimp being locked out of his chest, I knew this scene was going places - and so it did. ![]() I had so many questions at once when they entered the shop, and suddenly they were bound up in their basements, ready to get penetrated. I have never been as disturbed watching a movie, as I was when 15 years old me watched that scene for the first time. Now I'm 19, and I went back today to give the scene another shot, as I genuinly thought I was able to get through it A BIT easier this time. I was wrong, and I didn't want to watch anymore of the movie after that scene. I didn't mind that much, to be honest, as I genuinly thought I already had seen the worst content which could ever be in a movie. "You know, Tarantino is a great director, but some would say that he is a bit crazy". He is a big fan of Tarantino, and before we started watching he made me aware of one thing, and he said: My father introduced me to Pulp Fiction when I was 15 years old. I guess threads like this one have been posted earlier, but I'll give it a shot.
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