Paired with nonchalant violence, shot in slow motion against hip music cues, Pulp Fiction made for an enjoyable time at the movies.
These five interact with a few other LA crime denizens to weave a tapestry of interlocking stories, smooth-talking conversations, and gruesome situations.Īt the time of its release in 1994, Pulp Fiction was deemed original and inventive, thanks to non-chronological storytelling and dialogue that felt effortlessly stylish. Jackson) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta), their mobster boss Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames), his wife Mia (Uma Thurman), and boxer Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis). They share a few characters, recognizable types from crime novels that make up the “pulp fiction” of the title including two contract killers, Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Quentin Tarantino’s second film as both writer and director-and the one that catapulted him to superstardom in the 1990s-strings together a series of fast moving vignettes that link three stories, all set in Los Angeles. I might not think everything about it is cool, but generally, it still plays to a modern audience.
The verdict: Pulp Fiction remains a classic. How does one review a film that's already been deemed a classic by a generation of cinephiles? For starters, it helps to have over a decade to cleanse the palate. Writers: Quentin Tarantino 👨🏼🇺🇸 and Roger Avary 👨🏼🇺🇸
