Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Classic Revisited: Pulp Fiction (1994)

Typical Quentin Tarantino stuff. Non-linear narration of the lives of a bunch of people - 2 hit-men (Jules and Vincent) working for their boss (Marsellus Wallace), the boss' wife (Mia), a boxer (Butch) who gets mixed up with Marsellus and 2 bandits (Pumpkin and Honey Bunny) who are out to make a quick buck by robbing a restaurant

Gangster stuff, guns, a lot of swear words, illegal betting, homosexuality, drugs, lot of random dialogs and of course sex ... in Tarantino style packaged in chapters

Hits
  • Samuel L. Jackson's authority, anger and aggression sears through his eyes and his dialog delivery particularly Ezekiel 25:17. John Travolta plays the apt foil to him. John is casual and totally the opposite of Samuel. 
  • Lot of small appearances for Bruce Willis as Butch, Uma Thurman as Mia, Tim Roth as Pumpkin, Ving Rhames as Wallace, the 2 homosexuals Zed and Maynard, Butch's wife Fabienne etc. etc. Each of them plays his/her part in the respective chapters. 
  • The dialogs are cult. They are long, random, sometimes pointless and yet engaging
  • The BG soundtrack needless to say, is also very popular. The tile theme and the end credits theme in particular. 
Comment
  • The chapters are aligned quite randomly. 
VERDICT
A film that can be pulled off only by the likes of Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie. 

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