Pulp Fiction (B.E #12)

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Pulp Fiction was directed by Quentin Tarantino in 1994. It’s about two lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster’s wife, and pair of diner bandits intertwines in four tales of violence and redemption. This cinematic adventure is comprised of joy, sorrow, terror and most importantly hilarity. Throughout most of this movie I was cracking up due to a lot of the witty humor that was in this movie. Pulp Fiction is a term used to describe a huge amount of creative writing available to the American public in the early 1900’s. Tarantino has obviously created this film with in-depth creative writing. The classic attire everyone was wearing to the vintage lighting helped make the movie more relatable.

There were numerous scenes in this movie that were incredible and twisted up my emotions. I could talk about what the brief case meant or talk about Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) Ezekiel bible line. While these may be fascinating to delve deep into their meanings, I decided to choose a scene with Mia (Uma Thurman) and Vincent (John Travolta). If you haven’t seen the movie yet it will be tough to follow along because I am going to discuss this particular scene, and only this scene.  This particular scene takes place at Jack Rabbits Slims, a hip restaurant and dance venue centered with 50’s pop culture icons including Ed Sullivan, Marilyn Monroe, Mamie Van Doren, and Buddy Holiday. When they order their food and beverage, it’s made in a particular style from vintage pop culture icons. For example, when Mia orders a shake it is available in “Marin and Lewis or Amos and Andy.” This refers to the white comedy team and black comedy team (vanilla or chocolate). After they order, Mia and Vincent begin to get to know each other. Vincent still can’t believe Mia paid $5 for a vanilla shake and ask to try it. This point in the scene, a level of intimacy between them starts to develop and foreshadows inappropriateness to come. Following that, there’s an uncomfortable silence that lingers between them when all of the sudden Mia calls attention, saying that people shouldn’t feel uncomfortable sharing silence with each other. This again portrays a level of intimacy that should not exist between a man and his boss’s wife. When Mia returns from the bathroom, the framing of the scene becomes more conversational. The characters are now positioned in dead center of the frame as opposed to left or right center. The camera is closer and a bit more personal. Before Mia returns to the bathroom, the restaurant scene has only one over the shoulder shot which is over Mia’s shoulder after Vincent offers her his rolled cigarette. Again we see a deeper connection and further intimacy evolving. The soundtrack becomes the restaurants background music as the two converse. This scene concludes with Vincent and Mia dancing to a twist contest and eventually wins a trophy. This scene was beyond hilarious and I thought I could have done a better job analyzing, but it’s been a while since I’ve seen the movie.