Pulp Fiction Write Up

Justin Noddle

Period 6

Pulp Fiction Write Up

Pulp Fiction is an American crime film created in 1994 by Quentin Tarantino. It is 154 minutes long and had a budget of $8.5 million. It was nominated for seven Oscars and won Best Original Screenplay. This film contains a total of seven narrative sequences. The film Black Sabbath is what inspired Tarantino to create this magnificent work of art. No film score was produced for this movie either. Instead Tarantino used an electric mix of surf music, rock and roll, soul, and pop songs.

1.     The opening scene sets the tone for the rest of the movie. In what way does it do this?

The movie opens with the definition of pulp. The definition stated is a shapeless matter. In my opinion, the movie is just like pulp. The movie skipped form scene to screen and character to character at random.  Each story seemed completely unrelated until the end of the film also. The film is a group of miniature stories group together to create one film. It was a unique idea how the author relate this film to pulp and introduced the film with the definition of that word. Also, within each story of the movie, these stories are shapeless as well. The unexpected is always the outcome and the actions taking place are also very unrealistic and fictional. This is why the title is called Pulp Fiction

2.     Directors often use objects that the characters know about it but the viewer does not. Were there any objects in the movie that promote this idea? If so, what?

Vincent takes a suitcase and look s inside of the suitcase. He looks very pleased and tells his partner that they were successful. This makes the viewer desperately want to know what is in the suitcase. The viewer feels left out. Instead, Tarantino just went to the next scene. He kept bringing the suitcase back into the scene and talked about its importance, yet he never revealed what was inside. This kept the viewer on the edge of their seat waiting for it to be revealed. I am still wondering what was in the suitcase after the movie. It keeps you thinking and when a movie does that, it means that it was a well-done movie.