How Pulp Fiction Revolutionized Cinema

[@mikecaetano]

"The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin', Ringo. I'm tryin' real hard to be the shepherd."

[@edgarcardona228]

Gives me chills every time

[@andrewbowers6278]

The climax of the film!

[@VOT3BYMAIL]

"This scene remains hard-to-watch." "The truth is you're the weak."

[@1805movie]

I think Tarantino said the "out of sequence" style in the movie is a kin to reading a book. Books often have chapters that jump between timelines depending on particular story context, or when character motivations are being revealed. That's why there are chapter title cards when they show scenes that are non-sequential. He wanted to capture the feeling of reading a book, and project it onto the screen. This film is called "Pulp Fiction" after all. And in pulp fiction novels, they contain over-the-top scenarios, quirky dialogue, and rich character dynamics. In terms of the dialogue itself, and references to past films and culture, Tarantino argues that that's just how people talk in real life. Real people don't necessarily talk about "the plot" of the story they're in, but seemingly "random stuff" that has significant meaning to the characters. A good example of this is the movie _Scream_ (which came out 2 years later). The characters don't know they're in a horror film, but they reference other horror films because 1.) The killer uses them as a way to taunt his victims, and seemingly takes inspiration from them, 2.) The characters have a love/distain for the genre (just like in real life), 3.) Some (if not most) of the characters are movie buffs, which means the killer could be any one of them, and 4.) In real life, people would be analytical in situations that remind them of particular scenes in movies they'd watched. With that being said: Nowadays, having meta humor or references to other forms of media is seen as "tired", "overused", and an "overcompensation for a lack of story"; like a crutch. When done poorly, they're just references for references' sake (i.e. _Rick and Morty_ , _Family Guy_ , etc). But when done properly, it offers insight into the characters and why they mean so much to them.

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Thanks for sharing these insights with us and our community!

[@RakeshKumar-yc8kg]

Elmore Leonard's books has that approach. Not surprised that Tarantino chose to adapt one of Leonard's books after this.

[@varvarvarvarvarvar]

Yes, it's a terrible crutch. I think what people failing to imitate Tarantino lack is, basically, being Tarantino. Tarantino enjoys speaking, and he enjoys speaking both in a good sing songy rhythm and also succinctly when it comes to information being conveyed, but also, like, in fairly lengthy chunks. But on top of that, he has a veracious appetite for movie knowledge, It's a very odd and specific combination. Every character Tarantino ever wrote talks exactly like Tarantino, it must come effortless for him. Dissecting what he does specifically in terms of writing kind of misses a point, like yeah it would be nice to earn like Tarantino, but that's probably a bad way to go about it trying to deliberately make your writing more Tarantino. God knows it only half worked for people like Kevin Smith.

[@masonteague4039]

Hard to believe pulp fiction is 30 years old already

[@dornravlin]

I wish people would stop saying 30

[@mrsmacca126]

@@dornravlinI know!! Our youngest just turned 29… now I can’t joke about being 29, anymore. Time flies…

[@fondu-design]

I saw Pulp Fiction sitting in a packed medium-sized independent cinema beside my two very good, very clean-natured buddies who I'd befriended on Beach Mission earlier that year. They were kind hearted Christian folk, and I was their black sheep buddy. When Marvin got shot, I was the ONLY person in the cinema who laughed. I kinda knew I wasn't going to make it as a good Christian boy at that exact moment.

[@BiggusDiggusable]

@@fondu-design I watched it as a Christian. Still am. I absolutely loved it. Still do. You don't have to be a good boy to make it...isn't that the whole point?

[@ellipticallyambiguousone7875]

dude, I still feel guilty for it but I did laugh, and still probably gonna laugh if I saw it again. Perhaps, the previous violence at the condo has conditioned myself to the violent tone. I don't however laugh for THE SHOOTING. It's the aftermath that is hilarious, especially exchange between the two because Vincent is so laid back while Jules was so serious. Honestly, I never really considered it, but it wouldn't have worked so well if Travolta didn't play Vincent the way he did. Their chemistry for the whole story was really great.

[@TheDarkness2146]

This is the best video I have seen about Pulp Fiction being explained, categorized and compared in the best detail. I very like, that the chosen comparisons were movies from "before", "during" and after PF from our modern 2020s. I have seen the movie only recently my first time (I'm 22 & yeah I know it's still late) and I wasn't "too flashed" from it because I was used to complex story lines from today's movies already (Tenet best example). But THIS video really gave me a deeper perception about the artistic aspect and categorizisation with other movies from and before the PF time! Thank you so much! ❤️

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Hi @TheDarkness2146! thank you so much for your feedback. All the best!

[@gasvictim1]

The most lasting effect Pulp Fiction has had on me, back then a indie/punk rock kid, was that it made me want to approach other musical styles, especially Afro-American ones. Thanks, Quentin!

[@Blackdiamondprod.]

What’s “Afro-American”? Like Elon Musk?

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Joke's a bit old, isn't it?

[@Blackdiamondprod.]

@@DWHistoryandCulture I’m not joking. I’m using real life examples to point out why that’s a stupid thing to say. Black people never asked to not be called black.

[@Gdub33]

​​@@DWHistoryandCultureyou should focus more on your scripts instead of calling out the people who watch your content and state legitimate things. A little too much about post modernism and a lot less actual useful information and facts surrounding the film. If I wanted a tutorial on the history of post modernism I would have searched for it. I might have tuned out for a while so forgive me if I am wrong, but not once did I hear anything about his script writing or cinematography. Only thing I remember you covering is how his "storyline of the film was post modernist because it wasn't told all in order" and that after this film was released inflation and increase in world population made films gross more in 2008 than the 1980s.....oh wait, thats because of the post modernism right? The post modernism that tarintino "created and revolutionized". I would know, I'm an expert after watching 52 minutes about you talking about it almost non-stop. I feel like a failed "post modern" artist or art critic wrote this script for a quick buck.

[@dbk78]

Saw this amazing film when I was a 15 year old dreaming of becoming a filmmaker and it absolutely blew my mind, I went back and watched it 3 more times that week

[@ferise1]

I was 15 too, and it blew my mind

[@sandranorman5469]

‘’Pulp Fiction” is a masterpiece. And I have but one regret that I did not see it twice before I was 50. Tarantino is a genius.

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Hi @sandranorman5469! Have you become a filmmaker in the end? It would be fascinating to know if "Pulp Fiction" played a role in your journey.

[@greymatter666]

This was a great presentation, extra cheese for the narrator for his crispy voice making the presentation very immersive . 😅 Learnt a lot about about the history of movie making , thank you DW team !

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

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[@dragonverde188]

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[@julius-stark]

I've grown to really despise the term "cultural appropriation". This is America, our entire culture takes from every other culture and makes it our own, which is exactly what Tarantino does.

[@austinstyles6393]

So so tired of the woke nonsense. I’ll be ecstatic when we grow out of this cringy phase where everything is viewed through the woke lens.

[@phrogg--6]

@@austinstyles6393 yall are the ones that view everything thorugh the "woke" lense. EVERYTHING IS WOKE.

[@julius-stark]

@@phrogg--6 I don't think that's a fair assessment, especially when Hollywood creatives flat out say "yes, this is our agenda, yes this is our political view, yes this is the agenda we want to put in our stories". This is why people dunk on "Christian" movies like God's Not Dead or Saving Christmas, because those movies put their religious politics ahead of good storytelling and where their agenda on their sleeve. "Woke" is just the liberal left wing version of a God's Not Dead. Difference is that religious right wingers are not buying up established popular franchises and turning them into God's Not Dead.

[@CoralCopperHead]

@@austinstyles6393 Trying to use the term "woke" to dismiss something just reveals your own biases.

[@markmcnicholas9475]

Exactly. Cultural appropriation in the country of appropriation. The reason Pulp Fiction can’t be compared to the films it is compared to here, is that the other films, even the good films attempting to emulate Pulp Fiction are just not as FUN! The essential ingredient not just for film, which is important enough. But for any and all entertainment. Life even. But surely the preachy entertainment of recent years, always with a message, worthy and pious, is a reason for the misery of human existence. I have never felt that in ANY of Tarrantino’s work. Always fun. Always better than anything produced since 1994.

[@bucksdiaryfan]

George Lucas and Quentin Tarantino both specialized in the pastiche, Lucas with Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark, Tarantino with almost every movie he ever directed... people love that kind of thing

[@jaymacpherson8167]

The point about the use of violence starting around 14:25 was very apparent to me when I saw the show in 1994. The theater was a converted church, fallen on hard times, into a pub…with movies…thanks to McMensmins brothers. Food and drink were available during the show. My date and I were in an altered state. We were laughing uproariously at scene after violent scene. The other patrons were stone cold silent, giving us looks with knives as we would once again melt into laughter while a character on-screen would suffer. Over the subsequent decades, I don’t laugh when seeing the movie again (maybe a half dozen times by now). Why did we laugh so much in 1994? I suspect because we saw the essence of what Tarantino was trying to portray, which the altered state may have enabled. Our responses certainly were unconscious. I feel sorry for the other patrons who were there. They were getting a dose of the show on-screen…and near where they sat watching. That had to be uncomfortable.

[@CJ-nn7it]

I will forever hate Forrest Gump for coming out the same year as this generational masterpiece! Definitely deserved Best Picture 👀

[@Joeyjojoshabbadoo]

Winning the Palme D'or is way more prestigious. He got the award that mattered. And Forrest Gump is a great movie too. A worthy Academy Award winner type film. So everybody got what they deserved.

[@macksequeira4233]

Pulp Fiction >>>>> Forrest Gump

[@snausages43]

I love both. I love the Shawshank Redemption too. 1994 was an amazing year for movies.

[@junaic]

Great analysis DW. 5:31 What exact background instrumental track do you use?

[@mrsmacca126]

Very well done!!! Great narration- such a rarity!!!!

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Thank you! 😍

[@BasilDogra]

Thank you for this brilliant piece.

[@luisalmodovar5030]

Great job on this video. You get ten Royal with cheese.

[@mrsmacca126]

Perhaps he would prefer a Big Kahuna burger and a Sprite 😂

[@luisalmodovar5030]

@@mrsmacca126 nice

[@javierlozano4223]

Would've loved some credits for the different movies depicted in the video... But it's great!

[@Messina254]

Very well done! Thank you for creating this video.

[@JoshMaxPower]

All I know is my girlfriend and I went and saw this movie when it came out and we walked out of the theater just stunned - we couldn't believe what we just saw.

[@algotrhythm4287]

@3:11 "The actors in Pulp Fiction act as if they were characters in a movie" WTF were you expecting?

[@raaz202]

Tarantino 's best film ever. My all-time favourite ❤

[@dembasow2440]

Dope, thanks for this

[@adrianhough5059]

Pulp Fiction, Burnt by the Sun and Three Colors Red……that has to be one of the strongest Cannes Film Festivals ever

[@pyatig]

You can’t be serious. How dare you put the trash that is burnt by the sun in any category that includes pulp fiction. It ain’t even the same ballpark

[@lofi.cinema]

Great work! 👋

[@qkenkenu]

movie director from Poland, Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1981 movie "Przypadek", and Polish director Stanislaw Bareja - they created such films, especially Bareja, much before Tarantino... In Kieślowski's work the violence was spiritual or systemic, oppressive by the authorities, while Bareja directly mocked the absurdities of communism

[@juanramonvmora]

I can't imagine a worst example of a supposedly post-post-modern post-Tarantino narrative renovation than the Daniels. Almost everything else is on point.

[@figuerofilms4424]

can you speak more on that

[@diegosanches430]

But EEAaO is a post-post-modern film…

[@gaiadruid]

Good video. I had a copy before it came out without the music. A neighbor was cutting the trailer. Saw Quinten at Barney's Beanery by himself right after it hit the theaters. And I said. My friends and myself love your new movie. His whole face turned into a smile...

[@hellaevil]

Butch’s boxing match happens maybe a week after the Mia/Vincent date because they check in with each other at the boxing match. Marcellus is back from Florida by that point and Paul is the new Jules.

[@wolfvonderr4487]

Could anyone please share the name of the background song when he begins explaining postmodernism?

[@ConstantineAtByron]

Excellent and enjoyable analysis.

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Hi @ConstantineAtByron! Thank you so much!

[@davemarr7743]

Vincent had the worst gun discipline...Why did he even have his gun out in the car. Let alone pointing it at Marvin. It's like he was really stoned the whole time 😧

[@dimejiogunranti9001]

@@davemarr7743 the exact reason he went to the toilet without his gun. He has terrible discipline in general. Leaving things everywhere is why Mia OD in the first place.

[@dielaughing73]

@@davemarr7743 well he was a junkie

[@casspirburns]

This is why Hollywood is a dying industry, soulless. Everything is viewed through a politically correct lens where we have to give trigger warnings and apologise for words that might offend. Seems like the woke are in a bit of a tricky spot, not able to appreciate art without a disclaimer and an apology. Hoping independent film can come to the rescue

[@RyanGray420]

Pulp Fiction was and still is 'Peak Fiction'

[@LisaJC]

This is so well made

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

We're glad you liked it! 🥰

[@gooddog2001]

I loved the film; I agree with most of what is said. I am a screenwriter myself and I have never used the N word in any of my stories. While I am not saying that it is wrong to do that in every circumstance. But one must weigh social harmony against dramatic impact. As artist we need to create art that makes the word a better place. Otherwise, we are just making toxic waste.

[@kamandi1362]

Those constant beeps are so annoying. Couldn’t you have played the clips uncensored?

[@someopinion922]

That square comes from 'Rock Around the Clock'.

[@raheemjonez2025]

was Alex Wright in the German movie? from WCW?

[@Unknownkka99]

Just watched this yesterday 🔥🔥

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Nice! 😍

[@alexcpedals]

Watched it in 1994 at the movie theater in Rijeka, Croatia.

[@southlondon86]

What was the audience reaction sir?

[@alexcpedals]

@@southlondon86 They loved it! I think most of the audience knew what to expect . I especially remember the reaction to Butch's girlfriend when she started crying in the Zed's dead scene. They were all going,: Oh my God, just jump on the bike already!

[@D-Fens_1632]

Pulp Fiction is one of those "Beatles of cinema" movies. Inspired everything after it and things weren't the same after it.

[@VoltaireVI]

Why did you beep-out words which were used in the movie? Are those words not allowed on YT?

[@osareafallire]

probably monetization

[@Noirista]

Great Stuff!

[@zishan_kz]

Yo whats the background music

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

I think terrantino get inspirations from Hong Kong Films, i think he reference it in an interview on Chong Chin Express? Wong kar Wei films were done mostly without a script, and IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE won the Cannes Film festival best actor for tony Leong. The 80's Hong Kong John Woo's action's films were actually very violent.

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Thanks for sharing these insights with us!

[@RomaInvicta202]

Thanks for this video: I absolutely love the movie and I could never quite understand why? There's nothing in there, really and ... everything Now I have an idea what it is that I like so much

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Happy to help and glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@CaptainJ.S]

Thank you for making this video, that I call a documentary... I've never liked the movie, still did watch it many times, with different friends, see if one of them will convince me it is a hit... but didn't work... It always seemed to me like a deja vue thing... and thanks to you, I see why now... thanks again for your hard work, and for sharing

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Thank you for this lovely feedback. This makes us really very happy

[@Blackdiamondprod.]

14:09 considering the fact that Spike Lee is openly EXTREMELY racist and doesn’t apologize for it, who cares?

[@mrsmacca126]

No one cares.

[@xaviconde]

Vincent and Mia's dinner is not happening simultaneously with Butch's boxing match. Both Mia and Vincent are in the boxing match, and Mia thanks Vincent for the dinner. So you're out of order too 😮.

[@D-Fens_1632]

That one is up there with "Butch keyed Vincent's car when they dropped off the case." Yeah I know Tarantino once laughed and said it was probably Butch but nobody ever stops to think that they were driving the Nova and took a cab from the junkyard. I suppose they COULD have gotten Vincent's car in between breakfast and meeting Marcellus, but at that point they probably just wanted to drop it off asap with no detours.

[@mattchandler600]

Still one of my all-time favourite films.

[@tronmartin1]

Like all great original films, there are always many knock offs that mimic them, however, I think pulp fiction showed us that there is more than one way to tell a story, and it gave future film makers the courage and motivation to experiment with new ideas and dialogue.

[@Злобныйчеловек-о3р]

Thanks a lot, it was interesting.

[@Swonder1972]

This movie is the biggest homage of his career. Being a post modern director, like his heroes Leone and Depalma that made movies about movies. A mix full of quotes and cinematography from Tarantino's favorite 35MM film shelf. Great artist steal and Quentin is a proper villian..

[@_Johnny_BRAV0]

I never ever could like PULP FICTION... But now after watching yur vdo.. am finding a new inspiration in me. 🤭 Lets see

[@thombendtsen399]

I still don’t understand why it was shown chronologically out of sequence. Sometimes in movies it’s fine for a reason, here it seemed to the idea “that might be cool”. I’m going to have to rewatch

[@brandedtotroll9153]

There is film before Pulp Fiction and there is film after Pulp Fiction.

[@LucianoCantabruel]

How a crappy movie can be so genius and influential, this vid is a great explanation

[@bakerkawesa]

9:41 For some reason I remember the film in perfect order.

[@fredricclack7137]

QT scene 1 of my FAVz!

[@gavinritchie649]

Pulp Fiction is - according to IMDB - one of the top-rated films of all time. It is certainly a touchstone of brilliance.

[@robharrison8139]

My then girlfriend and I dressed as Butch and Marsellus for a Halloween party a few years ago. It was a good costume idea even if it was quite a bizarre feeling to wear a ballgag in public.

[@VonJay]

5:31 “self referential” is not postmodernism. Pulp fiction is indeed “self-reflexive postmodernism” but there is nothing self referential about postmodernism itself. He used self reflexivity to have an outside operator examine postmodernism as its staring at itself in a mirror, thereby subvertingthe postmodern tools that directors use. One example is by turning the anti heroes into heroes, but somehow still maintaining PM themes. This was done through someone being saved at the end of each non linear scene (butch saves Wallace, divine intervention saves Jules, Vincent saves Wallace’s gf, and so on). But if it remained linear, it would be a postmodern film without self reflexivity.

[@mrsmacca126]

WRITE A BOOOOOOK

[@davidlevy4291]

The air square actually comes from Truffaut's Jules et Jim

[@timboleo]

This video was far more enjoyable than the movie itself.

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

This comes unexpected 😅 But we accept the compliment, thank you! 😊

[@FenBender01]

And 30 years from it's premiere, who would remember which movie won the Oscar that year?

[@JEANSHORTS100]

dude u forgot John Woo shout outs ;)

[@cz2301]

Awesome video, thanks!

[@RichardHannay]

Is this narrated by the Pop Culture Detective?? They sound so alike

[@YanestraAgain]

Damn it was the best film of my life, my awakening, because I suddenly understood I am a post-modern person living in a post-modern world, and how damn rich it is.

[@michaelcooper4986]

As much as I loved the way this documentary was put together and telling the story and explaining the characters I do have one criticism is that I always had the feeling that the butch character was more of a punched-up washed up has-been who had seen better days and more glory who had lost all he's money and would do anything for a quick buck

[@mrsmacca126]

@@davidlean1060I love the way Vincent calls him “ palooka “ and “ Punchy”

[@a.tevetoglu3366]

ZED, the vehicle plate used by Jarmusch and Tarantino

[@thorpizzle]

This movie was ahead of its time. That is why it lost Best Picture to Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump was a "safe" movie. Pulp Fiction is, in my opinion, a better and more entertaining movie.

[@vonhumboldt1985]

Boondock saints was great!

[@fouzanfirdous6869]

Macellas wallus looks like?

[@katjoe1974]

Imagine making a video essay about pulp fiction and censoring all the swear words with a beep in every single clip. So silly

[@raheemjonez2025]

i like this, however, if the original creaters didnt say any of this , i find it hard to belive.

[@DWHistoryandCulture]

Glad to hear this! We guess that directors like to be interpreted 😉

[@ruinas]

30 pulp fiction film. ....glad i'm back to SEE this DW historia... documental 👍👍👍👍

[@ericmassicotte378]

No one cared at the use of the 'N' word in Pulp Fiction because back then people didn't throw a tantrum about everything. People could actually watch a movie, enter its story and enjoy it for what it is. Identity politics and political correctness help sabotage everything that was good about cinema and art in general. I miss the good old days of the pre-Internet world where having perspective on things, a moral spine and a sense of humour was expected out of everyone.

[@lancegoodthrust546]

Well back then we had a word called context. Now that's not necessary with this autistic generation nit-picking at every word. Why enjoy a film when you're too busy for looking for things to be offended in it?

[@Nightshade1881]

Hmm I do remember the evangelical conservatives who say “no one cared about the N word because everyone is soft now” bitching and crying about music! Especially rap and metal! The whole satanic panic BS with heavy metal in the 80s was all the work of conservatives today who want to complain about people being soft 😂 Literally no one cares if the N word is used in movies because it’s a damn movie! Make believe! That’s all. But conservatives want people reading the BS Bible That’s full of terrible and evil shit Especially the whole condoning slavery thing. Which the Bible is all make believe too But who’s using that book these days to legislative purposes?

[@Zany_Phil]

@@ericmassicotte378 critical theory and gender studies ruined everything

[@StreetHierarchy]

I'm sure that's how you remember it.

[@MichaelGriffey6969]

So fucking true. Our sanitized world needs an enema.

[@richardcollier1912]

Aww, WHAT'S IN THE BOX?

[@mrsmacca126]

It’s Gyneth Paltrows heaaadddd

[@juayitl]

Pulp Fiction and Tarantino himself owe a lot to Godard for cinematic styling as much as Leone. This should've been adressed too.

[@fredricclack7137]

QT: Ultimate 🥏 📽️ 🧠😊

[@channyicho]

Awesome 🤩

[@myriamcortvrint7772]

One of my favorites and weirdest films

[@miriamzajfman4305]

Thanks for describing in details how "Pulp fiction " inspired by the Past revolutionized movie making of Today !

[@bejimathew]

Seen it lot it’s fun especially last scene don’t tell it anybody

[@paulzenco6182]

It was not the last job of the hitmen, you got that wrong.

[@ferise1]

What was their last job?

[@chutspe]

It was their last job as a team, and it was Jules's last job alltogether. Vincent's last job, however, was taking out Butch after he had dishonered his agreement with Marsellus Wallace to throw the fight. And he failed miserably. In between those two hit man jobs he took good care of Mrs Mia Wallace. And failed spectacularly there, too.

[@rahuljena5763]

The whole QT uses the N-word too much, shows too much violence, copies everything etc etc tropes are so overused and tacky now they too have become part of pop-culture!! Now thats what u call a legacy - when criticism and analysis of ur work becomes pop culture in its own right. Here's to many more from Tarantino (pls dont stop at 10🙏)

[@subramaniamramasubramanian877]

You have got to be kidding me censoring every "fuck" in pulp fiction with that annoying beep. I couldn't make it 2 minutes before stopping

[@Tom.Livanos]

There is a respected journalist in Australia whom has been known to say that television is a fundamentally superficial medium. Cinema screens, being two dimensional as well, can be said to be the same. I kinda feel sorry for movie makers nowadays, and by extension for us viewers. The so-called Golden Age of Cinema.. pretty much ending in the 1970s.. told the stories that playwrights and stage actors had been telling for centuries, millennia. William Shakespeare's works being recorded via the printing press. Even so, audience members could talk to actors, a directors, the playwright etc. after a performance. This connection still exists I suppose but it is a lot flimsier. Of the millions whom watched 'Pulp Fiction' (1994), how many get back to the actors and/or Quentin Tarantino and/or Harvey Weinstein and/or other producers and/or any of the crew? A tiny fraction, if any. That, too, is massively played out in the mass media. Something which has its own pressures and distortions. All this, to me, is what post-modernism is. It is no surprise then that I have drifted away from movies and the cinema. This KZbin video lol... as ironic as it may be this video is perhaps more informative/enlightening than 'Pulp Fiction' is, or was. I think that is the 'highest' note I can reach in this comment so may as well leave it here.

[@randstahl4869]

Appreciate this video essay. I do. Do you? . . .How come?

[@MetalpigTV]

Thanks DW for featuring... Pulp Fiction is one of my favorite all time movies

[@EtienneModerna]

Absolutely NOTHING revolutionary about it. Its a pre-Code film, with some extra splashes of blood, inane name dropping and a little surf music, to make you feel cozy about taking pleasure in it all...

[@fabiodeoliveiraribeiro1602]

Before seeing the film I got the soundtrack CD from my sister. It seemed as shocking to me as the soundtrack to the film A Clockwork Orange. The two films problematize urban violence, one treats the topic seriously, the other mocks ultra violence as if it were a comic book. The dramatic density of A Clockwork Orange is dissolved in Pulp Fiction, whose circus theatricality makes us laugh as if we were watching a freak show. I hate freak shows but paradoxically I liked this film.

[@juanramonvmora]

Excellent point

[@annaclarafenyo8185]

"By themselves, none of these elements were new". Absurdly false. Nearly everything in PF was brand spanking new, it just tricked you, like Duchamp's urinal, into thinking you'd seen it before. How many movies before PF did a character use the bathroom? Find one film, you won't. With all the guns in Hollywood movies, how many times has a character been shot by accident? With all the drugs in Hollywood movies, how many times has a character accidentally overdosed on screen? Has there ever been a film which wasn't chronological with no excuses, like the framing story in Citizen Kane? There never was before PF, and even after, there's only Memento. The point of PF was that it took all those questions audience members ask themselves when they see Hollywood tropes, like "why does he never have to go to the bathroom" and it turned them into central plot points in the movie. Everything was new.

[@ALXStrikers]

What was in the box 😢

[@yawns3004]

The usage of the n-word is appropriate in Django, but not Pulp Fiction. For me, its hard to hear in Pulp Fiction but not in Dango

[@williamdixon-gk2sk]

30 years? That means my parents let me watch this at 9 years old? No wonder my generation is f-ing crazy.

[@philia08]

God tier Movies

[@contagonist8478]

Listen, you lost me when you called one of the best edited, well written, most accurately stylised films of the 90’s, trashy. I feel like this is what happens after KZbin film commentary has had 10 years behind it, and now everyone knows everything about it all. ( and before people start raving, yes i saw the whole video and I know the speaker likes the film)