Pulp Fiction is an American film carried out by Quentin Tarantino, left the October 14th 1994, and rewarded this same year by gold a Palme to the Cannes festival. It left to Canada, in its French version, under the title pulpy Fiction .

Synopsis

Pulp Fiction is a cinematographic work of a very new kind. Indeed, Quentin Tarantino tells the bloody and burlesque odyssey of small shadies in the jungle of Hollywood through three stories which intermingle. The film is very realistic and does not make in “lace”. Violent scenes, ends of brain and the vexations of several junkies are shown there.

Introduction

The film opens in a coffee shop of Los Angeles, in the morning. A couple of young hold-up men discusses a possible change of career, namely " Why not direct the coffee shops? They is less dangerous than the banks and the spirits! ". They thus tackle the place and leave room to the credits.

The Bonnie Situation

The first episode puts in scene Jules Winnfield and its friend Vincent Vega who returns from Amsterdam (Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta). They have the role of recovering a case whose contents are never shown (see the section " Analyze"), and to bring it back to Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames), their boss. Before beginning their business, they discuss all and nothing (Hashish bars, hamburgers, chips, Mia Wallace, “Tony Rocky Horror”, massage of the feet), and Vincent entrusts to Jules that Marsellus charged it with holding company with his wife Mia (Uma Thurman) for one evening. They stop the breakfast of the ex-men of hand of Marsellus, who probably tried to double this last. As with his practice, Jules quotes a passage of the Bible (Ézéchiel 25 - somewhat adapted verse 17, it is true…) before killing like a professional. The killers save only Marvin, the young friend of Jules, who informed them on the place where to find the henchmen. This chapter stops - for the moment - and leaves the place to the following…

Vincent Vega and Marsellus Wallace' S Wife

The second episode opens on Vincent and Jules, little time after they left the massacre of the apartment. They however exchanged their elegant costumes for fripes plagists, which will be explained later in film. In a box with striptease held by Marsellus, but very little attended with this early hour, Mr. Wallace gives of the money to Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis), a boxer in end of a career the day before its last combat, and makes him promise " coucher" in the 5th recovery. Jules and Vincent make their appearance in the place, give the case to Marsellus. There is a short confrontation between Butch and Vincent: Vincent causes Butch openly, without apparent goal, but Butch keeps the cool head when it understands that Vincent one of is protected from Marsellus. After a passage at its dealer, Launches, Vincent arrives to Mia (Uma Thurman). They go to the Jack Rabbit Slim' S a restaurant rock' roll to the possible one. Waiters disguised in Buddy Holly or Marilyn Monroe, double of Elvis on scene… When a contest of twist is announced, Mia throws himself on the track. After a scene become worship, they gain the trophy and return in the residence of the Wallace couple. They give the impression of going very well together, a good alchemy passes between the two characters… Vincent, only with the toilets, speaks with his reflection in the mirror. It likes Mia, but it is the woman of its boss, who would make them pay dear very adultery. It is thus solved to return at his place. During this time, Mia is alone in the living room, it carries the coat that Vincent galamment lent to him. Excavating the pockets, it finds the heroin sachet there that Vincent bought in Lance a few hours before. Believer that it is cocaine, it in sniffe an amount, and very quickly starts to bleed and vomit. Leaving the toilets, Vincent finds it in sorry state, already almost dead. He goes from there from his own survival which she does not die under her responsibility, therefore it ammene in urgency at Lance. On the spot, she sees herself managing a puncture of adrenalin in full heart (scenaristic imagination, no chance to bring back to the life a victim of overdose in this manner) and takes again conscience.

The Gold Watch

The third episode begin with a dream where the captain Koons (Christopher Walken) tells in Butch, child, how the watch of his/her father reached him since the Vietnamese prison camps. Butch, which was paid by Marcellus to lie down with the 5th round, awakes in the cloakroom. Against any waiting, it gains the combat and flees to avoid the lightnings of Marcellus which it has just betrayed; this premeditated victory allows him in fact empocher the bets which are assembled very high. After having learned from conducting from the taxi which it borrows that it killed its adversary at the time of the match, now required for murder and tracked by the men of Marcellus, it leaves to join his boyfriend in a hotel from where it envisages to leave the city the following day. However, by preparing their business, the latter forgot the watch of Butch. This one thus takes the risk to turn over to its apartment to go to seek it. It kills Vincent, charged by Marcelus to await it, whereas it was in the toilets. Whereas he believes out of reach in the wheel of his Honda, he crosses Marsellus. Drawing above and running themselves afterwards, they finish both in a bazaar very badly famed… the manager, well badly intentioned, takes them both as prisoners and fact call to a mysterious " Zed". It is that this last is a police officer, homosexual like its accomplice Maynard (the manager). They violate initially Marsellus, while Butch demolishes its bonds and apprette to be left the store. To the last moment, its conscience recalls it to the order: it seizes a katana and turns over to the rescue of Marsellus, well badly in point… Once given on foot, Mr. Wallace clarifies the situation: he forgives Butch if this last leaves the city and never gives the feet there. Butch flees with his/her Fabienne girlfriend on the chopper of Zed.

Conclusion

The film is concluded by the recovery from the first scene, in the toilets of the apartment. A third flunkey, who had gone away one moment, intends Jules to make his number then assassinate his friends. He leaves the toilets and fact fire in direction the two hired killers. Jules and Vincent, not having been reached, carry out the crafty person without lawsuit. Whereas Vincent asks Marvin why he did not prevent that the last was in cushy job, Jules wonders about the reason of their survival. Indeed, impressing it gauges with which them last victim attacked them should not have left them any chance. Contemplating the sifted wall of balls, he declares that it is a divine intervention. Later, the conversation continues, in the car of Jules (marvin is with the back, Vincent on the momentary side). Convinced that it was saved by the Almighty, Jules decides to give up the trade to become philosophical. Vincent does not take it with serious, and requests his opinion from Marvin. To be done, it is turned over, its Colt in the hand, négligemment and involuntarily directed towards Marvin. The blow leaves, the head of Marvin bursts and the car is mackled of blood. Our two awkward heroes are covered with ends of brain, they must find a solution as fast as possible… Jules calls upon Jimmie (Quentin Tarantino), an old friend. This one the gladly assistance badly liking, putting its marriage in danger. Jules contacts Marsellus which sends to him Winston Wolf (Harvey Keitel). This last is a professional of the desperate plights. The car is made up, the corpse of Marvin and the costumes ensanglantés in the trunk. After being itself removed from the vehicle, the two fellow-members will offer a breakfast… in the coffee shop where the film started. The loop is buckled, we see finally what it occurs at the time of the steering of the enthusiast neophytes one of the other. Vincent, being returned with the toilets, does not have any idea of the situation in the room: Jules, as well as the other customers, put his wallet (the embroidery " Bad Motherfucker" above became famous since) in the bag which Ringo (Tim Roth) tightened to him. Ringo required of him to open the case, and its face shines of amazement when he sees the contents of it. A gilded light is visible, as when Vincent had opened it at the beginning of film. It is the only time that its contents are directly evoked: " It is well what I believe? It is magnifique". However, Jules is not decided to leave the invaluable case to Ringo. He declads his weapon and takes the control of the situation. Yolanda (Amanda Plummer) directs Jules, and is made direct by Vincent who leaves the toilets. The Mexican Standoff (see: Analyzes) does not turn to carnage, because Jules calms the play. He leaves the safe life to Ringo and Yolanda, because he says " in period of transition". He pays even Ringo, 1500 dollars symbolic systems, and excuses himself to be able to give them the case, on the account of which he had too many troubles… The film is completed when it leaves the restaurant in company of Vincent.

Data sheet

  • French Title and original: Pulp Fiction
  • Realization: Quentin Tarantino
  • Scenario: Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary
  • Production: Laurence Bender
  • Production company: Miramax
  • Photography: Andrzej Sekula
  • Assembly: Sally Menke
  • Country of origin: The United States
  • Budget: 8 million $
  • Boxoffice France: 2.864.640 entries
  • N° of visa: 86.325
  • Formats: Color - Dolby DIGITAL - 2,35:1 Cinemascope - 35 mm
  • Lasted: 157 minutes/168 minutes (special edition)
  • Kind: Black film
  • Comings out date:
    • the United States: October 14th 1994
    • France: October 26th 1994
  • Film prohibited with less than 12 years at the time of its exit in France.
  • Film reserved for the 16ans and + in Quebec.
  • Classification the USA: R

Distribution

  • John Travolta: Vincent Vega
  • Samuel L. Jackson: Jules Winnfield
  • Bruce Willis: Butch Coolidge
  • Uma Thurman : Mia Wallace
  • Harvey Keitel: Winston Wolfe
  • Ving Rhames : Marcellus Wallace
  • Rosanna Arquette: Jody
  • Tim Roth : Ringo alias Pumpkin (VO) /Rat (VF)
  • Amanda Plummer: Yolanda alias Honey Bunny (VO) /Lapin (VF)
  • Maria de Medeiros: Fabienne
  • Christopher Walken: the Captain Koons
  • Eric Stoltz: Launch
  • Bronagh Gallagher: Trudy
  • Peter Greene (American actor): Zed
  • Burr Steers : Roger
  • Angela Jones: Esmeralda Villalobos, the conducting one of the taxi
  • Quentin Tarantino: Jimmie Dimmick

Analyzes

Surprising by its nonlinear assembly containing flashback S but, which is more original, of flash-forwards (see: Lexicon SFX).

The end of film appears in the medium and it ends in a flashback in which the two killers appear, still alive, whereas one saw the death of the one of them some scenes before.

This film is populated references to the American Contre-culture, the cinema and the Rock' roll and asserts a certain artificiality:

  • the fast-food in which Uma Thurman and Travolta will pass the evening is populated waiters doubles of representatives of the Hollywood myth and rock' roll like Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield (to be noted only Steve Buscemi makes an appearance as a waiter double of Buddy Holly). It is also the copy of the fast-food of Grease … and Travolta takes again there almost the same step of dance.
  • the references to other films pullulate (Tarantino precisely declares that it does nothing but fly what was already made). The idea of the object transported in the car, and that at any time we will not see, comes from traditional of the Black film: In the fourth speed of Robert Aldrich ( The Dirty Dozen , Vera Cruz , No orchises for Miss Blandish ), idea which was included in a very original film of Alex Cox: Repo man , realized in.
  • Several stories intersect where interfere themselves many characters whom one has of the evil to take with the serious one:
    • a dangerous gangster, Marcellus Wallace, interpreted by Ving Rhames ( Invincible , Mission impossible , Out of reach );
    • its wife drug addict, Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman which returns in later film of Tarantino: Kill Bill );
    • two hired killers (Travolta and Jackson) which, made on the perron of the place where must treat their business, realize of their advance and type the causette while waiting;
    • a boxer, Butch (Bruce Willis), paid to lie down at the time of a faked combat, share in mare with the young Frenchwoman with which it is in love;
    • a embourgeoized dealer who complains vandals.
  • to be also noted that Vincent Vega is the brother of Vic Vega, in Reservoir Dogs . Quentin Tarantino had one moment the project to join together them in a feature-length film entitled The Vega Brothers .
  • one also notices that the toilets are a place of curse for Vincent. Each time it is there, it occurs something: Mia makes an overdose, Jules is made direct; to finish, whereas it leaves there, it is made kill.
  • Pulp Fiction , translated into French, gives “literature of station”, i.e. a book (or a serial) whose history large-guignolesque and is printed on an economic paper. A contradiction which transforms the “pulp” with its advantage.
  • the song “Flowers one the wall” of the Statler Brothers coincides perfectly with the scene in which it is integrated; indeed, if one listens well, one notices that at the time when Butch sees Marcellus Wallace on the road, the sentence pronounced in the song is “It' S good to see you”. Moreover, “Captain Kangaroo” is there to point out the watch of Butch, inopportunely forgotten on the Kangaroo.
  • It is necessary to notice the moment when Butch (Bruce Willis) leaves the drugstore, which it finds in front of the motor bike of Zed, he tightens its left hand of left-handed person to look at the keys of the chopper, at this moment it is the right hand of another person containing the keys which is filmed, that of Quentin Tarantino.
  • the mysterious case: its contents are never shown, Tarantino explains why it more or less contains what one wants. That opens many possibilities… The fans discuss from the exit film on its possible contents. Among the various theories, one finds:
    • of the ingots of gold, far from original;
    • diamonds beforehand stolen in Reservoir Dogs;
    • the heart of Marsellus Wallace, which would explain the presence of the adhesive plaster on its nape of the neck (a mark of the Malignant one?), the code of opening of the lock (666) and the miracle achieved by God, who decides to save the benefactors (Jules and Vincent) who have just saved the heart of a man… Much discussed, this theory is however not very rational… One cannot however be unaware of the religious and biblical references throughout film.
    • the second glove of O.J. Simpson, first nose of Michael Jackson… The list of eccentric theories is long.
    • Samuel L. Jackson states to have opened the case during turning and to have seen only one bulb and of the piles…
    • In the interview QUENTIN TARANTINO ANSWERS YOU in Cannes in 2007, Tarantino revealed that “no matter what you think of the contents of this bag, knows that you are right. ”
  • sight of the trunk: a plan signed Tarantino, which one finds in the majority of his films.
  • the Mexican Standoff: a quite particular configuration, which one also finds in Reservoir Dogs and True Romance.
  • When Vincent and Jules (John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson) are among 4 small dealeurs to recover the famous case of Marcellus (108e minute), one can see already the impacts of balls in the wall of the bottom well, that will make the third hidden in the bathroom, before it makes irruption and vacuum its charger.

Original soundtrack

August 1st One of the reasons of the success of Pulp Fiction is also its Original soundtrack, which was worth to him the price of the best original soundtrack to the Brit Awards in 1995.

This original soundtrack is made up of 16 titles, which are for certain, of the extracts of film:

1 - " Pumpkin and Honey Bunny (Dialog) /Misirlou" The steering of the cofee-shop by Ringo and Yollanda, connecting on the famous Original soundtrack of film: Misirlou (Which means Egyptienne in Greek), B.O which will be taken again 4 years later film Taxi of Gerard Pirès.

2 - " Royal With Cheese" Dialog between Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vincent (John Travolta) in connection with the difference between the names of the sandwiches of MacDonald in Europe and in the United States (Dialog become worship for the fans of film).

3 - " Boogie" jungle; Song Disco music of the group Kool & The Gang extracted from their album of 1973: Wild And Peacefull

4 - " Let' S Stay Together" Song of the group Al Green extracted from their album éponyme

5 - " Bustin' Surfboards" Song of the group The Tornados

6 - " Lonesome Town" the tube of Nicky Larson

7 - " Its Of has Preacher Man" of Dusty Springfield

8 - " Zed' S Dead Baby/Bullwinkle Leaves II" Retort of Butch (Bruce Willis) with Fabienne followed by a song of the group The Centurions

9 - " You Never Edge Tell" of Chuck Berry

10 - " Girl, You' L Be has Woman soon" Song of the group Is urgent Overkill become famous after film.

11 - " Yew Coils Has Red Dress (Hang Me in Rags) " of Maria McKee

12 - " Bring Out the Gimp (Dialog) /Comanche" Dialog between Zed and Roger concerning the sexual future of Marcellus and Butch followed by the song " Comanche" of Revels

13 - " Flowers One The Wall" celebrate song of Statler Brothers

14 - " Personality Goes has Long Way" Dialog between Jules And Vincent treating of possible the personalities of the pigs and that certain of the dogs.

15 - " Riders" surfing; of The Lively Ones, song of fence of film.

16 - " Ezekiel 25:17 " The famous quotation of Jules extracted the bible, which he recites each time he for killing somebody.

A first impression of Kill Bill

  • the saber that Butch uses is a first impression of what will be Kill Bill , that is to say the weapon fetish of its protagonists.
  • In the restaurant where the doubles officiate, Mia Wallace tells the scenario of a pilot in lequelle it played: it is almost the script of Kill Bill ! Five tueuses - American, a Japanese woman, a black, a blonde and Mia - followers each one of a weapon or an martial art.
  • Samuel L. Jackson refers to the character of Caine, played by David Carradine in Kung Fu at the end of film, when he says to want to travel. Kung Fu is one of the principal inspirations of Tarantino in Kill Bill and it chose Carradine to play Bill.
  • Uma Thurman and Quentin Tarantino often repeated it: it is on the plate of Pulp Fiction that they imagined the history of Mariée Kill Bill .

Around film

  • the film holds its name of the pulp magazines , category of very popular reviews in first half of the 20th century to the the United States.
  • Tarantino wrote this film according to original stories of him and its friend Roger Avary, former colleague. He has in fact mixed three projects of court-measurings, initially envisaged turned separately by him, Avary and another friend, and made only one scenario of it. An estrangement about the creditation of the scenario (initalement Scenario of Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary become original Stories of Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary/Written and carried out by Quentin Tarantino ) on the basis of complete rewriting of the sketch of Avary, according to Tarantino, produced an estrangement between the two friends, consumed definitively with the ceremony of the Oscars, being upset Tarantino that his/her friend does not thank it and goes from there quickly from the scene (pretexting a pressing desire), and this in spite of its efforts of producers for first feature-length film of Avary, Killing Zoe (although it was just limited, according to he, to put its name on the poster).
  • As for Reservoir Dogs , the original soundtrack was not recorded in studio by a type-setter, Tarantino being satisfied to populate its film of pieces rock'n'roll of the years 1960 and 1970.
  • the originality and the freshness of tone of its style were worth with its realizer a Palme of gold to the Cannes festival in 1994. To note that it is Clint Eastwood, then president of the jury with Catherine Deneuve, which insisted to allot the supreme reward to Tarantino. Indeed, the jury wanted at the beginning to decree it with a “conventional” film more (Misleading Sun, of Nikita Mikhalkov).
  • In the beginning, Michael Madsen was to interpret the role of Vincent Vega, but the repetitions of Wyatt Earp of Lawrence Kasdan lasting for ever, the actor was constrained to give up the profit of John Travolta.
  • Uma Thurman would have declined the offer to play Mia Wallace initially. Tarantino would have made feet and hands to convince it.
  • the roles of Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer and Harvey Keitel were written especially for them by Tarantino and Avary.
  • the two main actors of film are John Travolta and Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson having the first “supporting role” with Uma Thurman. Jackson and Willis played together two years later in One day in hell .
  • the roles of the dealer and his Jody wife (interpreted by Rosanna Arquette) in the beginning would have been intended for Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love. Not checked information. What is surer it is than Tarantino initially thought of playing the part of the dealer, but it absolutely made a point of being behind the camera to film the scene of the syringe, which obliged it to give up the role of the dealer against that of the friend of Jules.
  • the original poster of film shows Mia holding a joint. The French censure removed it.

Principal rewards

  • Palm of gold to the Cannes festival 1994.
  • Oscar of the best original screenplay in 1995.
  • Nominations with the Oscars of the best actor (John Travolta), male best supporting role (Samuel L. Jackson), female best supporting role (Uma Thurman), better realizer, better assembly and better film in 1995.
  • Nomination with the César of best foreign film in 1995.
  • Price of the best film original soundtrack at the time of the Brit Awards 1995.

Sources

Pulp Fiction, original screenplay by Quentin Tarantino

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