Tarantino the unquestionable ace of non linear storytelling lands a level higher with "Pulp Fiction".The movie is a time and space warping travel through incidents occuring in the lifes of two mob hitmen,their boss,his wife and two diner dacoits.The movie opens with two dictionary meanings of the word "pulp";the opening titles look like cover pages of pulp fiction novels and the opening scene takes place inside an "oh so familiar" american diner where two young hippie-ish Brits discuss the pros and cons of looting banks and liqour shops,and through few minutes of most engaging dialogue, impulsively decide to loot the people in the diner.This first scene dazzles,and the scenes that follow drown you into this mash of not so connected pieces of stories that glance off each other at edges as they move through.
Watching this movie makes you realize Tarantino's brilliant cinematic eloquence which he uses to paint an abstract shape comprising of tales wherein you get aware of the different influences the director has had be it television,cinema,literature,life itself.In a particular scene Travolta and Thurman enter a 1950's west hollywood theme restaurant,they dance to the tune of the music from the 60's and the dance reminds of Travolta's star making performance as Tony Manero in his epochal "Saturday Night Fever" of the 70's.Settings and the mannerisms of the various characters remind you of some reference somewhere, yet the word "cliched" never crosses your mind .The other attributes of the movie that shine through are the incredible dialogues that go on between the various dark characters and the humour involved, thus the popular term "dark comedy".
Many reviewers despise the movie for its use of shallow themes,cheap thrills and the banter.These people refuse to credit this movie as pathbreaking as it challenges their premises that intutively lead them to praise an 'arty' movie.However meandering through the explosive,shocking and uncertain landscape that the film maker has painted my not so intellectual and so shallow mind with no sense of aesthetics associates some semblance with the word art.My both thumbs are up Mr. Tarantino.
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Watching this movie makes you realize Tarantino's brilliant cinematic eloquence which he uses to paint an abstract shape comprising of tales wherein you get aware of the different influences the director has had be it television,cinema,literature,life itself.In a particular scene Travolta and Thurman enter a 1950's west hollywood theme restaurant,they dance to the tune of the music from the 60's and the dance reminds of Travolta's star making performance as Tony Manero in his epochal "Saturday Night Fever" of the 70's.Settings and the mannerisms of the various characters remind you of some reference somewhere, yet the word "cliched" never crosses your mind .The other attributes of the movie that shine through are the incredible dialogues that go on between the various dark characters and the humour involved, thus the popular term "dark comedy".
Many reviewers despise the movie for its use of shallow themes,cheap thrills and the banter.These people refuse to credit this movie as pathbreaking as it challenges their premises that intutively lead them to praise an 'arty' movie.However meandering through the explosive,shocking and uncertain landscape that the film maker has painted my not so intellectual and so shallow mind with no sense of aesthetics associates some semblance with the word art.My both thumbs are up Mr. Tarantino.
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