Pulp Fiction

NBA Hornets Intro By Samuel L. Jackson

Mar 23rd

Deadspin has the video of Samuel L. Jackson introducing the Hornets last night in New Orleans. Not surprisingly, he does the Ezekiel 25:17 passage from Pulp Fiction at the 2:55 mark.

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Pulp Fiction, Shakespeare Style

Mar 18th

Posted by schlyer in Pulp Fiction

Cool story about a Shakespearian adaptation of Pulp Fiction called Bard Fiction. I’d go see that if it was near me.

The storyline is faithful to the original film with a few Shakespearean twists. Christopher Walken’s character, which exists in a flashback in the film, appears as a ghost in the play. Any use of cell phones in the film is replaced with a messenger, cleverly named Sprint. There were no hamburgers or McDonald’s in 17th century England, of course. Instead Jules and Vincent discuss what cottage pie is called in France — hachis parmentier.

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Tarantino Film Series

Feb 14th

Posted by schlyer in Jackie Brown

The University of Colorado’s International Film Series is doing a group of Tarantino films over the next week or so if you are in the area.

Michel Gondry Says Tarantino’s Movies Are Too Mean

Jan 25th

Posted by schlyer in Pulp Fiction

Are Quentin Tarantino’s movies too mean and revengy? Michael Gondry (director of The Green Hornet and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) thinks so – he can only stomach Pulp Fiction.

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-michel-gondry-directed-ad-for-a-japanese-department-store-says-quentin-tarantinos-movies-are-too-mean-cynical

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Tarantino Dancing Off Camera In Pulp Fiction

Jan 6th

Posted by schlyer in Pulp Fiction

Some animated GIFs of Tarantino dancing during the Pulp Fiction dance scene at Jack Rabbit Slim’s. I would guess he’s trying to help give Travolta and Uma some help with the groove, but it looks like they are doing alot better than Quentin is, so maybe he’s just goofing around.

Having the GIFs animated makes this so much more fun.

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Pulp Fiction Trends on Twitter

Jan 3rd

Posted by schlyer in Pulp Fiction

Sunday night, Pulp Fiction was playing on HBO Signature, and enough folks were tweeting about it that it became a trending topic at Twitter. I retweeted a bunch of the comments that people were making. I was surprised at both the number of tweets and the percentage that had not seen the film before.

Hard to believe Pulp Fiction is old enough that the generation of kids in high school and college now were babies when it was released in theaters.

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Introducing Tarantino Films To Friends

Dec 30th

Posted by schlyer in Death Proof

Interesting thread started over on Reddit about what order you’d have your frind watch Tarantino’s films if they had never seen one before.

Consensus seems to be Pulp Fiction first, and Death Proof last – which I agree with. Love the irony that most everybody would introduce his films out of order considering that out of order film sequencing is the single most identifying trait of a Tarantino film.

Even though he only wrote it, I’d also throw True Romance into the first half of his films. Its a great story and very much feels like a Tarantino film even though he didnt direct it.