The subject of this assignment is Pulp Fiction, a 1994 gangster American comedy about blood, guts, violence, strange sex, drugs, fixed fights and a dead body disposal written and directed by the Oscar winner Quentin Tarantino. One of the most influential films of the 1990s, a delirious post-modern mix of neo-noir thrills, pitch-black humour and pop-culture touchstones.
Gangster Films are developed around the sinister actions of criminals or gangsters, particularly bank robbers, underworld figures, or ruthless thugs who operate outside the law, stealing and violently murdering their way through life. A darker and more cynical new type of crime thriller emerged in the 1940s. Criminal and gangster films are often categorized as post-war film …show more content…
One of the main characteristics indicating the status of mob members is the suit and shoes they wear. A gangster being promoted from being a nobody to an upper position closer to the big boss can be noticed from the suit he wears. The higher he is in the gang hierarchy, the nicer his suit would be. So we have a gangster wearing a cheap suit at the very beginning, and when he becomes more important in the gang, he wears a finer and a much more expensive one than the other mob members. We noticed that in Pulp Fiction this concept is not totally respected, as we see Vincent and Jules all dressed up at the very beginning of the movie whilst they end up in t-shirt, shorts and flip flops at the end of the film discarding the gangster stereotype.
-Involvement in illegality from childhood: We have no clue if the gangsters in the movie had a borderline childhood, only Butch, the rival character is haunted by a childhood encounter with his late father’s best friend about a wristwatch, this priceless family heirloom has come down through many generations and he is determined to risk his own life for its …show more content…
The ‘f’ word is repeated 265 times in the movie because vulgar language and swearing was considered a sign of manhood. In one of the first scenes Jules, who recites Bible verses before killing someone, grabs his victim’s burger and drink and helps himself before killing him simply to demonstrate he was in power and he was the one in total control of the situation.
The meaning of duelling when in older times men killed to defend their pride, has become in today’s world simply a fist fight, and in many cases just for the sake of money. At the beginning of the film Marcellus tells Butch that “pride is nothing compared to money,” yet he forgets about this belief of his when he lets Butch leave with the money earned from his betrayal so long as he keeps his mouth shut about the rape and safeguard his manhood.
With regards to the film montage, director Quentin Tarantino admits that to elevate his work, he often edits or borrows cutaways from older films. Typical scenarios are when Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) re-enact a dance scene from another movie classic: Federico Fellini`s “8
Gangster Films are developed around the sinister actions of criminals or gangsters, particularly bank robbers, underworld figures, or ruthless thugs who operate outside the law, stealing and violently murdering their way through life. A darker and more cynical new type of crime thriller emerged in the 1940s. Criminal and gangster films are often categorized as post-war film …show more content…
One of the main characteristics indicating the status of mob members is the suit and shoes they wear. A gangster being promoted from being a nobody to an upper position closer to the big boss can be noticed from the suit he wears. The higher he is in the gang hierarchy, the nicer his suit would be. So we have a gangster wearing a cheap suit at the very beginning, and when he becomes more important in the gang, he wears a finer and a much more expensive one than the other mob members. We noticed that in Pulp Fiction this concept is not totally respected, as we see Vincent and Jules all dressed up at the very beginning of the movie whilst they end up in t-shirt, shorts and flip flops at the end of the film discarding the gangster stereotype.
-Involvement in illegality from childhood: We have no clue if the gangsters in the movie had a borderline childhood, only Butch, the rival character is haunted by a childhood encounter with his late father’s best friend about a wristwatch, this priceless family heirloom has come down through many generations and he is determined to risk his own life for its …show more content…
The ‘f’ word is repeated 265 times in the movie because vulgar language and swearing was considered a sign of manhood. In one of the first scenes Jules, who recites Bible verses before killing someone, grabs his victim’s burger and drink and helps himself before killing him simply to demonstrate he was in power and he was the one in total control of the situation.
The meaning of duelling when in older times men killed to defend their pride, has become in today’s world simply a fist fight, and in many cases just for the sake of money. At the beginning of the film Marcellus tells Butch that “pride is nothing compared to money,” yet he forgets about this belief of his when he lets Butch leave with the money earned from his betrayal so long as he keeps his mouth shut about the rape and safeguard his manhood.
With regards to the film montage, director Quentin Tarantino admits that to elevate his work, he often edits or borrows cutaways from older films. Typical scenarios are when Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) re-enact a dance scene from another movie classic: Federico Fellini`s “8