Pulp Fiction

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The pivotal moment in which Marsellus crosses the street in front of Butch's car and notices him evokes the scene in which Marion Crane's boss sees her under similar circumstances in Psycho (1960). [215] [216] Marsellus and Butch are soon held captive by Maynard and Zed, "two sadistic honkies straight out of Deliverance" (1972), directed by John Boorman. [205] Zed shares a name with Sean Connery's character in Boorman's follow-up, the science-fiction film Zardoz (1974). When Butch decides to rescue Marsellus, in Glyn White's words, "he finds a trove of items with film-hero resonances". [217] Critics have identified these weapons with a range of possible allusions: A burglar and Yolanda's boyfriend. Roth had starred in Reservoir Dogs alongside Keitel. He had used an American accent in Reservoir Dogs but used his natural, London accent in Pulp Fiction. Though Tarantino had written the part with Roth in mind, TriStar head Mike Medavoy preferred Johnny Depp or Christian Slater. [28] Early in development, Tarantino had contemplated casting Roth as Vincent and Gary Oldman as Jules, rewriting the characters as "two English guys". [29] Groth, Gary (1997). "A Dream of Perfect Reception: The Movies of Quentin Tarantino". In Frank, Thomas; Weiland, Matt (eds.). Commodify Your Dissent: Salvos from The Baffler. New York: W.W. Norton. ISBN 0-393-31673-4.

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During the economic hardships of the Great Depression, pulps provided affordable content to the masses, and were one of the primary forms of entertainment, along with film and radio. [7] The path of the righteous man and defender is beset on all sides by the inequity of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper, and the father of lost children. And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious anger, who poison and destroy my brothers; and they shall know that I am Chiba the Bodyguard when I shall lay my vengeance upon them! Tarantino's primary inspiration for the speech was the work of Japanese martial arts star Sonny Chiba. Its text and its identification as Ezekiel 25:17 derive from an almost identical creed that appears at the beginning of the Chiba movie Karate Kiba ( The Bodyguard; 1976), where it is both shown as a scrolling text and read by an offscreen narrator. [244] [245] The organizers felt that while one or two woman going topless might be a target for harassment, six to ten women would feel safer. [5] Travers, Peter (October 14, 1994). "Pulp Fiction". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 15, 2011 . Retrieved March 10, 2011.

Vincent and Jules's diner breakfast and philosophical conversation is aborted by Vincent's bathroom break; an armed robbery ensues while Vincent is reading on the toilet. Rosenbaum, Jonathan (June 16, 1995). "The World According to Harvey and Bob ( Smoke, The Glass Shield)". Chicago Reader . Retrieved May 21, 2023. Goodstone, Tony (1970). The Pulps: 50 Years of American Pop Culture. Bonanza Books (Crown Publishers, Inc.). ISBN 978-0-394-44186-3.Rose, Andy (Winter 2004). "10 Years of MovieMaker, 10 Years of Indie Film Growth". MovieMaker. Archived from the original on November 22, 2007 . Retrieved September 21, 2007. a b "All the Awards—Festival 1994". Cannes Festival. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007 . Retrieved September 14, 2007. Lesser, Robert. Pulp Art: Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazines (Book Sales, 2003) ISBN 0-7858-1707-7