twists without tales

Rating: 9/10 (6 April 2006)

On the surface, the film is a recipe you've never tasted before. Yet, Quentin Tarantino's 'Pulp Fiction' makes for stupendous movie diet. There is no such narrative in 'Pulp Fiction', only situations. The film is a collage of situations. It is the twists in the tales that Tarantino is concerned about, not the tales. And twists, there are too many. As if, Tarantino's playing music, and once the tune hits the crescendo, he shifts to another. The beauty of the film lies in the detailing of the scenes Tarantino creates, how he fuses breakneck action with slow, lazy scene sequence, how he combines different emotions within a single sequence, how he makes weird characters utterly believable, and how he makes them talk. Shocking and sensational, yes, but Tarantino's 'Pulp Fiction' is a riveting experience.