Pulp Fiction Review

Rating: Null/10 (26 September 2014)

Pulp Fiction is a dark comedy, which means the audience empathizes with the victims who are suffering while the comedy is used to mock the victim and belittle them throughout the course of his or her suffering. This is evident in the films eclectic dialogue, a mix of humor with violence. The small criminals or Los Angeles mobsters carry a mystery briefcase and use many conversations throughout the movie. Language used in the movie shows the sense of humor they share and the perspective they have on life. It emphasizes on blood, violence, strange sex, drugs, fixed fights, dead body disposal, and (leather) freaks. The movie also uses narrative techniques that do not follow an intended pattern, and the movie is out of chronological order; each storyline focuses on a different series of incidents. In the movie, there was a part where Vincent gets prepared to stick a needle in a woman's chest who is suffering from an overdose. Stoltz freaks out and does not want to stick her with the syringe, so he tells Vincent to do it, because he took her. Vince hesitates for a little bit, talks back and forth with other characters, and then stabs the women in the chest, and she arises. Scenes like this make it a black comedy. In the odd movie film, it is a seemingly complete narrative, in which is chopped into pieces and rearranged like a puzzle. A gangster film has no police officers in it. It is a montage of bizarre characters, from a black mobster with a mysterious bandage on the back of his baldhead, to hillbilly sexual perverts, to a mob problem solver. There is a shot reverse cut used in the film to show the audience that the drug dealer was watching television and then, we see the TV, while showing the audience what he was watching. The film also used match on action when the car heads to the house, car goes out of scene, and then we can hear the car crash. The drug dealer comes out of the house and looks to see what happened, while the camera is showing us his vision, we then see what he sees, the car crashed in the side of the house, that is when the audience confirms what the crash was. There were quite a few techniques used in the film, I chose to highlight the adrenaline scene. I believe the editing found in the movie were appropriate because the cuts were not the greatest and in the end it ties the film together. The low keying lighting was perfect. The sound in the film went well with the current scene of action. The background music would set the mood using Al Green, Kool and the Gang, and Ricky Nelson. There is also music that gives personality and creates moods to the characters and film frames. I believe the sound choices used were effective for this movie. It assisted with enhancing the movie. The cinematography used supports the mood of the scene. In movie used many close-up scenes. One scene that sticks in mind is when Samuel L. Jackson is sucking through a straw. The scene builds tension because he is staring at Brad while sipping the drink, and his eyes are off the camera. It builds momentum for the audience knowing there will be a shot out or death coming soon. The camera is eye level with Jackson and the lighting reflects an image in his pupil. The films art is set up in a way to heighten scenes. There is humor, tension, violence, and graphic scenes that can be obscene. The social environment of the movie shows a pattern of events that do not typically happen. Vincent and Mia get up for a dance contest during dinnertime at a restaurant. Mia makes Vincent join her in the dancing. There is also a part when Marsellus and Butch's chase leads them to a pawnshop and Gimp and Marsellus gets sodomized, which is how the turn of events in Pulp fiction happen. There is a form of racism and violence in the social context. This lead into unexpected events from the story line that can distract some viewers because some of things that happen in the movie cannot be resolved and contradicts a resolution for the problem. The story has multiple stories making it hard to look for a straight story. The purpose of the film is to combine every type of film created into one movie. There is a bit of everything in the film, which created a film movement, and not as film story. There was a different narrative and visual technique used to convey the meaning of the film the qualities of these two traits created an artwork. I personally enjoyed the film after learning more about the world of film. I watched it one time and did not like it because I could not follow it. Now I understand the social themes through the mise-en-scene used in the film. I did not enjoy the movie until I could better understand it. This movie will now be on my list of movies to recommend. I will only recommend this movie to people who are open minded due to the racism and violence that takes place.