| Tango01 | 14 Oct 2014 3:37 p.m. PST |
"Today marks the 20th anniversary of Pulp Fiction (yes, really). After a string of film festival appearances—including Cannes, where it won the Palme d'Or—writer/director Quentin Tarantino's flick hit US theaters on Oct. 14, 1994. It would go on to win Tarantino an Oscar for Best Screenplay and become the most-quoted movie in freshman dorms for years to come. But it also had a huge impact on an entire generation of filmmakers. Twenty years later, those directors are out making their own marks on the world, so we decided to ask a couple of our favorites to write reflections on the influence of Pulp Fiction on their lives and work. Today's piece comes from Joe Lynch, whose film Everly—out this winter—stars Salma Hayek as a woman who takes on a bunch of yakuza assassins sent by her mob boss ex. (Sounds about right.) Here's what he had to say. Earlier this month, Quentin Tarantino celebrated the re-opening of his mini-shrine of movies, the New Beverly in Los Angeles, as well as the 20th anniversary of his second feature Pulp Fiction, by screening the film as a double bill with another 1994 alumnus, Luc Besson's The Professional. Both of these movies were crucial in my cinematic upbringing (and anyone who's seen my new film Everly can attest to both films being highly influential), so this was an event I was not going to miss. Sitting in my usual fourth-row center spot, I recalled how I hadn't seen Pulp in the theater (and in glorious 35mm) since its initial release, yet when the film began, with Honey Bunny and Pumpkin discussing career goals and garçons, the film still felt as fresh, exciting, and progressive as it did when Tarantino unleashed it on an unassuming Cannes audience and single-handedly changed the filmic landscape forever. Hearing the audience at the New Bev react to every single dramatic and/or comedic beat only enriched the experience, something Quentin was always aware of; this is an audience movie, and best served with friends of the theatrical experience. I felt like a kid again, soaking in the world QT created as if for the first time, meeting up with old movie pals (if you can call these questionable characters "friends") and reliving their adventures throughout the course of a few very  ed up situations…"
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| Dynaman8789 | 14 Oct 2014 4:59 p.m. PST |
I still hate Pulp Fiction. |
| Sobieski | 14 Oct 2014 5:53 p.m. PST |
And THIS is on a waraming and model site because…? |
| JimSelzer | 14 Oct 2014 5:57 p.m. PST |
cuz it has the word pulp in it? |
| benglish | 14 Oct 2014 6:51 p.m. PST |
Pulp Fiction is one of the most overrated movies ever made. |
| tuscaloosa | 14 Oct 2014 7:16 p.m. PST |
Whatever Pulp Fiction is about, it's not Pulp. |
| John the OFM | 14 Oct 2014 7:51 p.m. PST |
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| skippy0001 | 14 Oct 2014 7:59 p.m. PST |
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| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 14 Oct 2014 8:32 p.m. PST |
PF is subversive even by today's standards. The foul language and mature themes shocked even me when it came out back in 1994. One of my friends walked out during the scene where Bruce Willis got, er, rear-ended in the back room, for lack of a more colorful description. Still, PF is considered to be QT's best movie by most. But for me, it's the 'Kill Bill' series, which made me a big fan of Uma Thurman. |
| Jamesonsafari | 14 Oct 2014 9:16 p.m. PST |
Pulp Fiction is the only QT movie I like. Kill Bill bored me to tears. |
| basileus66 | 14 Oct 2014 11:56 p.m. PST |
I didn't get its humor when it was released, and I do not get it now either. To me it was just what I could have expected from a punk teenager trying a bit too hard to shock his parents. |
| goragrad | 15 Oct 2014 12:03 a.m. PST |
I must say I still like 'The Professional.' Watched it soon after seeing 'Immortal Beloved…' |
| Porthos | 15 Oct 2014 3:01 a.m. PST |
I absolutely do not understand what there is to hate ? Pulp Fiction has many "classical" scenes. Harvey Keitel as Mr Wolf, organizing the clean-up after an accidental shooting, Bruce Willis and John Travolta looking at a bread toaster working, to name just two. |
| Dynaman8789 | 15 Oct 2014 5:15 a.m. PST |
> I absolutely do not understand what there is to hate The quote "Full of sound and fury signifying nothing" comes to mind. That describes a heck of a lot of "deep" movies. |
| Old Slow Trot | 15 Oct 2014 6:54 a.m. PST |
Mad Magazine's parody,"Plot Friction" ,had me laughing. |
| Phil DAmato | 15 Oct 2014 9:03 a.m. PST |
The worst movie I ever tried to watch. I can't get pass the 1st 20 minutes of the film before I turn to something else. And I love bad movies but this is unwatchable. Phil |
 Tacitus  | 15 Oct 2014 10:15 a.m. PST |
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| john lacour | 18 Oct 2014 5:51 p.m. PST |
bruce did'nt get "rear ended". marcelus did… |
goes to sea with the Terrain Mat.
