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Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino (SOUND (Trademark dialogue (where the…
Pulp Fiction - Quentin Tarantino
AESTHETICS
Brash colours
MISE-EN-SCENE
Sets are enclosed spaces or deep perspective environments
This plays ith the audience's interpretation of spatiality and temporality
SOUND
Opening guitar chords of Dick Dales Misirlou (1962)
The music used defines the postmodern aesthetic Tarantino uses so well
Trademark dialogue
where the characters talk about the weirdest things
EXTRA
Auteur Theory
Cahir du Cinema
Andre Bazin and Francois Truffaut
Believed a new type of director was emerging who added a distinct 'signature' on their work
Auteurs were seen as people who took the power away from producers and studio systems
Andrew Sarris
wrote for the Village Voice
He believed to qualify as an Auteur you must meet three conditions
1) Technical competence
Believed if they do not have 'elementary flair' for the cinema they can't be an auteur
2) Distinguishable personality
Believed a directors 'signature' had to be distinguishable through recurring characteristics
3) Interior Meaning
Believed this was 'the ultimate glory of cinema as art' and that it came from 'the tensions between a director's personality and his material'
He had many critics
His definition thought to be too elitist and only championed the director
One critic was Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael
published a rebuttal to Sarris's theory in 1963
It's called 'Circles and Squares'
Believes filmmaking is collaborative and no one person can't take full credit for the artistic vision
Film was a medium of pleasure and we should not be ashamed to surrender to that
Believed Sarris champions poor films because he noted recurring devices from the director
REPRESENTATION
Age
Whimsical pursuit of youth
All the characters seem to live in the moment
impulsive, jumping from one even to the other
linking to the idea of 'pulp'
The characters are vessels we view the events through
Race
Vincent
he is the whitest character
Bolo neck tie
typical texan ranchman's attire
Marcellus
he is the blackest character
Mod boss
Jimmie (Tarantino)
uses the n word profusely
he wants to evoke the audience
EDITING
Narrative is very disjointed, but feels natural
Narrative
structure
non linear
experimental structure
circular narrative
begins at the end and ends at the beginning
Viewpoint
does not have a clear viewpoint, each character direct it for their own desires
Is the narrative typical of the genre?
For a neo noir crime drama, the narrative is appropriate
However, it is more experimental than typical texts in the genre
Devices
The briefcase
Homage to Macguffin
Macguffin is a plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or other motivator that the protagonist pursues, often with little or no narrative explanation.
Hitchcock came up with the word
Kiss me deadly (1955) and Belle de jour (1967) used this trope
Story 1: Pumpkin and Honey Bunny (Protagonists honey bunny and pumpkin)
Story 2: Vincent take Mia out (Vincent)
Story 3: Jules getting the suitcase (Jules)
Story 4: Butch and the golden watch (Butch)
CONTEXT
Compnay
Miramax
Harvey Weinstein
Fear over film violence meant original backers Tristar pulled out
Miramax picked up the rights, but were against Travolta being in the film
Tarantino allegedly gave them 20 seconds to decided or he would pull out
Genre
Neo Noir Crime Drama
Neo-noir is a reboot of film noir.
Postmodernism
Loosely defined cultural theory, which melds together many art forms and styles to create a homogenous whole
Hallmarks
1) Playfulness, don't take themselves too seriously
2) intertextuality, mixes and refers to a mixture of different social and cultural forms
3) Eclecticism, deriving from a wide range of influences, conrtibutions and techniques
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Trunk shot
Camera is in the trunk of the car, looking up at the characters
hallmark
Pastiche and 'homage'
artistic work in a style that imitates that of another work, artist, or period