Villella, Fiona A. (January 2000). "Circular Narratives: Highlights of Popular Cinema in the '90s". Senses of Cinema. Archived from the original on December 31, 2006 . Retrieved December 31, 2006. Tarantino is known for ripping from the films that inspired him, so clearly his films are loaded with references. Tarantino established that precedent early on in his career: In essence, economy in storytelling is about making every word, scene, and character count. It's a skill that involves careful planning, editing, and a deep understanding of what is essential to the story's core message and emotional impact. Thurman’s agent, the late Jay Moloney, who committed suicide in 1999, knew the part was perfect for Thurman, but the actress wasn’t sure. “I was 23, from Massachusetts,” she tells me in the New York restaurant Maialino, referring to the boarding-school environment she came from. Even today, after starring in two other Tarantino movies— Kill Bill and *Kill Bill: Vol. 2—*and becoming known as his muse, it takes Thurman a moment to return to the raucous role that made her famous. She says she was in a “funny little slump,” after starring in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, when Moloney sent her Pulp Fiction. “I wasn’t sure I wanted to be in the movie,” she says, explaining that it wasn’t just the obscenity, or her character’s drug habit—it was also the anal rape of her crime-boss husband. “Pretty frightening,” she says. Impactful Storytelling: Ultimately, the goal is to tell a story that is impactful and engaging. By being economical, writers can create a narrative that maintains the audience's interest and delivers a powerful message or experience in a concise manner.

Roberts, Chris (August 1999). "Gary Oldman: A sheep in wolf's clothing". Uncut. IPC Media (27). [ True Romance] wouldn't have been [Oldman's] last Tarantino collaboration, had TriStar execs gotten their way... Oldman was the preferred choice for [Lance]. True Romance is a tale of when preparedness meets opportunity in a way that changes the course of film history. No, that’s not the plot of the movie but the story of how Tarantino became a household name. Breaking in the Tarantino Way Every major studio passed,” says Lawrence Bender. Then, says DeVito, “I gave it to the king, Harvey Weinstein.” A " cleaner" who aids Jules and Vincent. Tarantino wrote the part of Wolfe for Keitel, who had starred in Reservoir Dogs and was instrumental in its production. In Tarantino's words, "Harvey had been my favorite actor since I was 16 years old." [27] Keitel had played a similarly employed character in Point of No Return (1993). [ citation needed] Texas film critics group doles out awards for the year's best in movies". The Austin American-Statesman. December 18, 1994. Archived from the original on October 24, 2012 . Retrieved May 24, 2023.The project was Pulp Fiction, three intertwined crime stories set in Los Angeles. “Like the way New York is an important character in New York crime films, I would make Los Angeles an important character,” Tarantino tells me. “Then I started thinking about all of the characters overlapping The star of one story could be a small character in the second story and a supporting character in the third story and all that kind of shit.” Keitel invited Willis to a barbecue at his home, saying that Tarantino would be there. The superstar arrived, and, one insider insists, he wanted the leading role, Vincent Vega. But with Travolta already cast as Vega, there was only one possible part for Willis—Butch, the boxer—which Tarantino had promised to Matt Dillon, whom he’d had in mind originally for the role. “Quentin was a man of his word,” says Simpson. “So he gave Matt the script, and he read it and said, ‘I love it. Let me sleep on it.’ Quentin then called me and said, ‘He’s out. If he can’t tell me face-to-face that he wants to be in the movie—after he read the script—he’s out.’ Find CinemaScore" (Type "Pulp Fiction" in the search box). CinemaScore. Archived from the original on January 2, 2018 . Retrieved March 20, 2019.

Before Pulp Fiction was released, Tarantino convinced Avary to forfeit his co-writing credit and accept a ‘story by’ credit. That was so the line, ‘Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino’ could be used to promote the film. The February 2020 issue of New York Magazine lists Pulp Fiction alongside Citizen Kane, Sunset Boulevard, Dr. Strangelove, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Conversation, Nashville, Taxi Driver, The Elephant Man, In the Bedroom, There Will Be Blood, and Roma as " The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars". [147] Legacy and influenceAfter production on the movie began, Avary reportedly received a call from Tarantino’s attorney, demanding that he accept a “story by” instead of a co-writer credit, so that Tarantino could say, “Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.” According to Down and Dirty Pictures, by Peter Biskind, Avary was insulted and refused to sign away his co-writing credit. Tarantino told him that if he didn’t accept the “story by” credit, Tarantino would write his section out of the script and Avary would get nothing. Eventually Avary signed for a share of the film’s profits, though he was quoted in Biskind’s book as saying that he felt betrayed. Today Avary says he doesn’t recall any of this. Pulp /’pelp/ n. 1. A soft, moist, shapeless mass of matter. 2. A magazine or book containing lurid subject matter and being characteristically printed on rough, unfinished paper.” Roger Avary wrote the first element of what would become the Pulp Fiction screenplay in the fall of 1990:

The only other major change was the ending, which Tarantino originally opposed. In the original script, the star-crossed lovers die. Tarantino relented when seeing both endings.Tarantino cast Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer, who were friends, as Pumpkin and Honey Bunny, a pair of restaurant robbers. “Their size, their look, their energy, everything about them made me want to use them together,” Tarantino has said. He told another friend, Eric Stoltz, “There are two parts you can do, and they both wear bathrobes.” Stoltz chose the role of Lance, a heroin dealer. Tarantino played the other part himself. Pulp Fiction premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 1994. It was unveiled at a midnight screening and caused a sensation, winning the Palme d’Or, the festival’s biggest honour. The script was sent out to actors with the warning “If you show this to anybody, two guys from Jersey [Films] will come and break your legs.” Howley, K. (2004). "Breaking, Making, and Killing Time in Pulp Fiction". Scope: An Online Journal of Film & TV Studies: 10. Pulp Fiction". Variety. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007 . Retrieved September 20, 2007.

a b Maslin, Janet (September 23, 1994). "Pulp Fiction; Quentin Tarantino's Wild Ride On Life's Dangerous Road". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 15, 2018 . Retrieved September 11, 2007. In the Brookers' analysis, "Through Vince... we see the contemporary world as utterly contingent, transformed, disastrously, in the instant you are not looking." [253] Fraiman finds it particularly significant that Vincent is reading Modesty Blaise in two of these instances. She links this fact with the traditional derisive view of women as "the archetypal consumers of pulp": While the final two sentences of Jules's speech are similar to the actual cited passage, the first two are fabricated from various biblical phrases. [242] The text of Ezekiel 25 preceding verse 17 indicates that God's wrath is retribution for the hostility of the Philistines. In the King James Version from which Jules's speech is adapted, Ezekiel 25:17 reads in its entirety: The scene that really introduces us to Butch is when, having not thrown his boxing match and made a run for it, he ends up in the car of exotic cab driver Esmarelda Villalobos. Esmerelda is played by an actress called Angela Jones, and she was aproached by QT to playy the part. Tarantino saw Jones in a 1991 short film called Curdled where she plays somebody whose job it is to clean up crime scenes after murders. Tarantino’s idea was that, in Pulp Fiction, Esmerelda is a version of that character, which is why she’s so fascinated with death and asks Butch, “what’s it like to kill a man?” At the premiere of Terminator 2, in 1991, he met Stacey Sher, a young Hollywood executive who would soon become president of production at Danny DeVito’s Jersey Films. She introduced Tarantino to DeVito. “I listened to him for about 10 minutes, thinking, I may be meeting someone who talks faster than Martin Scorsese,” DeVito remembers. “I said, ‘I want to make a deal with you for your next movie, whatever it is.’ ”

Tarantino’s use of mundane and comical dialogue as two enforcers go about their dirty work is a great juxtaposition of light and dark elements. Audiences find themselves laughing when maybe they shouldn’t. His film knowledge translates high art through a grimy, street-level lens. a b "50 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Pulp Fiction". ShortList. October 28, 2013. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013 . Retrieved August 26, 2014. Janet Maslin of The New York Times, said: “It is hard to believe that Tarantino, a self-taught talent, has come up with a work of such depth, wit and blazing originality that it places him in the front ranks of American filmmakers. It’s both the hottest and coolest film of the year.”