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Pulp Fiction The puzzle pieces are carefully fitted together as director Quentin Tarantino intermingles three different story lines in his rack up painting Pulp Fiction. The movie begins in a quiet little diner as two petty robbers discuss their next mission. The mission in question involves two lovebirds (Amanda Plummer and Tim Roth) holding up unsuspecting restaurants, instead of their usual liquor stores. As their plan f solelys into action, time alters and we find ourselves riding overmaster the street with Vincent and Jules John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson), two hit men on their way to work. As the men travel to work they discuss such worldly things as gourmet food, like the Royale with cheese, and the sexual innuendoes involved when one gives a foot massage. These two intellects do the dirty work for the infamous Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames). Due to Wallaces lifestyle, the movie branches off into three separate stories. The first tale begins when Wallace has s ome overnight business he must attend to. While gone, he leaves Vincent in signal of entertaining his beautiful wife Mia (Uma Thurman). After a surprisingly pleasant evening of dinner and dancing, Vincent must revive Mia after her abusive episode with heroin. The trice adventure involves Wallace and a washed-up boxer, Butch, portrayed by Bruce Willis. Wallace gives Butch a substantial amount of money to throw a fight. After receiving the cash Butch decides to double-cross a double-crosser. The final episode revolves around Vincents accidental murder of a young black in the back seat of Jules car. This hilarious scene develops when Jules is forced to carry the Wolf (Harvey Keitel) to act as a clean-up man. As the 2-hour movie unfolds, one must keep very alert and place the pieces together honourable right to complete the final picture. Before Tarantino begins his clip, he attempts to focus the audience by quoting two dictionary definitions of pulp. The first one i s literal the second is the metaphorical usage, derived from magazines of the past that were published on cheap pulp paper and specialized in lurid fiction of several genres (Kauffmann 26). With the making of his Cannes Film Festival winner, Tarantino changes all the rules restricting genre. Tarantino has lifted up the dark rock of crime cliche and found a brilliantly colorful world thriving undern... ...r night stunned on the town with Vincent. Vincent also feels a sense of responsibility for Mia because of his relationship with Wallace. Even Wallaces enemy, Butch, goes out of his way to save Wallace from being man-handled. Since Wallaces faith is only in those he has control over, loyalty appears to have a price. Because Tarantinos film Pulp Fiction branches off into several separate stories, one must concentrate problematical to get the full affect of his work. With great talent he blends three main scenarios and several sub-plots into one full-length movie. Once completed he tosses in chaos, and ready to serve is an award winning film. BibliographyAnsen, David. The Redemption of Pulp. Newsweek 124. (October 10, 1994) 71.Ansen, David and Charles Fleming. A Tough Guy Takes Cannes. Newsweek 123. (June 6, 1994) 79.Corliss, Richard. A Blast to the Heart. Time 143. (June 6, 1994) 73.Johnson, Brian D. Making Crime Play. Macleans 107. (October 24, 1994) 57-8.Kauffmann, Stanley. shoot Up. The New Republic 211. (November 14, 1994) 26-7.Travers, Peter. Movies Tarantinos Twist. Rolling Stone. (October 6, 1994) 79-81.