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ten months pass...
Watched Pulp Fiction over the weekend; in honor, I guess, if its 30th Anniversary(!) year. It's been long enough since the last time I saw it that I was able to enjoy it with slightly "fresh eyes." It's not much to look at, and some of the "tech specs" (camerawork, lighting) are really not great; but the performances and many of the scenarios still pack a punch, enough to give you that sense memory of how hard it hit when it actually was fresh.
The main cast is terrific (of course), but also/especially some of the minor players, like Eric Stoltz & Amanda Plummer... so much so that you almost marvel at those performances (like, where did they pull them from?). Stoltz is someone I've seen in a bunch of movies, and while he's good, he never really makes a big impression (other than in Mask, I guess) – but he's so perfect in this, he just knocks it out of the park.
And Uma Thurman is just fantastic, in a role that could have been played any number of ways (most of them probably not as effective). I feel like if that performance had been weaker, the center would have fallen out of the movie, in a way. I didn't realize there are two (2) Arquettes in the cast, and had forgotten about some other minor/cameo appearances. The cast list is stacked, but in a way that feels low-key / well integrated, and not like, "Here's another famous player showing up..."
The Butch/Fabienne scenes (in the hotel room) were the faintest in my memory; and yet they may be the best written scenes in the movie (or at least they have the least "show-y" writing). The film gets a little dull toward the end, in The Bonnie Situation segment, but obv the final scene is great.
― cellaring potential (morrisp), Sunday, 28 January 2024 22:13 (two months ago) link
Circling back for one minor gripe (which I could only articulate after living in L.A. for years): for such an iconic "L.A." movie, it doesn't really have a strong sense of place. Other than a few times when specific neighborhoods/streets/cities are named ("Move out of the sticks, gentlemen..."), the action could be taking place anywhere. Most of the street/apartment scenes just feel like "generic Los Angeles." Though maybe that's kind of the point?
― atmospheric river phoenix (morrisp), Friday, 9 February 2024 19:24 (two months ago) link
Yeah, they are mostly generic, but I do think that's part of the point. Interesting that the most "iconic" location, Jackrabbit Slim's, does not exist.
Marcellus' house scenes were shot up in the hills, ofc. Summitridge Drive, according to the webs.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 9 February 2024 19:29 (two months ago) link
Or some of the "noirs" that are in its bloodstream – e.g., the famous one with a glowing suitcase. It's neat to think of Repo Man in contrast, which (like PF) pays homage both to Kiss Me Deadly and Grease, but has as deeply ingrained a sense of location any "L.A. movie" ever... (well, that I've seen).
― atmospheric river phoenix (morrisp), Friday, 9 February 2024 19:51 (two months ago) link
two months pass...