I'm watching Pulp Fiction (1993) yet again. It's on IFC (the Independent Film Channel) and it appears un-cut (stunningly).
I see more in it every time I watch it (I think this is like the fourth time). It has resonances with Kill Bill and Reservoir Dogs and Bande a Parte (1964)--the French new wave film of Jean-Luc Godard. I'm watching the Twist contest at this moment and it is evocative of the moment in Bande a Parte when the three main characters dance the Madison in the French cafe--in itself a seminal moment in French film history.
Classes are being taught on this film (at least here in America) and I've found scholarly treatises on it and even a game theory breakdown of the final showdown between the characters of Pulp Fiction and a similar triangle in Reservoir Dogs (1992). Just brilliant.
Posted by artandscience at July 10, 2004 10:58 PM