10/3-10/8 #1

One of my all-time favorite movies is titled Pulp Fiction. This is a 1994 drama/dark comedy directed by Quentin Tarentino. It follows three main characters, two mobsters named Jules Verne and Vincent Vega (John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson) and a professional boxer named Butch (Bruce Willis). Other appearances include Ving Rhames as Marsellus Wallace, Uma Thurman as Wallace’s wife, Harvey Keitel, Christopher Walken, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, and Tim Roth. It is apparent that this movie has quite the all-star cast of characters. The plot surrounds Vega and Verne’s assignment to recover the mysterious contents of Marsellus Wallace’s stolen brief case. It is this job that prompts Verne to retire as a criminal. After this, Vega is asked to recover money that was stolen from Wallace by Bruce Willis’ character Butch. One of the most interesting elements in this movie is Tarentino’s decision to alter the sequence of events. This makes the movie somewhat difficult to follow, but after watching it several times, the order becomes apparent. This also serves to keep the audience in suspense. Some of the best parts of this movie are the scattered bits of comedy. You have to have a taste for sarcasm to find this movie funny, but if you do, this movie is hysterical.