Sunday, October 12, 2008

AFI Film #94: Pulp Fiction

I cannot be objective about this film. It opened the eyes of the many who didn't latch onto Tarantino from True Romance or Reservoir Dogs. It resurrected John Travolta's career. It gave us the genius of Samuel L. Jackson before people started just calling him "Sam" and he ran into those snakes... on that plane, before he was a Jedi. Ving Rhames, Bruce Willis, and Harvey Keitel are amazing. It's arguably even Quentin's best performance on-screen. Then there's Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Eric effing Stoltz, Amanda Plummer and Rosanna Arquette.

The script is so eminently quotable that there are pieces of it that have arguably entered into the daily lexicon of many people.

So, yes, I'm a fan... and I still wonder but don't want to know what was in the briefcase.

5 combination 666's out of 5

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