Pulp Fiction : The Complete Story of Quentin Tarantino's Masterpiece.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bailey, Jason.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Direction & Production.

Pulp fiction (Motion picture).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stillwater : Quarto Publishing Group USA, 2013.

Summary:

When Pulp Fiction was released in theaters in 1994, it was immediately hailed as a masterpiece. The New York Times called it a "triumphant, cleverly disorienting journey," and thirty-one-year-old Quentin Tarantino, with just three feature films to his name, became a sensation: the next great American director. Nearly twenty years later, those who proclaimed Pulp Fiction an instant classic have been proven irrefutably right. In Pulp Fiction: The Complete Story of Quentin Tarantino's Masterpiece, film expert Jason Bailey explores why Pulp Fiction is such a brilliant and influential film. He discusses how the movie was revolutionary in its use of dialogue ("You can get a steak here, daddy-o," "Correct-amundo"), time structure, and cinematography-and how it completely transformed the industry and artistry of independent cinema. He examines Tarantino's influences, illuminates the film's pop culture references, and describes its phenomenal legacy. Unforgettable characters like Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson), Vincent Vega (John Travolta), Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis), and Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) are scrutinized from all-new angles, and memorable scenes-Christopher Walken's gold watch monologue, Vince's explanation of French cuisine-are analyzed and celebrated. Much like the contents of Marcellus Wallace's briefcase, Pulp Fiction is mysterious and spectacular. This book explains why. Illustrated throughout with original art inspired by the film, with sidebars and special features on everything from casting close calls to deleted scenes, this is the most comprehensive, in-depth book on Pulp Fiction ever published.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Contents

Prologue

Part I: The Movie Geek

Quentin Tarantino: The Early Years

Video Archives: The Tarantino Film School

Early Films (and Missed Opportunities)

Guest Essay: Tarantino, Film Geek

Part II: The Script That Changed Everything

A Magazine or Book Containing Lurid Subject Matter": Screenplay Origins

Guest Essay: Putting the Pulp in Pulp

Shaking Up the Structure

Guest Essay: Pulp Fiction's Modern Classical Structure

A Community of Characters": The Archetypes of Pulp Fiction

Taking Dictation: The Tarantino Dialogue

Part III: Making Fiction

An Epic in Everything but Budget"

Let's Get into Character": Casting

Pulp Production

L.A. Privileges": Los Angeles As City and Character

Soundtrack: The Perfect "Quentin Tape"

Guest Essay: Pulp Music

The Tarantino Style

Part IV: "Let's Get Down to Brass Tacks, Gentlemen"

Sampling Cinema: The Director As DJ

Pulp Fiction in Its Time: Narrative As Hyperlink

Genre-Jumping with the "Gun Guy"

Guest Essay: Pulp Fiction and the F-Word

Secrets, Facts, and Fiction

Guest Essay: Pulp Fiction and the Black Cool

Part V: The Release and Aftermath

Cannes

An Indie Smash

The Oscars

The Director As Celebrity

Home Video, Books, and Other Afterlife

Legacy: From the Multiplex to the Art House-and Back Again

Part VI: The Tarantinoverse

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781610589178

1610589173

OCLC:

1024261734