Sep 10 2024 100 mins
Dana and Tom with returning guest Adam Freed (moviearcher.com) revisit Pulp Fiction (1994): written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Ving Rhames, Bruce Willis, and Uma Thurman.
Plot Summary: Pulp Fiction unravels like a jigsaw puzzle soaked in bourbon and blood. It's a dark, gritty L.A., where bad men and worse women cross paths in a labyrinth of crime and fate.
Vincent Vega, a hitman with a penchant for dance floors and bad decisions, is partnered with the philosophical Jules Winnfield, who quotes the Bible before squeezing the trigger. Their boss, Marsellus Wallace, a kingpin with a soft spot for his wife, Mia, tasks Vincent with keeping her entertained; a simple job that spirals into a night of adrenaline-fueled chaos. Meanwhile, Butch Coolidge, a boxer past his prime, refuses to take a dive for Wallace igniting a deadly game of cat and mouse.
In a world where conversations drip with menace and every decision has a bullet attached, the characters' lives intersect with a bang. It's a world where the wrong move means a one-way ticket to the morgue, and redemption is as elusive as the briefcase everyone’s chasing.
Guest:
Adam Freed
- Managing Editor and Senior Film Critic at (MovieArcher.com)
- @moviearcher on Twitter and Instagram
- Previously on Batman (1989)
Chapters:
00:00 Welcome and Guest Introduction
01:56 Cast and Recognition for Pulp Fiction
04:49 Relationship(s) to Pulp Fiction
12:47 Influence and Legacy of Pulp Fiction
14:23 What is Pulp Fiction About?
18:26 New Appreciation for Pulp Fiction
21:52 What's the Actual Timeline of Pulp Fiction?
25:51 Genre of Pulp Fiction
27:57 Pulp Fiction's Influence
34:58 Plot Summary of Pulp Fiction
36:19 Did You Know? (by Adam Freed)
38:56 First Break
39:35 Where You Can Find Adam Freed
41:19 Ask Dana Anything
45:59 The Stanley Rubric - Legacy
56:15 The Stanley Rubric - Impact/Significance
01:01:29 The Stanley Rubric - Novelty
01:07:55 Second Break
01:08:51 In Memoriam
01:09:31 The Stanley Rubric - Classicness
01:17:17 The Stanley Rubric - Rewatchability
01:21:03 The Stanley Rubric - Audience Score and Final Total
01:23:04 Remaining Questions for Pulp Fiction
01:33:36 Thank You to Adam and Remaining Thoughts
01:39:34 Credits
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Keywords:
Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, crime drama, nonlinear storytelling, witty dialogue, memorable characters, independent cinema, antiheroes, redemption, consequences, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Samuel L. Jackson, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Madsen, film knowledge, legacy, impact, execution, rewatchability, remaining questions, movies, listener questions, The Shawshank Redemption
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