Pulp Fiction, a film directed by Quentin Tarantino
On Thursday, September 5, a cult film from the ’90s will air on Rete 4 at 11:30 PM: Pulp Fiction. The film will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary on October 28, and the network is paying tribute to this masterpiece of cinema with its broadcast. The iconic ensemble cast returns, featuring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Eric Stoltz, and Quentin Tarantino himself.
The plot of the film Pulp Fiction: the fragmented screenplay that has set a standard
The scenes of Pulp Fiction open with “Pumpkin” and “Honey Bunny,” an improbable couple robbing a diner. Just as happens in Tarantino’s films, the camera shifts to another storyline, breaking the narrative rhythm.
We are in a car, and Jules picks up Vincent Vega to recover a briefcase that belongs to Marsellus Wallace, the boss of the two gangsters.
Afterward, Vincent has the task of escorting Mia, Marsellus’s wife, to entertain her during the evening. Vincent is well aware that the assignment is delicate and that he cannot screw up in any way. Before going out, however, he buys heroin to give himself courage.
He picks up Mia, and they indulge in a night of craziness, even dancing the twist and winning the prize for best performance. Mia is happy but knows she has acted rather freely, so she apologizes and goes to the bathroom. Sneaking into Vincent’s jacket pockets, she finds the drugs, snorts it, and overdoses. Vincent is forced to seek help from a friend to administer an adrenaline injection, saving Mia and bringing her home, with a shared vow not to tell Marsellus anything.
At this point, another narrative segment opens, with a Vietnam War veteran visiting Butch, a little boy, to deliver a watch that belonged to his father, who died during the conflict.
At the end of the flashback, Butch finds himself in the ring, boxing and forced, at Marsellus’s behest, to lose the fight. The match does not go as planned, and Butch knocks out his opponent, killing him and escaping by taxi.
The boss once again assigns Vincent the task of getting rid of the boxer. Butch is about to escape from the place where he is with his girlfriend because he realizes he is being chased. However, noticing that he forgot the watch at home, he chooses to return. He discovers that there is a gun in the house and picks it up. Vincent, who has not noticed Butch’s return, comes out of the bathroom and is killed.
Butch’s dramatic escape leads him to accidentally run over Marsellus. This results in another chase, but both end up in the hands of sadistic killers with ambiguous sexual tastes. The violence they endure is indelible, and the two enemies suddenly become allies to fight back, escape, and promise to keep the secret.
The plot returns to the moments when Vincent was still alive, working as a hitman alongside Jules. There is room for more accidental killings and for an eccentric Mr. Wolf, called to solve the problem of a corpse to hide. In this back-and-forth narrative, the initial robbery scene by “Pumpkin” and “Honey Bunny” will also be clarified.