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Tarantino's Use Of Genre In The Film Pulp Fiction

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Introduction Speaking about “Pulp Fiction” can also mean speaking about a genre that constitutes its name. And it is a genre that has built a new world. Longer, larger, freer, it was like seeing films of category X on paper, in which sex and violence, were explicit, even very visual without going to excessive lengths. In this case, Tarantino extracted the subgenre of the gangster, where bondage and erotic elements stand out. However, Quentin is not Quentin without his personal stamp, and what the director did was simple: deconstruct the genre, separating it into smaller fragments and build his way through a motion picture. However, and if we stay in the pastiche that Tarantino makes this gender, perhaps the border is very poor in its …show more content…

However the best character is Wolf , a mix between gentleman and mobster (with Tarantino doing a cameo in the middle). But those are not the only points. It should be also added the soundtrack that is not for everyone's taste but fit very well and helps to break and create confusion for the viewer. In addition, some issues are so important to remain in posterity as the Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon or the song from the introduction to the film. Pulp Fiction is, ultimately, a film that works as a work of art, as a reference point and as a part of commercial cinema. Time management is of circular shape, Café is the where begins the story and it is also where it ends. Concerning the use of the plans, we see that drawings or details are very often (the lock of the door, Briefcase lock, bag with the heroine, Mia’s mouth, among others). Also, there are used very often close-ups to the faces of the characters with a faint white light, we see also plans of field, where the main action are the characters and the environment is relegated to the role of background, as it is the case of the sequence of the talk between Mia and Vincent when they are in the “Jack Rabbit Slim” restaurant. Other plans that are used in the film are the American plan, the half-figure and the inclined

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