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verdict (verdict):
Inglourious Basterds → Pulp Fiction.
One host puts Basterds first and Pulp Fiction second among Tarantino's films, behind both Reservoir Dogs.
“I feel like Bastards is number one, pretty clearly, and Pulp Pickers is number 2 pretty clearly.”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:19:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Pulp Fiction:
Brian saw it opening night in 1994 and promised himself he would become a filmmaker.
“that's probably when I made the promise to myself that I would find a way to become a filmmaker.”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:19:49 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Pulp Fiction → Reservoir Dogs.
Pulp Fiction, not Reservoir Dogs, made Tarantino important to Brian.
“what made him so important to me, is pulp fiction”
The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:20:44 · Brian Koppelman (0.90 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Pulp Fiction → Forrest Gump.
Pulp Fiction should have won over Forrest Gump.
“Pulp Fiction over Forrest Gump.”
The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:41:09 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Captain Marvel → Pulp Fiction.
Samuel L. Jackson driving around mid-90s Los Angeles evokes Jules Winfield, a clever but surface 90s nod.
“a Samuel L. Jackson character in the mid 90s driving around in a car in Los Angeles, a la Jules Winfield in Pulp Fiction.”
The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:18:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them) -
career (career pivot):
Look Who's Talking Now → Pulp Fiction.
Now came out a year before Pulp Fiction; it is the sort of film you make before saying fine to a weird guy's script.
“Look who's talking now is the kind of movie that you make where you're like, fine, I'll be the heroin addict in that weird guy's fucking script, I guess.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Look Who's Talking with Hillary Busis · 0:27:40 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them) -
unmapped (coincidence gag):
Sherlock, Jr. → Pulp Fiction.
The wrong-man-walks-by coincidence in the pawn shop is compared to Ving Rhames walking by in Pulp Fiction.
“much like Ving Reims and Pulp Fiction, just happens to walk by at that moment.”
Blank Check with Griffin & David · Sherlock Jr. / The Navigator with James Urbaniak · 1:16:38 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Samuel L. Jackson → Pulp Fiction.
Nick Fury's diner scene is described as a try at a Tarantino diner, with Jules-style rhythm.
“I'm trying to do some like fucking Tarantino diner scene.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Iron Man 2 · 1:05:14 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Friday the 13th → Pulp Fiction.
Doing Bogart and Hepburn impressions in 1980 is like doing Pulp Fiction imitations four years later; the cultural reference had not yet expired.
“I mean it's Jules and Forrest Scott.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:50:59 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
career (career):
John Travolta → Pulp Fiction.
Pulp Fiction in 1994 began a heater of three to four major movies a year through 2000.
“He's on a heater from Pulp Fiction 94 through 2000.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:22:51 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Steve Buscemi → Pulp Fiction.
They should have staged Travolta and Buscemi in a diner as a Pulp Fiction echo, since Buscemi was the waiter there.
“Do you think they should have made more of Travolta and Bushemi in a diner as an echo of Pulp Fiction when Bushemi's Travolta's waiter?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Domestic Disturbance’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:57:54 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them) -
people (people):
Christopher Walken → Pulp Fiction.
Walken in Pulp Fiction and True Romance is on the best-short-performance list.
“Christopher Walken with the combo, pulp, and true romance.”
The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:07:22 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Michael Madsen → Pulp Fiction.
Madsen passed up Pulp Fiction, which was the turning point of his career.
“Like he passed up pulp fiction, like he probably has the most juice right around there.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Species’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 1:15:03 · Van Lathan (0.30 sure it was them) -
career (career rescue):
Rosanna Arquette → Pulp Fiction.
Tarantino cast her as Trudy (the face piercings) because she was underused.
“So funny that Tarantino...”
The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:34:06 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Pulp Fiction → Reservoir Dogs.
Pulp's opening two-song credits echo the radio dial concept from Reservoir Dogs.
“Well, the radio, the concept of the radio had been in Reservoir Dogs, but I think switching the songs in the middle, because you hear him change the dial.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them) -
craft (music):
Pulp Fiction → Black Eyed Peas.
The opening Dick Dale song is a big sample in a Black Eyed Peas hit, so the speaker hears that instead.
“And also that 1st song, unfortunately, is a massive sample in a super popular Black Eyed Peas song called Pumpet.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:04:54 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Pulp Fiction → Pulp Fiction imitators.
The Royale-in-Paris, Amsterdam conversation is the most parodied and copied stretch of screenwriting of the last 30 years.
“Yeah. I would argue this is the most ripped off four and a half minutes of screenwriting in the past 30 years.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:06:07 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Quentin Tarantino → Pulp Fiction.
Tarantino was in Amsterdam when he wrote the film, so Vincent's Amsterdam talk is his own life.
“Quentin was literally in Amsterdam when he was writing it.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:06:31 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Pulp Fiction → Lee Majors.
The setup of Vincent taking the boss's wife out echoes a Hollywood story about Lee Majors asking someone to take Farrah Fawcett out while he was away.
“Because Lee Majors is going out of town.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:09:49 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Pulp Fiction → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Marcellus's you-pride-only-hurts speech to Butch is the same speech Pacino gives DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
“And it's the same speech that Pacino gives DiCaprio at Rousseau and Frank in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:32 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Pulp Fiction → Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Motifs echo across Tarantino's movies.
“It's so awesome to see the motifs echo across his movies.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:17:38 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Pulp Fiction → Pulp Fiction.
Mirrors and reflections recur as a motif of how characters see themselves.
“Reflections in how we see ourselves as a big thing in the movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:13 · Bill Simmons (0.35 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Pulp Fiction → Walt Disney Company.
Disney wanted to build Jack Rabbit Slim's in a park and was refused.
“No, Disney wanted to do Jack Rabbit Slims in one of the parks and they were like, no.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:25:33 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Pulp Fiction → Pulp Fiction.
The movie has a stoned, dreamlike quality that makes viewers question whether the dancing happened.
“I think there's like a reading of the movie that it's incredibly surreal and you've got a bunch of high people”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:30:07 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Pulp Fiction → Pulp Fiction.
Many elements only work here, a kind of happy accident.
“Like there's so many things in this movie that just are kind of little miracles.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:30:56 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Pulp Fiction → Psycho.
Killing Travolta halfway through is compared to Janet Leigh dying in Psycho.
“there are a lot of moments in this movie that remind me of Psycho”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:40:31 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Pulp Fiction → Deliverance.
The pawn shop sequence is inspired by Deliverance and transplants a Tennessee 1974 pawn shop to Hollywood.
“It's not just that he's inspired by deliverance.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:41:44 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Pulp Fiction → The Wolf of Wall Street.
As Scorsese's party sequence is hell to him, the basement is a powerful Black man's idea of hell, and the movie keeps a surreal feeling.
“To me, this is almost like, not just Bruce Willis, but like a black man, like a powerful black man's idea of hell is being locked in a basement and raped by hillbillies.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:43:30 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Pulp Fiction → Pulp Fiction.
The needle and the pawn shop both withhold graphic violence; Tarantino is strategic about what he shows.
“he's actually very strategic about what he shows and doesn't show.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:47:01 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Pulp Fiction → The Rebels.
Tarantino picked the surf band the Rebels' "Comanche" for the pawn shop scene instead of "My Sharona".
“so he picked Comanche by the surf band.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:50:14 · unidentified host (0.30 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Pulp Fiction → Ocean's Eleven.
The Pulp Fiction poster artist, James Verdesoto, also did the Ocean's Eleven poster.
“An all-time great movie poster, which we discussed in part one, done by artist James Vertes Soto, who also did Ocean's 11 and a bunch of other great ones.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:04:06 · unidentified host (0.30 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Pulp Fiction → Station Eleven.
Time-shifting storytelling that Pulp put front and center is still used in current TV.
“Yeah, it's like still showing up in like station 11.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:39 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Pulp Fiction → The Brady Bunch.
Pop-culture references as a crutch for character building: a killer who talks about the Brady Bunch.
“pop cultural references as like a crutch for character building”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:42 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Pulp Fiction → Reservoir Dogs.
Bonnie, Alabama and Red Apple cigarettes recur across Tarantino's first films, a shared universe.
“Quentin's version of Shared Universe, too, is incredible.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:08:54 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Pulp Fiction → True Romance.
Alabama, Keitel's partner in Reservoir Dogs, shows up a year later in True Romance.
“she shows up one year later in true romance”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:09:30 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Sally Menke → Pulp Fiction.
Menke's editing and transitions are described as on another level.
“so Sally Menke cut this, and the cuts, especially like transitions”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:11:27 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Pulp Fiction → Chuck Berry.
A host picks Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell" over the dance sequence as the film's best needle drop.
“My pick is never can tell for the dance sequence, the Chuck Berry song.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:12:03 · unidentified host (0.30 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Pulp Fiction → Maria McKee.
A host gives an honorable mention to the Maria McKee song whistled as the characters collapse into the pawn shop.
“My honorable mention is if love is a red dress, this Maria McKee song, which is being whistled as they collapse into the pawn shop, but it's a really good song.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:12:17 · unidentified host (0.30 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Pulp Fiction → Forrest Gump.
Fabienne is joked to be dumber than Forrest Gump, from the same year.
“Sounds good. Forrest Gumper Fabian, who was dumber?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:22:20 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Pulp Fiction → Reservoir Dogs.
Tarantino's tone is 50 percent naturalism and 50 percent movieness; rear-projection driving shots are an homage to old movies.
“it's an homage to force movies with rear projection.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:30:34 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Pulp Fiction → Daniel Day-Lewis.
Weinstein pushed Daniel Day-Lewis for Vincent; the speakers would not trade Travolta but would love one DDL hitman movie.
“Having him play like just one normal hitman having a weird day would be awesome.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:39:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them) -
industry (industry):
Pulp Fiction → Natural Born Killers.
Tarantino used Natural Born Killers money to buy the Chevelle Malibu.
“Tarantino used part of his natural born killer's money to buy the cherry red Malibu”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:52:40 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
people (people):
Pulp Fiction → Paul Thomas Anderson.
PTA scouted Jimmy and Bonnie's Studio City house for the production.
“PTA was like, I have inside line on a place for you guys in studio, so you can shoot.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:55:02 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Pulp Fiction → Shaft.
Bad motherfucker wallet reference to the Shaft theme.
“It was a reference to the theme song of Shaft.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:55:45 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Pulp Fiction → Jackie Brown.
The white Honda Civic Butch drives is the same car Jackie Brown drives.
“The 1980 Honda Civic, the white car butch drove when he knocked Marcellus down. Same car, Jackie Brown drove.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:57:02 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Pulp Fiction → Ocean's Twelve.
Amsterdam's greatest film appearance is debated between Ocean's Twelve and Vincent's description here.
“This came up on Ocean's 12, whether this is Amsterdam's greatest movie appearance”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:00:25 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Pulp Fiction → Raiders of the Lost Ark.
The Ark of the Covenant is called the greatest McGuffin.
“The Ark of the Covenant is like the greatest McGuffin.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:00:45 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Pulp Fiction → Diner.
Diners in Pulp (and Hawthorne Grill) vs the 1982 film Diner, argued as the diner Apex Mountain.
“What about the movie Diner?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:01:29 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Pulp Fiction → There Will Be Blood.
Milkshakes as a cinematic beverage: Pulp or There Will Be Blood.
“Is it this or there will be blood?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:02:10 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
craft (craft):
Pulp Fiction → Inglourious Basterds.
Tarantino's three-count device recurs, e.g., Fassbender in Inglourious Basterds.
“There's another 3 count that I really enjoy from, you know, Fastbender and Inglorious Bastards.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:02:53 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Pulp Fiction → Reservoir Dogs.
Mexican standoffs Apex Mountain: True Romance and Reservoir Dogs still beat Pulp's.
“Mexican standoffs, probably still true romance.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:03:10 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Modesty Blaise → Pulp Fiction.
Modesty Blaise pulp novel Vincent reads; the 1966 film with Monica Vitti is Apex Mountain for it.
“Because I think the movie Modesty Blaze, the adaptation of the comic strips starring Monica VT is Apex Mountain for that.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:04:00 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Pulp Fiction → Joe Dante.
Monster Joe's truck and tow is named after Joe Dante, whom Tarantino interviewed in the 80s.
“Apparently named after Joe Dante, director of Gremlins”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:06:41 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
contrast (contrast):
Pulp Fiction → Deliverance.
Deliverance is still the benchmark for horrifying male sodomy scenes in movies.
“I think deliverance still has it, yeah.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:07:15 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Tom Cruise → Pulp Fiction.
Cruise as Vincent or Butch; Hanks as Vincent or Maynard; argued both ways.
“It's absolutely 1002% cruise.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:07:51 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Tom Hanks → Pulp Fiction.
Hanks suggested as Vincent; rejected as having no darkness.
“There's no darkness to Hanks.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:09:59 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Pulp Fiction → Rocky.
Tommy Morrison led cards and was cast in Rocky V, used to argue Butch could have been a decent boxer.
“Tommy Morrison led multiple cards and got cast in Rocky 5.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:12:52 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Pulp Fiction → Den of Thieves.
Joke prequel/sequel idea: Tony Rocky Horror coaching Merriman from Den of Thieves, merging Pulp with Heat.
“Now you have me trying to figure out how to merge pulp fiction and heat.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:17:37 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Samuel L. Jackson → Pulp Fiction.
Everyone agrees Jackson and Tarantino should both have won Oscars.
“Both of them should have won, period.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:19:28 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Pulp Fiction → Kiss Me Deadly.
The briefcase is an overt mimic of the Kiss Me Deadly briefcase, a metaphor for danger.
“It's interesting because it is such an overt mimic of the Kiss Me Deadly briefcase”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:23:29 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
theme (theme):
Pulp Fiction → Molly's Game.
The Wolf's morning party is guessed to be an all-night poker game like Molly's Game.
“I feel like it's a Molly's game type situation.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:34:53 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Pulp Fiction → Black Sabbath.
Best double features: Black Sabbath (anthology), Saturday Night Fever, Inglourious Basterds, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
“So you get an anthology movie.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:37:16 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Pulp Fiction → Inglourious Basterds.
Inglourious Basterds paired for its short-story structure; Once Upon a Time for bookending Tarantino's career.
“I have bastards because I feel like structurally it's it's got some the short story aspect of his very, it locks in together.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:37:26 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Quentin Tarantino → Pulp Fiction.
Quentin won the movie; Jackson is the runner-up.
“Sam Jackson didn't win the movie, but it's definitely Tarantino.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:40:51 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Pulp Fiction → Titanic.
Most culturally defining standalone movie with no sequel: Titanic or Pulp.
“I think it's Titanic or this.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:45:25 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Pulp Fiction → The Shawshank Redemption.
Gump and Shawshank are among the most seen movies of the past three decades and both are originals.
“Force Gump and Shawshank are like 2 of the most seen movies of the last 3 decades.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:45:47 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
verdict (verdict):
Pulp Fiction → E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
E.T. is the other standalone candidate but young people may not have seen it.
“ET was the only one that I was like, well, ET's kind of surprised it ever did.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:46:11 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Misery → Pulp Fiction.
Butch's Girlfriend Award for weak link of the film is borrowed from Pulp Fiction.
“The Butch's girlfriend Award, Butch's girlfriend from Pulp Fiction.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ With Bill Simmons and Brian Koppelman · 0:59:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
John Travolta → Pulp Fiction.
If Travolta had starred in The Player, the Pulp Fiction comeback might have gone differently, and Bill is glad it did not happen.
“It's a really interesting Travolta sliding doors.”
The Rewatchables · 'The Player' With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Wesley Morris · 1:13:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them) -
unmapped (star power):
Bruce Willis → Pulp Fiction.
Willis's star stamp as Butch is a big reason Pulp Fiction became Pulp Fiction.
“a big reason pulp fiction became pulp fiction is because a big movie star Bruce Willis put his stamp on it to play Butch.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:07:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them) -
craft (joke re-edit):
Die Hard 2 → Pulp Fiction.
Riffing on a re-edit channel, they joke Pulp Fiction could be cut down to Bruce going to get his watch.
“It'll just be Bruce going to get his watch.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Die Hard 2’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:36:48 · Bill Simmons (0.55 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
The Ice Storm → Pulp Fiction.
Next episodes will cover two famous movies; Ryan and Simmons tease Pulp Fiction.
“I've been watching a lot of pulp fiction lately.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:27:53 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
fun, about
Pulp Fiction:
Ryan complains about a continuity hole: Travolta never hears Willis come in.
“How does John Travolta not realize he's in the kitchen?”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:29:00 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
career (career timing):
Kiss of Death → Pulp Fiction.
Samuel L. Jackson's Kiss of Death was his next movie after Pulp Fiction.
“And Sam Jackson right after Pup Fiction.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Color of Money’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:42:08 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
lineage (influence-collage):
The Royal Tenenbaums → Pulp Fiction.
Both are 'emptying the cupboard' of their makers' influences and obsessions, introducing a whole cinematic world through soundtrack, look and talk.
“it's like pulp fiction or Grand Royal magazine, where it's just like the emptying of the cupboard of influences and obsessions.”
The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 0:07:20 · Andy Greenwald (0.60 sure it was them) -
craft (soundtrack comparison):
Ferris Bueller's Day Off → Pulp Fiction.
Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas, Boogie Nights have better soundtracks, but none use music the way Ferris does.
“you can make the argument that like pulp fiction and um, Goodfellas and boogie nights and days all have like better soundtracks”
The Rewatchables · ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:54:02 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
programming (programming):
Reservoir Dogs → Pulp Fiction.
Reservoir Dogs found much of its audience after Pulp Fiction, via rentals.
“After Pulp Fiction and then circled back and rented Reservoir Dogs.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:03:58 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them) -
career (career):
Michael Madsen → Pulp Fiction.
Madsen not being in Pulp Fiction is explained by the Vega-brothers plan.
“the plan, long term, was to do the Vega Brothers.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:53:19 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them) -
lineage (lineage):
Reservoir Dogs → Pulp Fiction.
Vic Vega and Vincent Vega are brothers; Tarantino wanted a prequel before Madsen and Travolta aged out.
“Vic Vega and Vincent Vega from Pulp Fictions were brothers.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:12:00 · Bill Simmons (0.70 sure it was them) -
what-if (what-if):
Reality Bites → Pulp Fiction.
Tarantino wanted My Sharona for Pulp Fiction but Reality Bites got the rights first.
“Quentin Tarantino, was supposed to use my Sharona.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan · 0:59:17 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them) -
people (typecasting):
Ving Rhames → Pulp Fiction.
Rhames as a burly imposing hacker is a smart subversion of his Marcellus Wallace persona.
“Ving Reims, who is this burly imposing Marcellus Wallace figure being the hacker.”
The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' With Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Jason Concepcion · 0:41:30 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)