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RE: I'm a big fan and I was quite disappointed

Posted by halfnote (A) on November 26, 2007 at 22:29:36

In Reply to: I'm a big fan and I was quite disappointed posted by tunenut on November 26, 2007 at 21:26:37:

Wow! A surprising reaction from a "Pulp Fiction" admirer. I think, with all due respect, that a second look might reveal subtleties in the dialogue that are quite eaily overlooked. I'm still sorting through a few of them, and I wouldn't comment futher with great specificity until I had a chance to see the film again. And I'm sure you could argue that, as film viewers sometimes do, my perceptions might be highly subjective, and not really extensions of the film itself.

But there is on line (paraphrasing) that stands out: "Never in America."

Another fabulous shot: Rosario Dawson standing in front of the quickie mart, with the background filled with those hawking windows signs, each one of them a ironic comment on the movie itself, or so it seemed to me.

Now I agree, that certain scenes seem almost completely slap-dash and dis-tonal. But I will have to have another look before I come to the conclusion that this was not intentional on his part.

Kubrick was famous for incomprehensibly incongrous and discordant scenes -- the limed bodies scene in Full Metal Jacket comes to mind, where a virtual cartoon character of a Commanding Officer tells Joker "to come in for the big win." This scene bothered me for a few viewings of the film -- but ultimately knitted its way into the fabric of the film for me. There was that weird, detached, dispassionate viewpoint that materialized here and there in "Death Proof" that reminded me of Kubrick, too.

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